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

Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move

Sources familiar with the talks on stablecoin yields say the White House urged bankers to get on board with a deal that lets the market structure bill advance.

White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Latest White House talks on stablecoin yield make 'progress' with banks, no deal yet

In the latest of a series of meetings hosted at the White House, bankers and crypto policy experts met to break down the wall halting the market structure bill.

The latest crypto poll seeks to make the case that some voters have single-issue love for crypto as the race for the White House and Congress near an end. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Federal Reserve researchers sing praises of prediction markets

A deep look at predictions on Kalshi called such platforms valuable to policymakers and researchers, according to a new Fed paper.

Kalshi website on a laptop.

Finance

Anchorage Digital offers non-U.S. banks a stablecoin stand-in for correspondent banking

Crypto bank Anchorage Digital is launching U.S.-compliant stablecoin rails for international banks, offering faster movement of assets across borders.

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital at Consensus 2025.

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Policy

Banking trade groups responsible for impasse on market structure bill, Brian Armstrong says

Coinbase CEO Brain Armstrong said updated market structure legislation may offer banks other benefits to get them on board with allowing stablecoin rewards.

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Policy

What happens on prediction platforms can steer traditional markets, NYSE chief says

Prediction market outcomes are being used as inputs for how players deal with traditional financial markets, NYSE President Lynn Martin said at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.

CFTC Chair Mike Selig (left) and NYSE President Lynn Martin speaking on stage at the World Liberty forum. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Policy

Hyperliquid starts DeFi lobbying group with $29 million token backing

Jake Chervinsky, CEO of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, said markets are migrating to blockchain, and the U.S. need to adopt new rules of risk being left behind.

Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Harald Mendoza/Unsplash)

Finance

Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins initial approval of national bank trust charter

The U.S. banking license would allow Bridge to issue and manage stablecoins under direct federal oversight.

Bridge co-founder Zach Abrams and Sean Yu (Bridge)

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Policy

CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending his agency's jurisdiction over the event contract space.

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

Policy

Crypto mining can help energy volatility, Paradigm responds to policy onslaught

As U.S. lawmakers consider limits on data and mining facilities because of energy usage, the industry wants to explain that their crypto worries are unfounded.

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)