恭喜佛羅里達州議員在唐納德·特朗普總統的比特幣計劃中並沒有變得容易。

當特朗普在3月發出一項行政命令時，創造了戰略性比特幣儲備時，他稱揮發性的加密貨幣為“數字黃金”，並將其懸掛在許多誇張的言論中

President Donald Trump's attempt to get state governments to open up state pension funds to invest in Bitcoin has largely failed, at least for now.

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統試圖讓州政府開放州養老基金以投資比特幣，至少至少目前已經失敗了。

Trump issued an executive order in March that created a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and called for the administration to begin a study on the use of blockchain technology in government.

特朗普於3月發布了一項行政命令，該命令創建了戰略性比特幣儲備，並呼籲政府開始研究政府使用區塊鏈技術的研究。

When the administration's term ends, the president will leave office with a vast personal BTC fortune, which he's personally promoted throughout his term. But the government has yet to implement a policy to maximize BTC’s strategic position as a unique store of value in the global financial system, according to the executive order.

當政府任期結束時，總統將以龐大的個人BTC財富離開辦公室，他在整個任期內就親自晉升。但是，根據行政命令，政府尚未實施一項政策，以最大限度地提高BTC的戰略地位，以作為全球金融體系中的獨特價值存儲。

“Just as it is in our Country’s interest to thoughtfully manage national ownership and control of any other resource, our Nation must harness, not limit, the power of digital assets for our prosperity,” the executive order read.

行政命令寫道：“正如我們國家對任何其他資源的所有權和控制權都符合我們國家的利益一樣，我們的國家必須利用而不是限制數字資產的權力來實現我們的繁榮。”

And like magic, Trump-susceptible legislatures around the country began pushing bills that called for state funds to invest in Bitcoin.

像魔術一樣，全國各地的特朗普立法機關開始推動要求州資金投資比特幣的法案。

That effort in the Florida House of Representatives was led by Rep. Webster Barnaby, R-Deland, who authored a bill that would allow the state to invest up to 10 percent of the money in the state’s retirement trust fund, general fund, and other funds in Bitcoin.

R-Deland的眾議員Webster Barnaby領導了佛羅里達州眾議院的這項努力，他撰寫了一項法案，該法案允許該州投資於該州退休信託基金，一般基金和比特幣的其他基金中的10％的資金。

Speaking to the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee last month, Barnaby told members to put aside their fears of cryptocurrency and put their faith in Trump.

巴納比（Barnaby）在上個月對房屋保險和銀行小組委員會的講話時，告訴成員們拋棄對加密貨幣的擔憂，並將他們對特朗普的信念。

“It is a new day. This is a new rising. We are embarking on the golden age of the United States of America,” Barnaby said.

“這是新的一天。這是一個新的崛起。我們正在踏上美利堅合眾國的黃金時代。”

“We are doing something that is consequential, representatives. While we cannot tangibly see, we have to trust … I’ve done my research and I can tell you wholeheartedly that I believe in the president of the United States.”

“代表我們正在做的事情。雖然我們看不見，但我們必須信任……我已經完成了研究，我可以全心全意地告訴你，我相信美國總統。”

(That sound you hear in the back of your head is the faint bleating of a lamb.)

（您在頭部後面聽到的聲音是羔羊的微弱的淡淡。）

Clearly, the man’s not a Trump University graduate.

顯然，這個人不是特朗普大學的畢業生。

As for research, I would start with noting that Trump disbanded the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team while he relentlessly marketed his own $TRUMP memecoin and his sons Don Jr. and Eric got into the Bitcoin mining business.

至於研究，我將首先指出，特朗普在不懈地推銷自己的$特朗普紀念物和他的兒子唐·唐（Don Jr.

Looks like “the golden age” is off to a grifting start.

看起來“黃金時代”正處於一個艱難的開始。

Lucky for us, the sales pitch to make Florida the first state to jump on the Trump Bitcoin bandwagon and put the state’s pension fund at risk gave lawmakers some pause.

對我們來說幸運的是，使佛羅里達州成為第一個跳上特朗普比特幣潮流並將該州養老基金的銷售投入到危險中，這使立法者暫停了。

“The second one of these blockchain technologies gets hacked, the value of that coin goes to zero pretty quick,” said Rep. Kevin Steele, R-Hudson. “The only fear I have in investing in something like that.”

