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

As House Panel Kicks Tires on Stablecoin Bill, Old-School Finance Giants Reveal Shift

In a U.S. congressional hearing on the new House stablecoin bill, witnesses including BNY and a Wall Street super-lawyer further show a tradfi arrival.

French HIll will be the next chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. SEC's Acting Chair Walking Back Agency Proposal on Crypto Trading Platforms

The securities regulator's long-delayed rule expanding the scope of regulated exchanges shouldn't have tried to include crypto, Mark Uyeda argues.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase CEO Armstrong Says He'll Hire 1,000 in U.S. as Crypto Tide Turns

Brian Armstrong said recent policy shifts warrant a new push in the U.S., and president's working group chief Hines said Trump is delivering on crypto promises.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

Policy

Trump's Crypto Summit Sets Agenda for U.S. Pivot

After ordering a bitcoin reserve, the president ushered crypto CEOs into the White House today to tell them their era of U.S. government resistance to crypto is over.

Donald Trump speaking at the White House crypto summit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

ADA, XRP, SOL Plunge as White House Backpedals on Trump's Crypto Reserve Plan

An official said Trump was "just giving five examples" of cryptocurrencies that could theoretically be in a crypto stockpile.

White House (Suzy Brooks/Unsplash)

Policy

As Crypto Summit Nears, White House Maintains Special Status for Bitcoin

The approach to the newly announced bitcoin reserve grants that BTC deserves special treatment among digital assets, a White House official said.

Trump in the Oval Office

Policy

Trump Orders ‘Fort Knox’ Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Assets Stockpile

The U.S. president directed his administration to establish a bitcoin reserve to hold seized assets, and it's setting up a separate crypto stockpile.

President Donald Trump

Policy

Texas Surges in U.S. States' Race to Put Public Funds Into Crypto

Texas' bitcoin strategic reserve bill clears its senate, while New Hampshire marks a committee win and Utah teeters on a deadline this week.

Austin

Policy

U.S. Senate's Banking Chair Pushes Debanking Bill After Crypto Uproar

Senator Tim Scott, the chief of the banking committee, is backing a bill to stop U.S. regulators from citing "reputational risk" as a reason to block clients.

Senator Scott will be the next chairman of the Senate Banking Committee

Policy

Effort to Kill IRS Crypto Rule Clears U.S. Senate Hurdle

With a split among Democrats, the Senate resolution to erase the IRS' DeFi-focused crypto broker rule passed with a massive majority and is now up to the House.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)