Coinbase首席執行官布萊恩·阿姆斯特朗（Brian Armstrong）似乎願意參與共和黨人物，包括我們總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的內心圈子。

五年前，布萊恩·阿姆斯特朗（Brian Armstrong）希望他的加密貨幣交易所的員工避免在工作中表達政治觀點。

Five years ago, Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, asked employees of the cryptocurrency exchange to refrain from expressing political views at work. Now, the executive seems to be open to involvement with Republican figures, including members of US President Donald Trump’s inner circle.

五年前，Coinbase的首席執行官Brian Armstrong要求加密貨幣交易所的員工避免在工作中表達政治觀點。現在，行政長官似乎願意參與共和黨人物，包括我們總統唐納德·特朗普的內心圈子。

In a May 13 X post, Armstrong said members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, spearheaded by Elon Musk, though not set up as an actual department, would be welcome to implement cost-cutting changes at Coinbase after leaving the US government.

阿姆斯特朗在5月13日X帖子中說，由埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）率領的政府效率部（DOGE）團隊的成員雖然不是實際部門，但歡迎在離開美國政府後在Coinbase實施削減成本的變化。

Armstrong offered to set up an accelerated onboarding process with the exchange, responding to an interview in which at least one DOGE staffer felt ostracized from Harvard University, where he had been enrolled.

阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）提出通過交易所進行加速加速的入職過程，回應了一次採訪，在該採訪中，至少有一名教務員感到被哈佛大學排斥，他被錄入了他。

“If you are looking for your next mission after serving your country, consider helping create a more efficient financial system for the world at Coinbase,” Armstrong said.

阿姆斯特朗說：“如果您在為您的國家服務後正在尋​​找下一個任務，請考慮在Coinbase為世界建立更有效的金融體系。”

Since assuming a government position at the White House in January, Musk and the DOGE team have faced criticism from both sides of the aisle over their cuts, which often forced out or fired experienced employees without proper notice.

自從一月份在白宮擔任政府職位以來，馬斯克和門多格小組在過道的兩邊都面臨批評，因為他們的削減措施經常被迫退出或解雇了經驗豐富的員工，沒有適當的通知。

Lawsuits halting DOGE’s efforts or challenging dismissals are pending in federal court from parties alleging illegal or unconstitutional actions.

訴訟停止了馬諾（Doge）的努力或挑戰性的解僱正在審理，該方指控非法或違憲行動。

Coinbase once called itself a ‘mission-focused company’

Coinbase曾經稱自己為“以任務為中心的公司”

Armstrong’s remarks, suggesting approval of DOGE’s actions, represented a sharp departure from the CEO’s position before Trump’s second term. At the time, many of the companies and executives in California’s Silicon Valley seemed to be more publicly aligned with Democrats.

阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）的言論暗示了杜格（Doge）的行為，這表明在特朗普第二任期之前與首席執行官的職位急劇不同。當時，加利福尼亞矽谷的許多公司和高管似乎與民主黨人更加公開。

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis spurred nationwide outrage and protests, prompting many companies to take a public position. Armstrong issued a notice at the time saying that Coinbase was a “mission-focused company” that didn’t “advocate for any particular causes or candidates.”

2020年，在19日大流行中，喬治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）死於明尼阿波利斯（Minneapolis）的警察手中，激發了全國范圍內的憤怒和抗議活動，促使許多公司公開立場。阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）當時發表了通知，稱Coinbase是一家“以任務為中心的公司”，沒有“倡導任何特定原因或候選人”。

In response to Armstrong not publicly supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, many Coinbase employees organized a walkout. The CEO responded by claiming the crypto exchange had an “apolitical culture” and that roughly 5% of Coinbase staff who “didn’t feel they could be on board with this direction” had accepted an exit package.

為了回應阿姆斯特朗不公開支持黑人生活問題運動，許多Coinbase員工組織了罷工。首席執行官的回應是聲稱加密貨幣交易所具有“非政治文化”，大約有5％的Coinbase員工“不覺得自己可以遵守這個方向”，他們接受了退出計劃。

Less than a month later, Armstrong retweeted a post suggesting he could support Kanye West for US President in 2020. After that time, the CEO made few public statements related to politics and US laws, though he did push for clarification on crypto tax rules in 2021.

