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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Top Democrat on House committee questions Kraken's Federal Reserve account

Maxine Waters, who would likely take the House Financial Services Committee gavel again if Democrats win the House, sent a letter to the Kansas City Fed.

Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. midterms pack major digital assets punch as Stand With Crypto preps strategy

The terrain of Congress is likely to shift considerably even as the crypto sector continues to chase fundamental legislation.

Representative Zach Nunn (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Market structure bill compromise draws wide-ranging reaction from fractured crypto crowd

The yield agreement, seen as a step toward finally advancing the stalled market structure bill, hasn't yet fully won industry support.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

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AI agents to help investigators unearth crypto criminals, according to new TRM program

TRM Labs has added an AI agent to the services the blockchain analytics firm offers law enforcement agencies.

Consensus 2025: Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs

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U.S. lawmakers dig into tokenizing securities as Trump ties muddy waters

A U.S. House of Representatives hearing reviewed tokenization, with a broad agreement that securities traded via token need the same treatment as regular trading.

French HIll, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Stablecoin yield in crypto Clarity Act won't allow rewards on balances, latest text says

The crypto industry got a first look at legislative language that won't allow rewards on stablecoin balances, and the approach is seen as restrictive.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's past political cash gives AI PAC fuel for bashing NY candidate Bores

A mailer from Think Big PAC told voters that the Democratic U.S. House candidate once got $100,000 in support from the former head of failed global exchange FTX.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Senators say they've reached compromise on yield to advance crypto market bill

One of the major sticking points on the crypto market structure bill may be resolved, at least enough to move toward a Senate hearing to advance the bill.

Senator Thom Tillis (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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Kalshi gets temporary Nevada ban in dispute over sports betting

A Nevada court issued a 14-day ban on a wide range of contracts from prediction market firm Kalshi as the firm continues battling with state regulators.

Kalshi website on a laptop.

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Crypto Clarity Act inches toward Senate hearing as lawmakers weigh legislative trades

The White House may be reviewing fresh legislative text, and lawmakers are reportedly weighing offers to banks of other, unrelated provisions for their support.

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