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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Les républicains cherchent à contrer les efforts visant à restreindre le minage de Crypto

La mise en garde intervient après que les démocrates ont mis en garde un haut responsable environnemental en avril contre les méfaits de l’exploitation d’actifs numériques.

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

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Los republicanos buscan contrarrestar los esfuerzos para restringir la Cripto

La advertencia se produce después de que los demócratas advirtieran a un alto funcionario ambiental en abril sobre los daños de la minería de activos digitales.

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

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Республіканці намагаються протистояти спробам скоротити майнінг Крипто

Застереження прозвучало після того, як у квітні демократи попередили високопоставленого чиновника з охорони навколишнього середовища про шкоду видобутку цифрових активів.

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

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Sinisikap ng mga Republikano na Kontrahin ang Pagsusumikap na Pigilan ang Crypto Mining

Ang salita ng pag-iingat ay dumating pagkatapos na binalaan ng mga Demokratiko ang isang nangungunang opisyal sa kapaligiran noong Abril tungkol sa mga pinsala ng pagmimina ng mga digital asset.

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

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I repubblicani cercano di contrastare gli sforzi volti a limitare il mining Cripto

L’avvertimento arriva dopo che i democratici hanno messo in guardia un alto funzionario ambientale in aprile sui danni derivanti dall’estrazione di risorse digitali.

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

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Republicanos procuram contrariar os esforços para restringir a mineração de Cripto

A palavra de cautela veio depois que os democratas alertaram um alto funcionário ambiental em abril sobre os danos da mineração de ativos digitais.

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

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Республиканцы стремятся противодействовать усилиям по ограничению майнинга Крипта

Предостережение прозвучало после того, как в апреле демократы предупредили высокопоставленного чиновника по охране окружающей среды о вреде добычи цифровых активов.

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

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Secretaria del Tesoro de EE. UU. se reúne con líderes de bancos para hablar sobre cripto

Mientras que Janet Yellen se prepara para reunirse CEOs de bancos de Wall Street, un oficial del Departamento del Tesoro dijo que el colapso del mercado cripto demuestra la necesidad de regulaciones.

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