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

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

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

Chainlink (LINK) emerges as 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 – an entity operated by Trump’s family.

Quinten, founder of weRate, believes LINK’s technology could help bring 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. The company plans to expand into stocks, bonds, and ETFs.

Additionally, content creator JRNY Crypto speculated that the reserve could include Litecoin (LTC), highlighting that LTC is a strong candidate for a spot ETF. Bloomberg analysts estimate a 90% approval probability for the ETF.

“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. This figure is 16 times the market cap of “Made in China Coins,” signaling a strong investor preference for US-originated crypto projects.

In addition, this altcoin group’s trading volume spiked by 300% in the past 24 hours, surpassing $82 billion, with XRP leading the volume.

Despite the excitement, the US crypto reserve plan has sparked controversy. Many industry leaders have voiced opposition to the inclusion of altcoins, arguing that only Bitcoin is suitable for national reserves.

A Pepe Coin whale ignited a tidal wave of speculation on Monday by dumping a staggering 262 billion tokens despite an ongoing uptrend. On-chain data suggests that this whale thereby redirected its investments into another token, ONDO. In response, market participants are now speculating over relatively lesser returns via the frog-themed meme token, whilst the DAO crypto remains bullish.

Pepe Coin Whale Offloads 262B PEPE Incurring Loss

According to an X post by Lookonchain on March 3, a Pepe Coin whale sold 261.8 billion tokens worth $2.12 million, marking an alarming loss of $7.05 million. Notably, data signals that the accumulation was made for $9.18 million.

The alarming loss has raised severe investor concerns about meme crypto market volatility. Prior to today’s pump, PEPE, alongside other tokens, witnessed a bloodbath due to macroeconomic developments and liquidity hurdles.

Nevertheless, crypto prices recovered, with PEPE also gaining nearly 10% intraday. The whale’s decision to sell amid this upswing may be to mitigate further losses.

Another Selloff Recorded

Subsequently, data indicated the Pepe Coin whale also sold 531.7 billion BEAM for $4.1 million. This trade maneuver further marked an alarming loss of $7.01 million. Altogether, the whale appears to have used the funds with these selloffs to buy ONDO.

ONDO Accumulation Sparks Buzz Amid 10% Gains

Per the data, this whale thereby moved on to buy 5.25 million ONDO tokens with 6.26 million DAI. Meanwhile, the DAO crypto’s price was up nearly 10% today, closing in at $1.12.

This upswing primarily falls in line with a broader crypto market surge. Bitcoin price briefly re-entered a $95K price level in the past 24 hours. Altcoins also followed a pumping action, mirroring optimism amid broader trends.

Notably, U.S. President Donald Trump recently announced plans to forge ahead with a strategic crypto reserve for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA). This news appears to have fueled a positive investor sentiment globally.

How Is PEPE Price Performing?

Despite the massive whale selloff, Pepe Coin price visited the crypto market party, surging 7% to $0.000008282. Its intraday low and high were $0.000007569 and $0.000008932, respectively.

Notably, market analyst ‘Crypto-Zeus’ further took X amid the rising action, stating, ‘Good time to be a PEPE holder.’ This optimism is primarily attributed to Trump’s green signal into the crypto market, as mentioned above. Crypto market participants continue to eye both the tokens for further price action shifts.

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