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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U.S. senators seek to block foreign adversaries from AI technology in new bill

Senators Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty, who managed to push the crypto GENIUS Act into law, introduced the bill to give the government powers to defend U.S. AI.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Trump pocketed more than $1 billion from crypto ties as industry headed toward slump

The president has capitalized massively on crypto, according to his 2025 financial disclosure, making it one of his most lucrative business moves.

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SEC giving novel ETFs a rethink as it opens comment period on overhauling U.S. rules

Managers of exchange-traded funds, including those in the crypto sector, may see some changes at the Securities and Exchange Commission as it weighs its approach.

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

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Chinese exile once linked to Trump strategist gets 30-year sentence in $1 billion fraud

The businessman known as Miles Guo, who pushed the fraudulent H-Coin project and had close ties to Steve Bannon, was finally sentenced after his 2024 conviction.

Guo Wen-gui in April 2017 (VOAnews/Wikipedia)

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White House to speak with law enforcement groups to push Crypto's Clarity Act

Officials from the White House are said to be sitting down with law enforcement representatives who have objected to illicit-finance portions of the bill.

White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Binance founder CZ blames crypto's sour 2026 on mix of AI, global tension, 4-year cycle

There is no single cause for the crypto market's 50% decline over the past year, the Binance founder told CoinDesk.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. House Democrat, who may soon run key committee, condemns crypto in 401(k)s

Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on House Financial Services, asked the chief of the Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal on alternative assets.

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

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Post-prison CZ says time behind bars didn't hurt the billionaire's business after Binance

The pardoned ex-CEO called prison a character-building "plus" as he's pursued a venture-capital career, despite his majority stake in the world's biggest crypto exchange.

Former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk)

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Trump's refusal to sign housing bill could delay Congress and imperil Clarity Act

As Congress prepared to celebrate the president's signing of the bipartisan housing bill that contains a CBDC prohibition, Trump abruptly cancelled the event.

U.S. President Donald Trump on June 22, 2026 (Getty Images/Andrew Harnik)

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CZ, Binance founder, wants to clear up 'misunderstandings' about who he is

The former CEO of the world's largest crypto exchange is seeking to redefine himself to the world on his own terms.

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