買家花費了超過1.4億美元來搶購$ trump Meme Coins

4月23日，該數字貨幣宣布其截至5月12日的前220名持有人將被邀請與總統共進晚餐。

Buyers spent more than $140 million to snap up $TRUMP meme coins in a bid to secure an invitation to an “intimate dinner” with President Trump, according to new data analysis from Inca Digital.

根據INCA Digital的新數據分析，買家花費了超過1.4億美元來搶購$特朗普的模因硬幣，以確保與特朗普總統的“親密晚餐”邀請。

The digital currency, which is partly owned by an affiliate of the Trump Organization, got a boost on April 23 when it announced that its top 220 holders as of May 12 would be invited to a dinner with the president. That helped raise the value of the meme coin by more than 40% from the announcement through May 12, partially reversing an 88% slump in the weeks prior.

該數字貨幣部分由特朗普組織的分支機構擁有，於4月23日宣布其截至5月12日的前220名持有人將被邀請與總統共進晚餐。從公告到5月12日，這有助於將模因硬幣的價值提高了40％以上，在前幾週內部分扭轉了88％的低迷。

The top holders of the $TRUMP meme coin spent anywhere from as little as $53,500 to as much as $16.4 million to grab one of the dinner invites with Mr. Trump, Inca Digital’s analysis found.

Inca Digital的分析發現，$ Trump Meme Coin的頂級持有人的花費從不到53,500美元到1640萬美元，以與特朗普先生一起邀請一場晚餐。

As of the contest's end on May 12, the biggest holder of the digital currency was an account named Sun VIP, according to the analysis. While it's impossible to know the identity of any of the account owners due to the anonymity of digital wallets, many of the purchases were made through exchanges that don't accept U.S. customers, such as Bybit and Gate.io, Inca's research reveals.

根據分析，截至5月12日結束比賽，數字貨幣的最大持有人是一個名為Sun VIP的帳戶。 Inca的研究透露，由於數字錢包的匿名性，不可能知道任何帳戶所有者的身份，但許多購買都是通過不接受美國客戶的交流進行的，例如Bybit和Gate.io。

"A ton of these users sent funds to international exchanges," noted Austin Ryan, director of marketing for Inca Digital, a firm that analyzes crypto data for risk issues like liquidity and front-running. "The thought is that if they are interacting with those exchanges, they are not in the U.S."

一家Inca Digital的營銷總監Austin Ryan指出：“其中一大噸用戶向國際交流匯款。” “想法是，如果他們與這些交流互動，他們就不在美國”

The dinner contest has raised concerns from government watchdogs and Democratic lawmakers about purchases of a Trump-branded asset being linked to access to the president. Also, because the $TRUMP coin is partly owned by CIC Digital, an affiliate of the Trump Organization, he and his family stand to benefit financially from purchases of the meme coin, critics add.

晚宴大賽引起了政府監管機構和民主黨立法者的擔憂，即購買與總統訪問的特朗普品牌資產有關。同樣，由於特朗普的$特朗普硬幣是由特朗普組織的分支機構CIC Digital擁有的，因此他和他的家人將從購買Meme Coin的購買中受益。

The @TRUMP meme coin site hasn't disclosed the identities of the 220 top holders, who under the promotion are in line to dine with Mr. Trump. Tony Carrk, the executive director of watchdog group Accountable.US, expressed concern because those holders are "shrouded by their anonymous crypto usernames."

@Trump Meme Coin網站尚未透露220名頂級持有人的身份，後者在晉升下與特朗普先生一起用餐。 WatchDog Group callage.us的執行董事托尼·卡爾克（Tony Carrk）表示關注，因為這些持有人“被他們的匿名加密用戶名所籠罩”。

The White House and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

白宮和特朗普組織沒有立即回應置評請求。

The dinner will take place on May 22 at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C., according to the $TRUMP meme coin website. The top 25 holders will "will enjoy a Private VIP Reception with President TRUMP" as well as a "Special VIP TOUR," the site adds.

