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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Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
McHenry to U.S. SEC: Which Crypto Firms Have Tried to Register?
Rep. Patrick McHenry, who heads the House Financial Services Committee, accused the SEC of stonewalling questions on digital assets, so he threatened another hearing.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (CoinDesk screen grab from video)
Coinbase’s SEC Complaint Draws Allies Depicting U.S. Regulator as Crypto Bully
As the exchange tries to force an answer from the Securities and Exchange Commission on digital assets regulation, crypto groups and the Chamber of Commerce leap in.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (CoinDesk screen grab from video)
U.S. Capital building. (Matt Anderson/Getty Images)
Joint U.S. House Hearing on Crypto’s Future Opens With Discord
Relevant House committees decided to meet together to figure out how to move forward with legislation, but one key Democrat pushed back on the need for special crypto rules.
U.S. Capital building. (Matt Anderson/Getty Images)
Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)
SEC Blasted on Custody Proposal by JPMorgan, Crypto Firms and a Fellow Agency
The U.S. securities regulator recently proposed requiring investment advisers to keep customers’ crypto assets with “qualified custodians” and is now facing wide criticism for...
Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)
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New York Attorney General Seeks New Crypto Powers for State Regulators
The bill would follow legal suits pursued by Letitia James against companies like Celsius, CoinEx and Nexo.
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SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
U.S. SEC Changes Its Mind on Officially Labeling Digital Assets
The Securities and Exchange Commission was about to define “digital asset” but deleted it in the final version of a rule, reversing a move that might have started formalizing...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his candidacy in Boston on April 19. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
RFK Jr. Raises Crypto Taxes, Regulation as Issues in Opening Days of 2024 Presidential Race
Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. is criticizing the White House effort to establish a 30% tax for crypto mining in the U.S.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his candidacy in Boston on April 19. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Mining rig (Getty Images)
White House Pushes for Punitive Tax on Crypto Mining
The Biden administration is campaigning for a tax first sought in a recent federal budget proposal, advocating that crypto miners pay an amount equal to 30% of their energy co...
Mining rig (Getty Images)
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk screen grab from video)
SEC Chairman Gensler Releases Another Video Dig at Crypto Industry
The regulator made an investor-education video arguing that digital-assets businesses haven't complied with securities laws.
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk screen grab from video)
U.S. Capitol (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
House Republicans Make Case on Stablecoin Bill After Democrats Called for Do-Over
Their latest draft legislation sets up shared federal and state oversight and says stablecoins aren’t securities, but it’s uncertain what bipartisan support the effort will fi...
U.S. Capitol (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)