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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US Fed Evaluating SEC’s Position on Digital Assets Custody, Powell Says

The SEC’s directive that customers’ digital assets may need to be treated as belonging to an exchange’s balance sheet has banking regulators scratching their heads about how it’ll work.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, January 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)

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Republicans Seek to Counter Effort to Curtail Crypto Mining

The word of caution comes after Democrats warned a top environmental official in April about harms of digital assets mining.

U.S. lawmakers are debating what the government should do about crypto mining. (Getty Images)

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US Treasury Secretary Talks Crypto With Bank Chiefs

While Secretary Janet Yellen prepared to meet with Wall Street banking CEOs, an official from the Treasury Department said the crypto market turmoil shows a need for regulations.

El departamento del Tesoro de EE. UU. está analizando detenidamente las regulaciones cripto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Circle’s Disparte Calls CBDCs ‘a Preposterous Idea’ in Digital Dollar Debate

The stage at Consensus 2022 erupted with an intense dispute over the future of a Fed-managed digital currency.

Explorations Stage at Consensus 2022

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CFTC Chairman 'Encouraged' by Bill in Congress to Give the Agency More Crypto Oversight

Rostin Behnam noted the bill would allow the CFTC to assess fees on the industry.

El ex comisionado de la CFTC, Dawn Stump, el presidente de la CFTC, Rostin Behnam, y el director de Contenido de CoinDesk, Michael Casey, hablan en Consensus 2022. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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CFTC Chief Heaps Praise on Bill That Boosts Agency’s Crypto Reach

Chairman Rostin Behnam supports the contours of the Lummis-Gillibrand regulatory bill released this week.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam says he's a fan of the sweeping new Lummis-Gillibrand bill that would establish crypto regulations.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Crypto Bill Condemned by Consumer Advocates in Washington

Consumer group gadflies were predictably ready with a damning quote shortly after the bi-partisan legislative proposal was made public.

(Cynthia Lummis modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Unable to Shake Reputation as Ransomware Tool in Senate Hearing

A Senate Homeland Security hearing painted cryptocurrencies as the favorite payments for hackers.

A Senate committee held a hearing today on crypto's role in ransomware (japatino/Getty images)

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US Justice Department Urges More Coordination to Combat Crypto Crime

A new report from the Justice Department responds to this year’s executive order from President Joe Biden, marking some of the first recommendations produced by the order.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., headquarters (Orhan Cam/Shutterstock)

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Key US Senators Introduce Crypto Bill Outlining Sweeping Plan for Future Rules

Kirsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis release the long-awaited strategy that favors the CFTC as a watchdog and wipes away tax worries for purchases of less than $200.

U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)  is introducing a wide-reaching crypto bill with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). (Marco Bello/Getty Images)