Following President Donald Trump’s Announcement

Investor attention has shifted toward altcoins made in the USA following President Donald Trump’s recent announcement about establishing a national crypto reserve.

Current US Crypto Reserve

The US crypto reserve currently includes altcoins such as Ethereum (ETH), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA). Experts predict the addition of more altcoins, notably Chainlink (LINK), Ondo (ONDO), and Litecoin (LTC).

Why Experts Consider Chainlink (LINK), Ondo (ONDO), and Litecoin (LTC) Strong Contenders

Chainlink (LINK) is a strong candidate due to its inclusion in the Coinbase 50 Index, its presence in Grayscale’s trust, and its association with World Liberty Finance—run by Trump’s family.

Quinten, founder of weRate, believes LINK’s technology could facilitate bringing US strategic assets on-chain.

> “LINK will be in the Crypto Strategic Reserve. Chainlink will facilitate a lot of this stuff, from the proof of reserves to putting other strategic assets on-chain (gold, currencies, …),” Quinten predicted.

Ondo (ONDO) is another likely contender as World Liberty Financial holds Ondo tokens, and Donald Trump Jr., a co-founder of WLFI, has spoken at Ondo events.

> “Trump confirmed a crypto strategic reserve, and his own crypto company, World Liberty Financial, holds Ondo. AND Donald Trump Jr. and other WLFI founders spoke at the Ondo Summit. Ondo is also a US-based crypto. To me, it’s confirmed that either Ondo will be included or Trump will tap Ondo to tokenize the entire stock market,” Investor Not Telling predicted.

Ondo CEO Nathan Allman responded to Trump’s announcement by reaffirming that Ondo is a US-based blockchain company pioneering the tokenization of US Treasuries, with plans to expand into stocks, bonds, and ETFs.

Additionally, content creator JRNY Crypto speculated that Litecoin (LTC) could be included in the reserve, noting that LTC is a strong candidate for a spot ETF with a 90% approval probability estimated by Bloomberg analysts.

> “All coins mentioned in the reserve are USA COINS. They also said BTC, ETH, and other coins. IMO, LTC will be added to the reserve and get an ETF,” JRNY Crypto predicted.

Market Surge in “Made in America” Tokens

Following Trump’s announcement, the market capitalization of “Made in USA Coins” surged by 12%, reaching nearly $500 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data—16 times the market cap of “Made in China Coins,” reflecting a strong investor preference for US-originated crypto projects.

Moreover, this altcoin group saw a trading volume spike of 300% in the past 24 hours, surpassing $82 billion, with XRP leading the volume.

Conclusion

Despite the excitement surrounding these developments, the US crypto reserve plan has sparked controversy, with many industry leaders arguing that only Bitcoin is suitable for national reserves.