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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Policy

US Justice Department, Regulators Contacted Binance on FTX Talks: Source

The authorities want to know what Binance learned about FTX's inner workings.

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

Policy

Washington, D.C.’s Buddy Sam Bankman-Fried Has Some Explaining to Do

FTX CEO Bankman-Fried has been crypto’s shining star in U.S. policy circles, and it’s unclear whether he has an obvious successor.

Sam Bankman-Fried and former U.S. President Bill Clinton at Crypto Bahamas conference in Nassau in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

With FTX Bloodied, Rival in US Regulatory Fight Adds Another Knife

One of the traditional, regulated firms that has opposed an FTX effort to upend derivatives clearing – Cboe Digital – jumped into the drama by issuing a letter boasting about its safety measures.

The Cboe Global Markets Inc. building in Chicago (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Policy

Midterm Elections 2022: Crypto Live Blog

CoinDesk reporters track the 2022 election.

U.S. Capitol Building (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Policy

FTX’s Push for US Crypto Clearing Left In Suspense by Binance Deal

The fate of FTX U.S. Derivatives’ application for the authority to clear customers’ crypto transactions – a potential game changer in U.S. markets – is now unclear.

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

Policy

Crypto Has Prepared for Divided US Government, Republican Rise

A partisan mess on Capitol Hill may not be a bad thing for the crypto industry, which has friends on both sides of the aisle and legislative efforts that are – so far – bipartisan.

The White House, the executive office of the U.S. President (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Ex-House Speaker, Former Justice Official Join US Policy Crew Assembled by Paradigm

Former lawmakers and officials from both U.S. parties will join academic and political leaders in a new council meant to advise on crypto policy after the midterm elections.

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

Policy

CBDCs Could Reduce FX Transaction Speeds to 10 Seconds, NY Fed Says

The New York Fed simulated foreign exchange transactions using a distributed ledger to test for improvements over the current system.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Circle Begins Putting Reserves Into New BlackRock Fund

The assets backing Circle Internet Financial’s USDC will finish moving into an SEC-regulated money market fund early next year.

Circle (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Policy

Lesson From the US Elections: Don't Mention Crypto

This year’s midterm elections have seen very few candidates willing to even mention cryptocurrency, and they have their reasons.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang had been cautioned by campaign advisers not to dwell on crypto. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)