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

House Republicans Want Answers From Fed on Digital Dollar

Rep. Patrick McHenry and others from the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter demanding clarity from Fed Vice Chairwoman Lael Brainard on the topic.

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Oversight Should Resemble Traditional Bank Rules, Fed Official Says

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said crypto activity needs similar oversight to traditional bank activities, in his first speech since taking office.

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Policy

US Bank Watchdog Says He’s Not Budging on Crypto Distrust

Michael Hsu, acting chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, is sticking to his guns on keeping most crypto activity out of the U.S. banking system.

Acting OCC chief Michael Hsu (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)

Policy

House’s Stablecoin Bill May Face Fatal Delays for 2022 Progress

Internal plans to release a draft by this week were put off as the factions remain too far apart in negotiations, sources say.

Los intentos de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos para controlar a las stablecoins podrían convertirse en un proyecto de ley. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

A16z Wants to Standardize NFTs by Giving You a License for Your Token

Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm is releasing a free licensing system, aiming to help the NFT sector fulfill its "economic potential."

Andreessen Horowitz's Chris Dixon during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019. (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Policy

US Congressman Wants Consumer-Protection Answers From Agencies, Crypto Firms

A subcommittee chairman from the House Oversight Committee sent letters to Binance, Coinbase and other firms questioning them on how they guard against fraud.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Booster Bond Loses Primary Bid for New York Congressional Seat

Michelle Bond relied on crypto industry backing, including from boyfriend Ryan Salame of FTX Digital Markets, but didn’t push the crypto cause in race.

ADAM CEO and Congressional candidate Michelle Bond (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

As SEC Leans on Enforcement to Regulate, Crypto Lawyers Study Every Word

The industry’s legal advisers are trying to reverse-engineer the text of recent enforcement actions to divine the agency's thinking.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

US Government Amps Up Inevitable Clash With Crypto Privacy in Tornado Cash Blacklisting

The Treasury Department says Tornado Cash abetted laundering of $7 billion, but that’s not likely to quiet crypto enthusiasts as they fight to stay anonymous.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)

Policy

Popular Election-Betting Site PredictIt Throttled by US Regulator

The site where people can wager on the outcome of political battles has until February to close its U.S. operations, said the CFTC.

PredictIt, which allows traders to wager on the outcome of political events, has been ordered by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to shut down U.S. activity in six months. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)