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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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)

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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)

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Crypto's new $11 million PAC booked millions in ads with firm started by Tether US CEO

While Tether has been closely associated with the emerging political action committee, the opening funding came from Cantor Fitzgerald and Anchorage Digital.

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U.S. lawmakers take another swing at crypto tax policy with revised bill

A bill would amend how the IRS would approach crypto taxes.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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White House crypto adviser Witt says other Clarity Act hurdles being cleared

Patrick Witt told CoinDesk that a recent compromise on stablecoin yield should hold as the Senate tries to advance its crypto bill, even as bankers continue warnings.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. SEC says software allowing crypto wallet transactions not considered broker

The latest crypto view from the securities agency concludes software that clears the way for securities transactions with individual wallets won't trip regulations.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Bankers rebuff White House claim that stablecoin yield doesn't threaten deposits

A new study from the American Bankers Association says the White House economists went after the wrong premise in their recent look at the issue.

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)

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Super PAC tied to Tether makes first ad buy from firm founded by Tether's U.S. CEO

The Fellowship PAC spent $300,000 with Nxum Group that was co-founded by Bo Hines, the chief of Tether's U.S. arm and former adviser to President Donald Trump.

Bo Hines, Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets of the White House

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U.S. Treasury to loop in crypto sector on hacker warnings shared with traditional firms

The Department of the Treasury announced it's letting crypto firms sign up for timely information-sharing on cybersecurity threats.

U.S. Treasury Department (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)