Jesse Hamilton

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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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his candidacy in Boston on April 19. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
RFK Jr. Raises Crypto Taxes, Regulation as Issues in Opening Days of 2024 Presidential Race
Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. is criticizing the White House effort to establish a 30% tax for crypto mining in the U.S.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his candidacy in Boston on April 19. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Mining rig (Getty Images)
White House Pushes for Punitive Tax on Crypto Mining
The Biden administration is campaigning for a tax first sought in a recent federal budget proposal, advocating that crypto miners pay an amount equal to 30% of their energy co...
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SEC Chairman Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk screen grab from video)
SEC Chairman Gensler Releases Another Video Dig at Crypto Industry
The regulator made an investor-education video arguing that digital-assets businesses haven't complied with securities laws.
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk screen grab from video)
U.S. Capitol (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
House Republicans Make Case on Stablecoin Bill After Democrats Called for Do-Over
Their latest draft legislation sets up shared federal and state oversight and says stablecoins aren’t securities, but it’s uncertain what bipartisan support the effort will fi...
U.S. Capitol (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
U.S. Sanctions 3 North Koreans for Supporting Hacking Group Known for Crypto Thefts
The three were engaged in crypto activities themselves, and the U.S. Treasury Department says they were tied to the networks of DPRK entities laundering stolen crypto or movin...
U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
U.S. SEC Warns Advisers They Need to Know Crypto Before Recommending to Clients
Brokers and investment advisers have to understand crypto and ensure it's in clients’ best interests before pitching investments, the SEC staff said in a bulletin.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Reps. Patrick McHenry and Maxine Waters (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Democrats Blast Draft Stablecoin Bill in First 2023 Hearing on Issue
Despite Republican House committee leaders publishing a draft bill and talking about progress, it hasn't been on the bipartisan level required for an eventual law, lawmakers s...
Reps. Patrick McHenry and Maxine Waters (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
SEC Lays Its Cards on the Table With Assertion That DeFi Falls Under Securities Rules
Unless Congress legislates otherwise, U.S. oversight will hold most of the crypto world inside the SEC’s jurisdiction as the agency moves to make its reach increasingly explic...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
U.S. SEC Moves Toward DeFi Oversight as It Reopens Proposed Regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission is confirming crypto industry worries that, yes, the proposal last year to widen its view of securities exchanges will fold in DeFi.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
SEC Advisory Group Backs Gensler’s Crypto Efforts but Asks for Industry Guidance
Apart from the Investor Advisory Committee’s request for some formal crypto guidance from the agency, it egged on the SEC chairman’s confrontation with the sector.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)