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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Policy

Massachusetts State Attorney General Alleges Kalshi Violating Sports Gambling Laws

Kalshi's prediction markets for sports resemble licensed sports wagering products, the lawsuit said.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Father of Crypto Bills, French Hill, Says Market Structure Effort Should Tweak GENIUS

Hill and Senator Cynthia Lummis agree the earlier stablecoin effort should be edited by the pending market structure bill.

Rep. French Hill (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump's CFTC Hopeful Quintenz Takes His Dispute With Tyler Winklevoss (Very) Public

CFTC Chair nominee Brian Quintenz posted a lengthy statement and several screenshots of his conversation with Tyler Winklevoss.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Senators Still Hopeful for Crypto Market Structure Law by End of Year

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis said bipartisan efforts on the bill were continuing.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Top U.S. Banking Regulator Gould Says Crypto Debanking 'Is Real'

Jonathan Gould, chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said his agency is trying to halt debanking while also writing stablecoin regulations.

U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould

Policy

Dems Respond to GOP's Crypto Market Structure Bill With Framework of Priorities

Senate Democrats laid out seven issues they want to see addressed in any market structure legislation, including addressing Donald Trump's crypto ties.

Ruben Gallego (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

New White House Crypto Adviser Patrick Witt Calls Market Structure Bill Top Priority

The executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets told CoinDesk it's "pedal to the metal" time on legislation and the bitcoin reserve.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets

Policy

Nasdaq Seeks Nod From U.S. SEC to Tokenize Stocks

The leading U.S. exchange for technology giants is moving toward blockchain-based listing and trading of stocks, filing a request with the SEC to pursue it.

Nasdaq. (CoinDesk Archives)

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Policy

Chainlink Co-Founder Sees Tokenization as Rising Future After Meeting SEC's Atkins

Sergey Nazarov met with SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and told CoinDesk he's impressed by how serious Atkins is about moving quickly on tokenization.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

Policy

Legislation Steering U.S. Fate of Crypto Emerges in New Version in Senate

Lawmakers in the Senate Banking Committee have a new draft of the crypto market structure bill that would establish U.S. regulations for crypto trading.

Sen. Tim Scott (Nikhilesh De/ColnDesk)