The following tokens have not explicitly submitted ETF applications but are considered 'American coins' due to their U.S. background or policy associations:
1. Chainlink (LINK)
- Origin: Created by the American company SmartContract, headquartered in San Francisco.
- Features: Decentralized oracle network, favored by American capital.
2. Stellar (XLM)
- Origin: Founded by Jed McCaleb (an American), the Stellar Development Foundation is registered in the U.S.
- Features: Focused on cross-border payments, with historical ties to XRP.
3. Hedera (HBAR)
- Origin: Created by the American company Hedera Hashgraph, headquartered in Texas.
- Features: Enterprise-level public chain, with U.S. companies (such as Google, IBM) participating in governance.
4. Avalanche (AVAX)
- Origin: Created by the American company Ava Labs, headquartered in New York.
- Features: High-performance Layer-1 blockchain.
5. Sui (SUI)
- Origin: Created by the American company Mysten Labs, led by former Meta employees.
- Features: Emerging Layer-1 public chain.
6. Polkadot (DOT)
- Origin: Founded by Gavin Wood, the Web3 Foundation is registered in Switzerland, but Parity Technologies has significant branches in the U.S.
- Features: Cross-chain protocol, with an active U.S. community.
7. Uniswap (UNI)
- Origin: Created by the American company Uniswap Labs, headquartered in New York.
- Features: Decentralized exchange token.
8. Near Protocol (NEAR)
- Origin: Founded by an American team, with some activities of the NEAR Foundation in the U.S.
- Features: High scalability public chain.
9. Filecoin (FIL)
- Origin: Created by the American company Protocol Labs, headquartered in San Francisco.
- Features: Decentralized storage network.
10. Render (RNDR)
- Origin: Created by the American company OTOY, headquartered in Los Angeles.
- Features: Decentralized GPU rendering network.
11. Algorand (ALGO)
- Origin: Founded by Silvio Micali, a professor at MIT in the United States, the Algorand Foundation is registered in the U.S.
- Features: High-performance public chain.
Cryptocurrencies associated with U.S. policies or celebrities
These tokens are considered 'American coins' on X due to the support from American celebrities like the Trump family and Elon Musk:
12. TRUMP (MAGA)
- Origin: Meme coin related to the Trump family, an American meme coin.
- Features: Political concept token.
13. World Liberty Financial (WLFI)
- Origin: A project supported by the Trump family, registered in the U.S.
- Features: Emerging financial token.
14. Pepe (PEPE)
- Origin: Token driven by American meme culture.
- Features: Represents meme coins.
Summary
Confirmed number of 'American coins': at least 23 types, including 9 with submitted ETFs (BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, LTC, DOGE, APT, AXL) and 14 led by American companies or teams (LINK, XLM, HBAR, AVAX, SUI, DOT, UNI, NEAR, FIL, RNDR, ALGO, TRUMP, WLFI, PEPE).
Features: These tokens are mostly created by American companies, registered in the U.S., or closely related to U.S. policies (such as ETFs, Trump’s strategic reserves).
Tokens not listed: such as Arbitrum (ARB), which have potential but currently lack clear ETF applications or evidence of being led by U.S. companies.#白宫首届加密货币峰会 #美国加密战略储备