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.

Latest from Jesse Hamilton

Policy

New York's Crypto BitLicense Oversight Criticized by State's Comptroller

The New York fiscal chief says the Department of Financial Services let some things fall through the cracks as a crypto watchdog.

Jan 9, 2024

Superintendent Adrienne Harris's New York Department of Financial Services is being criticized for missteps in overseeing crypto BitLicense holders. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

With Bitcoin ETF Decision Looming, SEC Chair Gensler Says (Again) That Crypto Is Dangerous

While the industry eagerly awaits the U.S. regulator's decision on spot bitcoin ETFs, Gary Gensler is on X warning investors that crypto is rife with scams.

Jan 8, 2024

SEC Chair Gary Gensler in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023 (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. SEC Seeks to Leverage Terraform Win in Coinbase, Binance Disputes

The agency contends last week's court ruling that offerings from Terraform were securities should help make its case that the exchanges traded unregistered securities.

Jan 5, 2024

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing Hashdex's ETF application, which analysts suggest could have a leg up because of its novel approach. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Elections, SEC Cases, DOJ Cases: What Crypto Regulation May Bring in 2024

2024 is next week. Buckle up.

Dec 27, 2023

Policy

Prometheum Earns Final Regulatory Nod to Try Hand at Fully-Compliant Crypto

The U.S. platform, which drew industry barbs for insisting crypto can comply with SEC rules, is now approved for clearing, though it won't begin for a few months at least.

Dec 21, 2023

Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Crypto Won't Get Long-Awaited U.S. Rules in 2024, But the Courts May Steer Its Future

The U.S. Congress is still wrestling over crypto, so it's unlikely that a full regulatory regime will be in place before 2025, though court rulings and agency policies will keep emerging.

Dec 18, 2023

US Capital building (Matt Anderson/Getty Images)

Policy

U.S. SEC Denies Coinbase's Push for Crypto Regulations as 'Unwarranted'

The U.S. exchange had formally petitioned the agency to start writing comprehensive crypto rules, but after "careful" consideration, the SEC said no.

Dec 15, 2023

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC Pushes FTX-Inspired Rule to Protect Customers' Money

Commissioners took a step toward requiring derivatives clearing organizations, a key type of middleman in the industry, to keep their customers' money segregated from their own funds.

Dec 13, 2023

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be granted far-reaching authority over crypto trading and regulation in a new Senate bill. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Anonymous Crypto Interests Bombard Key Senator Sherrod Brown With Political Ads

New crypto advocacy group Cedar Innovation Foundation is running digital ads in Brown's Ohio to persuade him to buck SEC Chair Gary Gensler, but Cedar won't say who's behind it.

Dec 13, 2023

A crypto advocacy group with mysterious backing is trying to influence Sen. Sherrod Brown. (Images compiled by CoinDesk, courtesy of Cedar Innovation Foundation)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to U.S. Money Transmitter Charge

Anatoly Legkodymov says he'll dissolve the sanctioned exchange as part of his plea.

Dec 6, 2023

U.S. authorities announced the co-founder of exchange Bitzlato pleaded guilty on accusations of running an illegal money transmitter. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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