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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Policy

U.S. SEC to propose crypto rule as soon as this month to ease startups, fundraising

A newly updated agenda from the securities regulator shows so-called Reg Crypto high on its near-term list.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Bitcoin's U.S. reserve still a work-in-progress as federal agencies hash it out

The White House says it's still evaluating the "best structure" for the federal fund to hold bitcoin as a long-term reserve and a separate stockpile of other crypto assets.

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)

Policy

Clarity and Congress's summer break: State of Crypto

All parties are still optimistic that Clarity can happen before the midterms, but time is really starting to run out.

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

News Analysis

Kalshi and prediction market sector embroiled in mixed bag of legal fights across U.S.

Some of the many battles with state gaming regulators aren't going well for the industry at the moment, but it isn't without its would-be government protectors.

U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

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)

Policy

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)

Policy

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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Policy

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)

Policy

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)