Donald Trump has claimed that the United States has a territorial right to the Bitcoin reserves held by El Salvador and intends to annex them to form the "51st US state." Trump argues that many of the coins held in the reserves were "made in the USA." He plans to incorporate the coins into the nation's proposed Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. To reinforce their claim, Trump's team proposes minting physical Bitcoins with encrypted signatures attesting to their "patriotic provenance." El Salvadorian officials and legal experts have expressed surprise and skepticism about the move. Industry insiders speculate on the long-term implications, envisioning a future where blockchain assets have their own citizenship status. Some fear that this trend could lead to conflicts over digital territory and a dystopian future.



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