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. Treasury Sanctions Burmese Militia Group Said to Run 'Pig Butchering' Compounds

The Karen National Army and its leaders were sanctioned on accusations they perpetuated crimes against U.S. citizens that featured crypto thefts.

Burma (Zinko Hein/Unsplash)

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U.S. Senate Moves Toward Action on Stablecoin Bill

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has started the process toward a vote on the legislation to establish rules for stablecoin issuers.

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U.S. Government Begins to Sever Cambodia's Huione Group from Financial System

The Treasury Department's financial-crimes arm used its most potent safeguard to propose cutting off the organization as a money-laundering danger.

Huione website (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Congressman Pitches Crypto ATMs for Federal Government Buildings

Texas Republican Lance Gooden suggested to the agency that runs office space that installing ATMs will help align the government with Trump's crypto push.

Crypto ATM (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Coinbase Leaps Into Supreme Court Case in Defense of User Data Going to IRS

The U.S. crypto exchange filed a brief in a longstanding privacy battle over records the tax agency sought on customers' crypto transactions.

Coinbase appeared again in the U.S. Supreme Court to make a case on arbitration. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Coalition Tells SEC Staking Is 'Essential Good,' Not a Security

Industry entities led by the Crypto Council for Innovation argued in a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it shouldn't regulate staking.

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

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Trump's Crypto Sherpa Bo Hines Says Crypto Legislation on Target for Quick Completion

The head of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets says new laws could be set by August, and Trump's own crypto interests aren't a factor.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Author of Crypto Bills Now Being Rehashed Predicts 'Wicked Hot Summer' in Congress

Patrick McHenry, the ex-lawmaker who championed last year's crypto legislation, also said he expects a role to be found for Tether in the U.S. stablecoin field.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Will Arizona Become the First State to Join Feds in Planning a Bitcoin Reserve?

A new approval from Arizona lawmakers to form a digital assets stockpile must still survive a veto potential from the Democratic governor.

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New SEC Chief Atkins Says Agency Doesn't Have to Wait to Impose Crypto Policy

In his first public appearance as SEC chairman, Paul Atkins opened the latest crypto roundtable in the agency's Washington headquarters.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)