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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Politiche

Chainalysis-run sting targets child exploitation networks with aid of Binance, Coinbase

'Operation Lighthouse' went after child sex abuse materials, working with law enforcement to round up more than 14,000 investigative leads.

Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin (CoinDesk)

Politiche

Crypto political group details list of U.S. congressional allies its backing this year

Stand With Crypto, a member group that rates the crypto friendliness of politicians, is supporting 32 U.S. House incumbents, with more endorsements coming.

Stand With Crypto Executive Director Mason Lynaugh (CoinDesk's Consensus 2026)

Analisi delle Notizie

Kalshi off-limits in multiple states as prediction markets, CFTC team up for battle

Washington state is cut off for Kalshi customers while the company combats the development in court and its federal regulator keeps pursuing new rules.

Kalshi website shown on a laptop.

Politiche

Crypto advocates join in suing Illinois over digital asset tax

The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state for its recently approved 0.2% crypto tax.

Illinois image via Shutterstock

Pubblicità

Politiche

U.S. CFTC chief puts staff on notice to create crypto regulations if Clarity Act fails

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told the inaugural gathering of the Innovation Advisory Committee that his agency won't sit idle.

CFTC Chair Michael Selig (CoinDesk)

Politiche

Trump pushes Congress to move on Clarity Act during White House crypto event

The CEOs from companies across several tech-forward sectors met with the president in advance of this week's first Innovation Advisory Committee at the CFTC.

President Donald Trump, regulators and crypto execs (White House video capture)

Politiche

Crypto campaign fund Fairshake faces $2 million setback in Florida primaries

In a race that drew criticism to crypto's leading political action committee for featuring fake headlines in ads, Fairshake's expensive effort fell short.

Oliver Gilbert, former Miami-Dade County Commissioner (Getty Images)

Politiche

U.S. accounting-standards group proposes way to see stablecoins as 'cash equivalent'

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, a nonprofit that governs accounting practices, proposed that certain stablecoins should fit the bill as cash-like.

Accounting (Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Getty Images)

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Politiche

U.S. SEC proposes first major crypto rule in surprise announcement

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the "Regulation Crypto" proposal after having cancelled a meeting days before meant to vote on it.

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

Politiche

U.S. Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule

The Treasury proposal would establish some of the core definitions and jurisdictions in the law Congress completed last year.

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