“這些區塊鏈技術中的第二個被黑客入侵，該硬幣的價值很快就零，” R-Hudson的眾議員凱文·斯蒂爾（Kevin Steele）說。 “我唯一對這樣的事情的恐懼。”

“I’m a tangible person,” Steele continued. “A coin I can’t touch, feel or see is not tangible. It’s ‘vaporware,’ so to speak.”

“我是一個有形的人，”斯蒂爾繼續說道。 “我無法觸摸，感覺或看到的硬幣是不明顯的。可以這麼說，這是'蒸氣軟件'。”

State Rep. Mike Caruso, R-West Palm Beach, thought that giving the state’s Chief Financial Officer the ability to invest 10 percent of state funds in a cryptocurrency was too risky.

R-West Palm Beach的州眾議員Mike Caruso認為，使該州首席財務官能夠在加密貨幣中投資10％的州資金的能力太冒險了。

“Do you think it’s wise to invest up to 10 percent of our entire portfolio in any one item, whether it’s Bitcoin or Tesla stock?” he asked.

“您認為無論是比特幣還是特斯拉股票，將多達10％的整個投資組合投資是明智的嗎？”他問。

State Rep. Adam Anderson, R-Palm Harbor, a wealth manager by trade, said he didn’t know why the state should single out just Bitcoin when there are many other forms of cryptocurrency that could be purchased.

州眾議員亞當·安德森（Adam Anderson），貿易財富經理R-palm港（R-Palm Harbour）說，他不知道為什麼在還有許多其他形式的加密貨幣可以購買的加密貨幣時，該州應該只挑出比特幣。

He also said that this was an investment option that was still “in its infancy.” And that should give us pause.

他還說，這是一種仍處於起步階段的投資選擇。那應該讓我們停下來。

“There are new concerns when we’re adding a new asset class,” he told his colleagues. “One of them, significantly, is the volatility.”

他對同事說：“當我們添加新的資產班時，會有新的擔憂。” “其中之一是波動性。”

State Rep. Yvonne Hayes Hinson, D-Gainesville, 65, said she learned from her children and grandchildren that “there’s a whole new world out there in this digital stuff.”

65歲的D-Gainesville的州眾議員Yvonne Hayes Hinson說，她從孩子和孫子那裡了解到“這些數字內容中有一個全新的世界。”

But she worried about giving Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, a job that’s now vacant, the power to take real money out of state funds to invest in something so hard to imagine.

但是她擔心給佛羅里達州的首席財務官（現在已經空置的工作），有能力將真錢從州資金中拿出來投資於如此難以想像的事情。

“My generation don’t understand it if it’s not money,” she said.

她說：“如果不是錢，我們這一代就不明白。”

In the end, Florida lawmakers took a pass on succumbing to Trump’s Bitcoin push. And the state wasn’t alone.

最後，佛羅里達州議員屈服於特朗普的比特幣推動。國家並不孤單。

Trump's Bitcoin push failed elsewhere, too. Good.

特朗普的比特幣推動力在其他地方也失敗了。好的。

Similar legislative efforts in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma failed to adopt Bitcoin reserves in those states too.

懷俄明州，北達科他州，南達科他州，蒙大拿州，賓夕法尼亞州和俄克拉荷馬州的類似立法努力也未能在這些州採用比特幣儲備。

And in Arizona, the state’s Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs, vetoed a Bitcoin bill last week that had been passed by the Republican-led legislature there.

在亞利桑那州，該州的民主黨州長凱蒂·霍布斯（Katie Hobbs）上週否決了一項由共和黨領導的立法機關通過的比特幣法案。

“The Arizona State Retirement System is one of the strongest in the nation because it makes sound and informed investments,” Hobbs wrote in her veto letter.

霍布斯在她的否決信中寫道：“亞利桑那州退休系統是全國最強大的退休制度之一，因為它會進行良好的投資。”

“Arizonans’ retirement funds are not the place for the state to try untested investments like virtual currency.”

“亞利桑那州的退休資金並不是國家嘗試虛擬貨幣等未經測試投資的地方。”