Latest from Jesse Hamilton
U.S.-based DeFi group urges UK FCA to anchor crypto rules to 'unilateral control'
DeFi Education Fund says developers of non-custodial protocols should not be regulated as intermediaries under the U.K.’s proposed crypto regime.

Ethereum Foundation leadership shake-up: Tomasz Stańczak out as co-executive director
Stańczak came aboard in 2025 after the exit of longtime chief Aya Miyaguchi amid criticism the foundation wasn’t doing enough to push the Ethereum ecosystem.

Crypto execs Armstrong, Garlinghouse among many named to U.S. CFTC advisory group
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new chief, Mike Selig, repurposed the agency's previous CEO innovation council, almost tripling its members.

Crypto PAC Fairshake seeks to force resistant Texas Democrat Al Green from U.S. House
The super PAC is devoting $1.5 million to get Representative Al Green, a Democrat critical of the crypto industry, defeated by a primary challenger.

Key Senate Democrat wants U.S. crypto bill to move, and SEC chief reveals danger of defeat
Senator Mark Warner, a leading Democratic negotiator on the market structure bill, said he wants it to pass, and SEC chief Paul Atkins said durable policy actually requires it.

BlackRock exec says 1% crypto allocation in Asia could unlock $2 trillion in new flows
During a panel discussion at Consensus in Hong Kong, Peach pointed to massive capital pools in traditional finance as ETF adoption spreads across Asia.

U.S. DOJ hits Paxful for $4 million in case tied to illegal sex work, money laundering
The crypto platform's penalty was sharply reduced due to its ability to pay, according to U.S. authorities.

SEC's Paul Atkins grilled on crypto enforcement pull-back, including with Justin Sun, Tron
The U.S. agency's chairman said in a House hearing that he's open to a confidential briefing for lawmakers on the topic.

Crypto PAC Fairshake leaps into first midterm Senate race with $5 million in Alabama
The industry's leading campaign-finance operation is getting behind a pro-crypto candidate, Barry Moore, in Alabama's Republican Senate primary.

Crypto's banker adversaries didn't want to deal in latest White House meeting on bill
The White House had instructed crypto executives and bankers to come ready to compromise, but bankers maintained their call for a ban on stablecoin yields.