不到一個月後，阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）轉發了一篇文章，暗示他可以在2020年支持坎耶·韋斯特（Kanye West）為美國總統提供支持。在那段時間之後，首席執行官發表了與政治和美國法律有關的公開聲明，儘管他確實推動了2021年對加密稅收規則的澄清。

Stand with Crypto moves Coinbase closer to political advocacy

站在加密攜帶的Coinbase上，更接近政治倡導

It’s not entirely clear how Armstrong, at least in public, moved to be more aligned with political figures. However, for Coinbase, which the CEO said was intended to be “apolitical,” the change seemed to have started around the time the company received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in March 2023, suggesting a potential enforcement action.

目前尚不清楚至少在公共場合，阿姆斯特朗如何與政治人物保持一致。但是，對於Coinbase而言，首席執行官說這是“無政治性的”，這一變化似乎已經開始，該公司於2023年3月收到了證券交易委員會（SEC）的井通知，這表明可能採取潛在的執法行動。

Armstrong, like many in the crypto industry, had often criticized the SEC before 2023 for not offering regulatory guidelines to follow, but the Wells notice and subsequent lawsuit seemed to move Coinbase from participating in a national political discussion on digital assets to outright advocacy. The company announced the launch of the Stand with Crypto Alliance in August 2023, a group “focused on mobilizing the crypto community to directly engage in the legislative process.”

像加密貨幣行業中的許多人一樣，阿姆斯特朗經常在2023年之前批評SEC，因為他們不提供監管指南以遵循，但威爾斯通知和隨後的訴訟似乎使Coinbase從參與有關數字資產的國家政治討論到完全倡導的國家政治討論。該公司於2023年8月宣布與加密聯盟（Crypto Alliance）啟動展位，該組織“著重於動員加密社區直接參與立法過程。”

Before Stand with Crypto, Armstrong used his platform to call on crypto supporters to contact their elected officials about digital asset bills moving through Congress. Even with this initiative tied to the exchange and CEO, the focus wasn’t on partisan politics, but “common-sense legislation to protect consumers and their right to crypto.”

在與加密貨幣站立之前，阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）使用他的平台呼籲加密支持者聯繫其當選官員，涉及通過國會進行的數字資產賬單。即使這項倡議與交易所和首席執行官有關，但重點也不是黨派政治，而是“保護消費者及其加密權的常識立法”。

“Being anti-crypto is a really bad political strategy going into 2024,” said Armstrong in a December 2023 X post, in response to legislation aimed at fighting money laundering with digital assets.

阿姆斯特朗在2023年12月的X帖子中說：“成為反克雷普托是一項非常糟糕的政治戰略。”

Enter Trump and the 2024 election cycle

輸入特朗普和2024年選舉週期

In contrast to the 2020 election and even the 2022 midterms, the 2024 cycle stood out in more ways than one. For the first time, a presidential candidate was openly advocating for policies favoring cryptocurrency. The amount of money flowing from companies in the industry, including Coinbase, into federal elections also reached a record high.

與2020年選舉甚至2022年中期相反，2024年的周期以不止一個方式脫穎而出。總統候選人首次公開倡導有利於加密貨幣的政策。包括Coinbase在內的行業公司中流入聯邦選舉的公司的資金數量也達到了創紀錄的紀錄。

Stand with Crypto, as an advocacy organization, was no exception. The group launched its own political action committee (PAC) in May 2024, allowing it to influence the elections through media buys and direct contributions. Though Stand with Crypto still organized like-minded voters, its efforts included a renewed focus on money.

作為一個倡導組織，與加密貨幣的站在一起也不例外。該組織於2024年5月成立了自己的政治行動委員會（PAC），使其能夠通過媒體購買和直接捐款來影響選舉。儘管與加密貨幣的立場仍然組織了志趣相投的選民，但其努力包括重新關注金錢。

It stood alongside the Fairshake PAC, a committee backed by roughly $45 million from Coinbase and $45 million from Ripple, which spent more than $130 million in the 2024 election cycle. Armstrong personally contributed $

它與Fairshake PAC並肩作戰，該委員會由Coinbase的大約4500萬美元支持，Ripple的4500萬美元，該委員會在2024年的選舉週期中花費了超過1.3億美元。阿姆斯特朗個人貢獻$