Jesse Hamilton

Jesse Hamilton

Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor on the Global Policy and Regulation team, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining CoinDesk in 2022, he worked for more than a decade covering Wall Street regulation at Bloomberg News and Businessweek, writing about the early whisperings among federal agencies trying to decide what to do about crypto. He’s won several national honors in his reporting career, including from his time as a war correspondent in Iraq and as a police reporter for newspapers. Jesse is a graduate of Western Washington University, where he studied journalism and history. He has no crypto holdings.

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Consensus 2019 NEW YORK, NY - MAY 13:  Caitlin Long attends Consensus 2019 at the Hilton Midtown on May 13, 2019 in New York City.  (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
Federal Reserve Says Custodia’s Plans Would Endanger Itself and the Crypto Industry
Though the Fed admitted Custodia has sufficient capital and resources to launch, it has “fundamental concerns” about the sustainability of a crypto-focused bank.
Consensus 2019 NEW YORK, NY - MAY 13:  Caitlin Long attends Consensus 2019 at the Hilton Midtown on May 13, 2019 in New York City.  (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
U.S. Accounting Board Seeks Crypto Standards Requiring Firms to Report Price Shifts
The first U.S. rule for crypto accounting would aim at giving investors a better sense of a company’s digital assets through a “fair-value” approach.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Atomic bomb test
Is This Finally an Atomic Bomb From the SEC?
The warning to Coinbase that it’s breaking securities laws may signal the long-awaited attack on crypto’s foundations, but also may set up a court fight that finally answers questions.
Atomic bomb test
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)
SEC Warns Coinbase It's Pursuing Enforcement Action Over Securities Violations
Coinbase says the SEC informed the company of plans to pursue an enforcement action against the exchange and its staking services, but few details were offered.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
U.S. Senate’s Warren Calls for Crackdown on ‘Sham’ Crypto Audits
The senator and her Democratic colleague Ron Wyden asked the U.S. auditing watchdog to rein in bogus audits in the digital assets sector.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
U.S. Supreme Court (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Coinbase Argues an Arbitration Case in U.S. Supreme Court as Crypto Makes Its Debut
The first cryptocurrency matter to come up at the high court isn’t directly about digital assets but is a dispute over how courts should handle scuffles over arbitration.
U.S. Supreme Court (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Port in a storm
No Crypto Banking Port Has Really Opened Up in This U.S. Storm
As Silvergate, Signature and Silicon Valley banks imploded, crypto customers grabbed assets and ran, but those hoping to land at major U.S. banks have been mostly disappointed.
Port in a storm
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
U.S. Federal Reserve’s Real-Time Payments System Coming in July
The new government-operated payments system – often used as an argument against the need for crypto’s payments innovations – will have its first participants certified within weeks.
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks to reporters outside of the Senate Chambers in the U.S. Capitol Building on March 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
U.S. Lawmakers Digging Through Crypto Legislation for Bipartisan Winners: Senator
Ideas have been gathered from the Senate and House, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what can get bipartisan support, said Senate Banking Committee member Thom Tillis.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks to reporters outside of the Senate Chambers in the U.S. Capitol Building on March 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance
The department has reviewed decentralized finance’s role in such incidents as North Korean ransomware attacks, and will issue a risk assessment, a senior official said.
Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury