Jai Hamid

5 days ago | cryptopolitan.com | Jai Hamid

Standard Chartered analysts said stablecoins could hit $2 trillion in supply by 2028, pushing $1.6 trillion in new demand toward U.S. Treasury bills if Donald Trump signs off on new crypto rules this summer. Right now, the total market cap for stablecoins is about $230 billion, and most of that is backed by short-term government debt like T-bills. Geoff Kendrick, a London-based analyst at StanChart, said this kind of legal clarity would be the thing that flips the switch.

6 days ago | cryptopolitan.com | Jai Hamid

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is dragging Coinbase back into the same legal brawl the SEC already walked away from. Dan, a Democrat, officially told the exchange that his office is filing charges that accuse Coinbase of running an unlicensed securities exchange and broker-dealer. On top of that, he’s saying the company’s staking program is an illegal securities offering. All of this is exactly what the federal government just gave up on two months ago.

6 days ago | cryptopolitan.com | Jai Hamid

HashKey Capital has rolled out the first-ever XRP tracker fund in Asia, locking in a new investment option for professional buyers who want access to the Ripple token without needing to handle wallets or keys. The product, officially named the HashKey XRP Tracker Fund, was announced Friday and is already live. The tracker fund comes with one big name behind it: Ripple, who is acting as the anchor investor.

6 days ago | cryptopolitan.com | Jai Hamid

Donald Trump wants Jerome Powell gone, and the White House is making it official. On Friday, his top economic adviser confirmed that removing the Federal Reserve chair is now a live option. “The president and his team will continue to study that matter,” said Kevin Hassett, head of the National Economic Council, during a press briefing, when asked if Powell’s dismissal is on the table. That answer followed Trump’s latest outburst just one day earlier, where he openly threatened to fire Powell.

6 days ago | cryptopolitan.com | Jai Hamid

President Donald Trump is pushing hard for a stronger yen in trade talks with Japan, and the demand has already jammed itself into a negotiation that was supposed to be about tariffs. The meeting began on Wednesday in Washington, where Japan’s economy minister Ryosei Akazawa sat down with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson to launch the bilateral discussions.