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Jesse Hamilton

Washington, D.C., United States

Deputy Managing Editor at CoinDesk

Deputy managing editor for @CoinDesk, covering how the government is dealing with crypto; former Bloomberg, Hartford Courant, etc. -- RTs aren't endorsements

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Articles

  • 1 week ago | coindesk.com | Jesse Hamilton

    Stablecoins are enjoying a moment in U.S. policy circles as the Senate just passed a regulation bill with major bipartisan numbers. As that moment approached, President Donald Trump and his family apparently offloaded about 20% of their stake in the parent company controlling World Liberty Financial, a crypto business that includes its own stablecoin.

  • 1 week ago | coindesk.com | Sam Reynolds |Jesse Hamilton

    A Kansas banker who looted millions from his small-town bank in 2023, and triggered its collapse, lost much of the money to overseas crypto scammers targeted in a record-breaking DOJ bust, according to a complaint filed Wednesday.

  • 1 week ago | cryptostudent.io | Jesse Hamilton

    The overwhelming bipartisan passage of the U.S. Senate’s stablecoin bill, with a 68-30 final vote that saw a huge surge of Democrats joining their Republican counterparts on Tuesday, sets a new high-water mark of crypto policy efforts in the U.S. as the legislation now heads to the House of Representatives.

  • 1 week ago | coindesk.com | Jesse Hamilton

    The overwhelming bipartisan passage of the U.S. Senate's stablecoin bill, with a 68-30 final vote that saw a huge surge of Democrats joining their Republican counterparts on Tuesday, sets a new high-water mark of crypto policy efforts in the U.S. as the legislation now heads to the House of Representatives. STORY CONTINUES BELOWDon't miss another story.Subscribe to the State of Crypto Newsletter today.

  • 1 week ago | coindesk.com | Jesse Hamilton

    Tether's USDT$1.00 is the world's leading stablecoin. Its digital emulation of the U.S. dollar — 155 billion of them at last count — is unmatched. But as things stand, Tether almost certainly doesn't fulfill the compliance demands of U.S. lawmakers as they're expected to push legislation nearer to law on Tuesday afternoon.

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31 May 25

RT @CoinDesk: If you're investing in a speculative crypto asset and it busts, you shouldn't go crying to the government for a bailout, SEC…

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24 May 25

RT @CoinDesk: Democratic lawmakers are continuing to highlight concerns around corruption in the runup to Donald Trump's memecoin dinner on…