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

Can Crypto Buy a Seat in Congress?

In the U.S. primaries, crypto millions sometimes failed to show much effect at all, though industry donors may claim credit in a few key wins on the road to the midterms.

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

Policy

Crypto Echoes Risks of 2008 Financial Crisis, Says US CFTC Commissioner

Christy Goldsmith Romero says CFTC oversight would be an answer to potential financial stability risks brewing in the industry.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Stablecoins Could ‘Fundamentally Alter’ Banking System, Says US FDIC Chief

Acting FDIC head Martin Gruenberg argues that stablecoins need to mesh with regulated banking as well as the Fed’s real-time payments system and any future U.S. CBDC.

FDIC Interim Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg (FDIC.gov)

Finance

IRS Expands Key US Tax Language to Include NFTs

Newly released draft instructions for the 2022 tax year change the language from “virtual currency” to broader “digital assets.”

The IRS' headquarters in Washington. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC’s Behnam Calls FTX Idea a Potential ‘Evolution’ in Market Structure

Chairman Rostin Behnam says the FTX proposal for directly clearing certain crypto derivatives without intermediaries is still being weighed and would mark a “significant shift.”

Rostin Behnam, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC Commissioner to Pitch Retail Investor Definition to Get Set for Crypto

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says the agency needs a new way of categorizing investors as it prepares for new digital-assets oversight.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Key US Lawmaker Says Talks Continue Over ‘Ugly Baby’ Bill to Oversee Stablecoins

After months negotiating legislation to establish U.S. oversight, Rep. Patrick McHenry signals the challenges ahead for the effort next year.

Rep. Patrick McHenry speaks at DC Fintech Week (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Ooki DAO Case So ‘Egregious,’ CFTC Had No Choice, Chair Behnam Says

"Don't expect this to be a free pass," he said of using a DAO to evade U.S. laws.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at DC Fintech Week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

US CFTC as Crypto’s Regulatory Savior? Crypto Firms Might Not Like What They Get

The Securities and Exchange Commission is treated as a villain in crypto, but the view of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a government ally may not survive the honeymoon, insiders suggest

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

NFT Firm Seeks US Election Commission’s Approval to Market Campaign Souvenirs

Data Vault Holdings is seeking to market digital tokens to political committees.

Political campaigns' traditional buttons may face a new competitor in non-fungible tokens. (Getty Images)