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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News Analysis

SEC's Bow to DoubleZero Carries Major Weight for Decentralized Infrastructure: Peirce

The U.S. regulator's decision to give the project's token distributions a pass represents the right get-out-of-the-way approach, Commissioner Hester Peirce said.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Is 'Job One' as U.S. SEC, CFTC Move Into Harmony on Policies: Chairman Atkins

Both agencies are moving forward "in lockstep" on similar efforts to open the policy gates to crypto businesses, which Atkins told reporters is the "top priority."

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

State of Crypto: Shutdown Watch

A U.S. government shutdown won't be as bad for crypto as it might have been in previous years, but it will further delay already-stalled initiatives.

Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

UN: Experiment With Pension Funds Proves Blockchain as 'Ultimate' Identity Tech

The United Nations' pension fund tried blockchain technology to back up a "digital certificate of existence" that vastly improved its old, paper-based system.

United Nations building (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

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Policy

KuCoin Faces $14M Canadian Action in Registration, Money Laundering Controls Dispute

The exchange is appealing an enforcement action from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada.

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Policy

U.S. CFTC Moves Toward Getting Stablecoins Involved in Tokenized Collateral Push

The acting chairman of the U.S. derivatives regulator, Caroline Pham, has been pushing an aggressive "crypto sprint" to open the markets to crypto.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Policy

SEC's Atkins Says Agency Pushing Toward 2025 Rules Allowing Crypto Firm Innovation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is aiming to weigh a new digital assets "innovation exemption" by the end of the year, the chairman said.

Paul Atkins has been confirmed by the Senate to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission as chairman. (Senate Banking Committee)

Markets

Crypto ETF 'Floodgates' Open With SEC Listing Standards, But Price Impact May Be Uneven

The regulator's move sets the stage for a wave of new crypto products coming to market, but that alone won’t drive demand, analysts cautioned.

(Gabor Koszegi/Unsplash)

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Policy

U.S. Treasury Takes Next Step in Turning GENIUS Act Into Stablecoin Regulations

The crypto industry has entered the long slog of rule writing on the stablecoin law, and the Treasury is inviting input on how to deal with illicit activity.

Treasury Department columns and statue (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Is Binance Cutting Deals with Team Trump? That's What Senate Democrats Are Asking

Senator Elizabeth Warren and colleagues asked the attorney general what's up with Binance and reports of U.S. talks over its enforcement compliance.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)