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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Crypto campaign cash from Fairshake flooded Southern primaries, picked winners

The leading industry super PAC claimed a "6-0 sweep" in the primaries in Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia, though one big race awaits a runoff.

U.S. Senate candidate Andy Barr

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Trump orders government, Fed to review crypto firms' access to payment rails

Donald Trump's executive order asks the Fed to review how depository institutions may be granted access to payment services, an area the crypto industry is deeply involved with.

President Donald Trump at the White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Senator Elizabeth Warren accuses U.S. regulator of approving unqualified crypto banks

The Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency questioning the charters of nine crypto firms.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Amid the Clarity Act fanfare is some worry over how a last-minute deal may punch DeFi

The crypto market structure bill saw a high-stakes, 11th-hour gambit to get Democrats on board for a bipartisan committee vote, but it might carry a cost.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Wyoming Republican (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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SEC to propose tokenized stock framework as Wall Street efforts deepen: Bloomberg

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly poised to release a major crypto proposal as it seeks to institute its digital assets agenda.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock)

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U.S. House lawmakers who oversee the CFTC are urging Trump to fill the commission

As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission takes on a growing task to police U.S. crypto trading, senior lawmakers are saying it needs bipartisan leadership.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Clarity Act clears U.S. Senate committee, on its way to a final test in Congress

After a bipartisan approval in the Senate Banking Committee, the crypto market structure bill now advances to a final overhaul aimed at Senate and House passage.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

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U.S. senators lament failure to win bipartisan support, yet, on crypto Clarity Act

In the hearing to advance the market structure bill to its next stage, lawmakers from both parties granted lengthy talks hadn't yet found needed common ground.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Getty Images)

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LIVE: Senate Banking Committee advances Clarity Act to full Senate floor

The Senate Banking Committee debated amendments before ultimately voting on the market structure legislation on Thursday.

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Clarity Act amendments would remake key parts of crypto bill but have doubtful future

The U.S. crypto market structure bill is being targeted with dozens of amendments aiming to change or add to the text as its Senate hearing approaches.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)