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.

Jesse Hamilton

Latest from Jesse Hamilton


Policy

Crypto developer protections don't belong in market structure bill, senators say

Legislative language which would grant some legal protections to crypto software developers, falls under the Senate Judiciary Committee, its leaders said.

Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Finance

Hacker steals $282 million crypto from a victim in social-engineering attack

A sophisticated social-engineering attack led to the theft of more than $282 million in BTC and LTC, with the funds rapidly laundered through monero.

Hacker sitting in a room

Policy

Senate Democrats serious about crypto bill reboot, they said in call with industry

The Democratic contingent in negotiations over U.S. crypto market structure got back into the talks over the bill, though they sought to keep details private.

The U.S. Capitol will see an influx of new members of Congress next year whose campaigns were supported by crypto donations. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Senate Democrats pursuing a Friday call with crypto industry on market structure bill

A call is being planned to discuss the state of the legislation that's now been postponed in the Senate Banking Committee, sources say.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Advertisement

News Analysis

The big crypto bill isn't dead, may return next month as Wall Street fight still looms

The digital assets crowd has been complaining bitterly about bank-lobbyist tactics, but Senate lawmakers have a much longer relationship with their bankers.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Senate Banking Committee cancels crypto market structure markup

The committee's Republican chairman, Tim Scott, had pushed for a quick process before it collapsed under the weigh of unfinished business.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott, and White House crypto adviser Bo Hines (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase pulls support for major crypto bill. Here's what it means for the industry

Coinbase's withdrawal of its support potentially derails market structure legislation, says an analyst, noting that it's bad for the crypto industry and good for the banks.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Policy

Coinbase pulls support from crypto market structure bill

CEO Brian Armstrong said there were "too many issues" with the bill.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Advertisement

Policy

Senate banking chairman Scott: Trump-tied ethics clash doesn't belong in his crypto bill

Senator Tim Scott, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, told CoinDesk that he hopes to advance the crypto market structure bill, but some issues are unresolved.

Senator Tim Scott (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Senators pitch more than 75 amendments for crypto bill, including on yield, DeFi sections

A list of amendments — some of them far afield — is circulating for the planned markup hearing of the crypto market structure bill.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)