Anand Sinha

1 day ago | thestreet.com | Anand Sinha |Robert Powell

There is no longer any indication of the T1 phone being made in the U.S.On June 16, the Trump Organization, the conglomerate privately owned by pro-crypto President Donald Trump, announced the launch of a $499 T1 smartphone with a $47.45 monthly plan. The phone's main USP was that it was supposed to be made in America. The Verge reported on June 25 that now, the claim about the phone being made in the U.S. has been removed from the Trump Mobile website.

1 day ago | thestreet.com | Anand Sinha |Robert Powell

President Donald Trump has vowed to turn the U.S. into the "crypto capital of the world." He has pursued an aggressive pro-crypto policy during his second term, such as signing executive orders to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and pursuing crypto regulatory bills. Now, the Trump administration has taken another step in the direction of crypto adoption.

1 day ago | thestreet.com | Anand Sinha |Robert Powell

The court denied the parties' joint request for an indicative ruling. On June 26, Judge Analisa Torres once again denied the joint request filed by the blockchain tech and payments firm Ripple and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an indicative ruling. “The parties do not have the authority to agree not to be bound by a court’s final judgment,” the ruling said.

2 days ago | thestreet.com | Anand Sinha |Robert Powell

Republic, the New York City-headquartered global financial firm, announced the launch of Mirror Tokens on June 25. Mirror Tokens are tokens whose performance is tied to those of the world’s most valuable unlisted companies, such as SpaceX. Users can acquire these tokens with investments as little as $50 using Apple Pay or stablecoin. “This is a big step forward on our quest to make the private markets more accessible and liquid — globally,” said Republic co-founder and CEO Kendrick Nguyen.

2 days ago | thestreet.com | Anand Sinha |Robert Powell

Coinme will let users buy and sell XRP and Solana at more than 28,000 retail locations in the U.S. Coinme, the Seattle-based cryptocurrency cash exchange, announced on June 25 that it has added XRP and Solana to the list of cryptocurrencies that users can buy and sell with cash at more than 28,000 Coinme-powered retail locations in the U.S. The platform is one of the few regulated cash-based on-ramps to XRP and SOL in the U.S. “XRP and Solana are essential networks in the crypto economy,”...