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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U.S. CFTC adds New York to string of states its suing to stop prediction market pushback

The federal regulator has been suing states that seek to curtail prediction markets activity and claim it should be deemed state-regulated gaming.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Tether's $344 million USDT freeze linked to U.S. 'Economic Fury' against Iran regime

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is seeking to choke off "all financial lifelines" for the regime.

Iranian flag (Akbar Nemati/Unsplash)

News Analysis

Trump's DOJ drops probe that stood in way of president's pick to run Federal Reserve

The Justice Department passed an investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell to the Fed's own inspector, which could clear a confirmation path for Kevin Warsh.

Kevin Warsh, nominee to be Fed chair (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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U.S. arrests Army green beret for $400,000 Polymarket bets on Venezuela raid he was in

Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly tried to conceal his bets about the raid on Venezuela that led to Nicolas Maduro's arrest.

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Kalshi flags more insider trading cases, including politician who appeared on FBoy Island

The prediction market platform, which has been caught in the middle of a regulatory battle between the feds and the states, is seeking to demonstrate strong controls.

Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Banks seek to slow down implementation of crypto's GENIUS Act on stablecoin oversight

U.S. banking groups argued that a number of federal agencies are moving quickly on stablecoin regulations, making it hard to understand how rules will interact.

U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Crypto's great hope in Senate's Clarity Act still has a path to survive tight calendar

A sideshow stablecoin yield debate has dragged the market structure bill through months of delay, even as the Senate's available floor time diminishes for 2026.

Senator Thom Tillis (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

New York sues Coinbase, Gemini over prediction market offerings

New York has become the latest state to argue that prediction market contracts touching on sports and entertainment violate state gambling laws.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Democracy Forward)

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U.S. CFTC's Selig says AI has helped make up for staffing cuts at key crypto watchdog

Chairman Mike Selig faces explosive new market duties with crypto and prediction markets, where he said "numerous investigations" have begun.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Solana Policy Institute-backed PAC spends millions to jam Sherrod Brown's Senate run

The Sentinel Action Fund is supporting Republican John Husted in that race, with funding from the Solana network's advocacy group and Multicoin Capital.

Former Senator Sherrid Brown of Ohio (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)