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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Prediction Market Kalshi Sues U.S. CFTC for Denying Its Contracts for Congressional Elections

The CFTC denied a valid hedging option when it rebuffed a plan to offer event contracts for traders to bet on political outcomes, the company said.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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SafeMoon Execs Arrested by DOJ in Fraud Investigation, Charged by SEC

Crypto company SafeMoon's CEO and chief technology officer were arrested, accused of withdrawing more than $200M to buy luxury cars and homes from funds that they told investors were "locked," according to the DOJ and the regulator.

The U.S. Department of Justice grabbed another of the men it alleges moved billions in criminal money at BTC-e.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. SEC Messed Up in Handling Contentious Crypto Accounting Bulletin: GAO

The Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 said customers' crypto assets in banks should be held on the banks' own balance sheets. That should have been a rule, not guidance, the GAO says, but the SEC says the policy remains unchanged in the meantime.

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

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Coinbase-Backed Advocacy Group Enlists Crypto Masses, Raises $2M From 80,000

Stand With Crypto, the campaign that's meant to bombard lawmakers with crypto supporters in their own backyards, says it's off to a fast start (with a lot of help from Coinbase).

Just a couple of months after Coinbase launched a U.S. advocacy group for crypto enthusiasts, organizers say it's brought in $2 million and sent 16,000 messages to U.S. lawmakers. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Do Kwon's Terraform Labs Seeks Early Court Rejection of U.S. SEC Case

The stablecoin issuer filed for summary judgment, asking the judge to toss the regulator's accusations that Do Kwon and his company engaged in a multi-billion-dollar securities fraud.

A U.S. jury began deliberating in the civil trial against Do Kwon and the company he co-founded, accused of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Miners Lobby U.S. Lawmakers to Counter Environmental 'Misunderstanding'

Dozens of mining firms came to Washington to steer the policy narrative away from negative environmental claims and make a case for mining as an economic and security boon.

Perianne Boring, CEO of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, led a group of crypto miners to meetings with members of the U.S. House of Representatives this week. (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Senate's Banking Chairman Says Panel to 'Crack Down' on Crypto's Terrorism Ties

Despite two forensics firms saying Hamas support via crypto may have been overstated, Sen. Sherrod Brown suggests the U.S. needs to address terrorist use of crypto.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Sherrod Brown (Getty Images)

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Media Reported Hamas Got Millions Via Crypto, but the Data Provider They Cited Says It Was Misconstrued

The funding revelation caused an uproar in Washington. But there's no evidence for anything beyond "tiny" amounts of digital assets landing in terrorists' hands, the data firm Elliptic now says.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is involved in a controversy over the use of Elliptic crypto data to explain how much terrorists have relied on crypto. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Lesser-known Johnson Wins Speaker Job as Crypto-focused Lawmakers Return to Old Roles

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana was a subcommittee chairman until his colleagues gave him the big gavel on Wednesday.

The crypto-advocating members of the House of Representatives can go back to their old jobs now that Republicans have picked a new speaker. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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SEC’s Gensler Won’t Say What’s Next With Bitcoin ETFs After Grayscale Loss

The agency chairman also declined to give any indications on timing or the order applications might be considered.

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