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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Policy

Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say

Those involved in a meeting of CEOs from the worlds of crypto, prediction markets and AI anticipate President Donald Trump will take part in next week's gathering.

Donald Trump speaking at the White House crypto summit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said it granted "preliminary conditional approval" to World Liberty Trust Co. on Friday.

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

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $63,000; MSCI threatens to exclude Strategy from indices

WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise.

BTC price past 24 hours

Policy

U.S. SEC to again delay 'innovation exemption' for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns

The SEC was ready to release at least some part of the innovation exemption alongside its now-canceled open meeting for "Reg Crypto" on Friday.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock)
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Policy

SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date

The first major crypto rule to be proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will have to wait a bit longer after a sudden postponement.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Prediction markets should dial back faulty filings for incentives to boost trading: CFTC

The U.S. regulator of platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket suggests the industry is getting into bad compliance habits that may allow for market abuse.

CFTC HQ

Policy

Morgan Stanley's infrastructure partner Zerohash rebuffed in pitch to be U.S. trust bank

Zerohash, which handles crypto plumbing for Morgan Stanley's E*Trade, said it's planning on re-filing and hoping for a swift resolution.

U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould

Policy

CFTC orders Kalshi to continue offering prediction markets in New York after state lawsuit

New York sued Kalshi last month in a bid to block it from operating sports-related prediction markets.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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News Analysis

If crypto goes back to the congressional drawing board, 3 Democrat women loom large

The Democrats who may get a bigger say in future crypto legislative efforts are familiar figures, and they generally look at digital assets with distrust.

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Policy

U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings

The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week to start its first major crypto rulemaking process.

U.S. SEC headquarter in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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