Jesse A. Hamilton (born 1974 Portland, Oregon) is an American journalist covering the government response to the rise of cryptocurrencies as deputy managing editor at CoinDesk. He was previously a reporter at Bloomberg L.P. in Washington, D.C.
He graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. and worked for newspapers around Washington state, most recently the Yakima Herald-Republic. He worked from 2002 to 2009 at the Hartford Courant, including several years as its military reporter, during which he spent time as a correspondent in Iraq.[1] He then became the Courant's Washington Bureau Chief, tracking the 2008 presidential election and working in the press corps on Capitol Hill.[2]
He then wrote about the Obama administration effort to reform health care and the U.S. financial sector as Washington Bureau Manager of BestWeek, published by A. M. Best.[3] In 2010, he joined the Washington staff of Bloomberg News, covering the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[4]
Hamilton has also written on the economy for National Journal magazine.[5]
He is married and lives in the Washington, D.C. area.