根據$特朗普模因硬幣網站，晚餐將於5月22日在華盛頓特朗普國家高爾夫俱樂部舉行。該網站補充說，前25名持有人將“將與特朗普總統一起享受私人VIP招待會”以及“特殊VIP之旅”。

Earlier this year, Eric Trump, one of Mr. Trump's sons, called the $TRUMP coin "the hottest digital meme on earth."

今年早些時候，特朗普先生的兒子之一埃里克·特朗普（Eric Trump）稱$特朗普硬幣為“地球上最熱門的數字模因”。

How Trump makes money from his meme coin

特朗普如何從他的模因硬幣中賺錢

Decentralization is foundational to cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, the world's most popular crypto, was born in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis as a digital currency meant to be uncontrolled by banks or governments.

權力下放是加密貨幣的基礎。比特幣是世界上最受歡迎的加密貨幣，出生於2008年金融危機之後，是一種數字貨幣，旨在不受銀行或政府的控制。

$TRUMP meme coins can be traded on a decentralized exchange, which is essentially a place where traders can swap goods without a middleman.

$特朗普的模因硬幣可以通過分散的交易所進行交易，這實際上是交易者可以在沒有中間商的情況下交換商品的地方。

Instead of matching buyers and sellers one by one, decentralized exchanges use something called a liquidity pool to ensure trades can happen easily and instantly. Liquidity pools are essentially an automated pot of funds that pair meme coins like $TRUMP with more popular types of crypto that can be easily traded.

分散的交易所沒有將買賣雙方一一匹配，而是使用所謂的流動性池來確保交易可以輕鬆，立即發生。流動性池本質上是自動化的資金庫，將模因硬幣與$ TRUMP這樣的模因硬幣與更受歡迎的加密貨幣搭配在一起，很容易被交易。

When the $TRUMP meme coin was first launched, its creators initially released 20% of the planned 1 billion total coins. Half of that 20% was put up for public sale while the other half was put into a liquidity pool. CIC Digital and another company called Fight Fight Fight, which is helping to promote the meme coin, receive "trading revenue derived from trading activities" of the Trump meme coins, according to its website.

當$特朗普的模因硬幣首次推出時，其創作者最初釋放了計劃10億枚硬幣的20％。該20％的一半被放在公開銷售中，而另一半被放入流動性池中。根據其網站，CIC Digital和另一家名為Fight Fight Fight的公司正在幫助推廣模因硬幣，並獲得了特朗普模因硬幣的“貿易收入”。

Through the liquidity pool, the creators of Mr. Trump's meme coins make money by charging tiny transactional fees on each trade. Those fees are used to generate more meme coins, which are then added to the liquidity pool to attract more traders. The process repeats itself in a cycle, according to a recent report by the Brookings Institution.

通過流動性池，特朗普先生的模因硬幣的創造者通過向每次交易收取微小的交易費用來賺錢。這些費用用於生成更多的模因硬幣，然後將其添加到流動性池中以吸引更多的交易者。根據布魯金斯機構的最新報告，該過程在周期中重複了自己。

The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment about how much revenue it has generated from the meme coin.

特朗普組織沒有立即回應有關其從模因硬幣產生了多少收入的評論請求。

The meme coin also appears to be heating up interest in a new Trump-branded asset. Earlier this month, an NFT collection featuring images of the former president sold out within 24 hours. The Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment about the NFT collection.

模因硬幣似乎也在加熱對新的特朗普品牌資產的興趣。本月初，NFT系列的前總統圖像在24小時內售罄。特朗普組織沒有回應有關NFT收集的評論請求。

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets including USA Today and Consumer Reports.

Aimee Picchi是CBS MoneyWatch的副執行編輯，她涵蓋了業務和個人理財。她之前曾在彭博新聞（Bloomberg News）工作，並為包括《今日美國》和《消費者報告》在內的國家新聞媒體撰寫了撰寫文章。

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