Jesse Hamilton

Deputy Managing Editor, Global Policy and Regulation

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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Consensus Magazine

Patrick McHenry Is Dragging Crypto Bills Through Congress

The bowtied chairman of the House Financial Services Committee has shown persistence in the face of increasing partisanship on crypto issues.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry in grey jacket and pink bow tie

Policy

Republicans' Leadership Squabbles Delayed U.S. Crypto Bills Until 2024, Key Lawmakers Say

Republican Rep. French Hill and Democrat Rep. Jim Himes see potential future floor votes for crypto bills being key to convincing the Democrat-controlled Senate to play ball.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry got tied up as temporary Speaker of the House, distracting him from crypto legislation. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Treasury Campaigning for Amplified Powers to Chase Crypto Overseas

A top official has asked members of Congress for new laws to extend the Treasury's crypto reach beyond its existing enforcement and sanctions abilities.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo has campaigned Congress to provide new authorities to oversee crypto outside the U.S. (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Stablecoins Such as Tether May Be in U.S. Sights, Top U.S. Treasury Official Warns

Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the Treasury, said issuers outside the U.S. need to be forced to prevent abuse by terrorists.

Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas
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Policy

Binance, Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Handing Over Record $1.35B Fine in CFTC Settlement

The company's CFTC penalties, which were paired with an agreement to give back a separate $1.35 billion to wronged customers, are a big piece of the $4.3 billion in total cash going to the U.S. government, including the U.S. DOJ and Treasury.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at a press conference on Nov. 21, 2023. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance to Pay $4.3B to Settle U.S. Criminal Case; Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Resigns as CEO and Pleads Guilty in Seattle

Richard Teng takes over as CEO of the world's largest crypto exchange.

CZ and Binance Logo (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Kraken Accused by SEC of Operating Unregistered Platform, Improperly Mixing Customer Funds

The U.S. crypto exchange is the latest targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a series of similar actions being fought in court by other companies.

Kraken co-founder and chairman Jesse Powell was CEO of the company during most of the time the Securities and Exchange Commission has accused it of operating illegally. (CoinDesk)

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Binance in Talks to Pay More Than $4B to End U.S. Criminal Case; CZ Could Still Face Charges: Bloomberg

A resolution could come as soon as the end of this month, Bloomberg reports.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)
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California, Texas Among States Accusing GS Partners of Misleading Crypto Investors

Offers of a tokenized Dubai skyscraper and assets in the metaverse were fraudulent and unregistered, state regulators say, and boosted by celebrities such as boxer Floyd Mayweather.

Ex-boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is among celebrity promoters who have been tied to GS Partners, which has been accused by state regulators of committing crypto fraud. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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FBI Arrests Trio Accused of Bilking Banks Out of $10M, Converting Funds to Crypto

Three men allegedly used foreign crypto exchanges to launder the proceeds of a scheme that targeted nearly a dozen financial institutions in the New York metro area.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested three men accused in a complicated scheme to steal $10 million from banks and swap it for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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