美國參議院共和黨人蒂姆·斯科特首次亮相加密貨幣粉絲

經過多年對數位資產的沉默之後，參議院銀行委員會的共和黨高層作為支持者在比特幣 2024 舞台上發動了猛烈攻擊。

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) made a surprise appearance at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, becoming the highest-ranking Republican lawmaker to date to speak at a major crypto event.

美國參議員蒂姆·斯科特(RS.C.) 週五出人意料地出席了在田納西州納什維爾舉行的比特幣2024 年會議，成為迄今為止在重大加密貨幣活動中發言的級別最高的共和黨議員。

Scott, who is up for reelection this year and is also among those who have run for the Republican presidential nomination, took the stage with U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), a crypto advocate who has introduced legislation to make bitcoin a strategic reserve asset.

史考特今年將競選連任，也是競選共和黨總統提名的人之一，他與美國參議員辛西婭·魯米斯（懷俄明州共和黨人）一起上台，辛西婭·魯米斯是一位加密貨幣倡導者，他提出了立法，使比特幣成為一種加密貨幣。

The senator, who is the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, argued that the government should “make it easy” for the crypto industry to innovate in the U.S.

這位參議員是參議院銀行委員會的共和黨領袖，他認為政府應該“讓加密產業在美國的創新變得容易”

“We have to get rid of the folks who are in the way,” he said, speaking alongside Lummis and lambasting Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler as a crypto-policy roadblock. “Chairman Gensler, lord have mercy … Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back, no more, no more, no more.”

他與 Lummis 一起發言，並痛斥美國證券交易委員會主席加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler) 是加密貨幣政策的障礙。 “詹斯勒主席，上帝保佑……上路吧，傑克，別再回來了，不再，不再，不再。”

Before Friday, Scott, who's been among those running for the Republican presidential nomination this year, had been relatively quiet on crypto issues, even as Democrats on the committee – such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) – became outspoken critics of the industry.

在周五之前，今年競選共和黨總統提名的斯科特在加密貨幣問題上一直相對安靜，儘管委員會中的民主黨人——例如參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫（馬薩諸塞州民主黨人）——成為了直言不諱的批評者。

His potential for grabbing the chairman gavel on the Senate Banking panel next year repeatedly came up during his time on stage with Lummis, and he said that if it happened, he'd make sure her legislation gets a prompt vote, “setting bitcoin free here at home.”

在與魯米斯一起上台期間，他多次提到明年他有可能在參議院銀行委員會上擔任主席，他表示，如果發生這種情況，他將確保她的立法得到迅速投票，“讓比特幣在這裡自由”在家裡。”

Lummis has reportedly been pushing recently for a bill that would call for the Federal Reserve to hold some bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset. She didn't get into the topic during her appearance on Friday, though many at the event hope former President Donald Trump mentions that idea when he's set to appear at the conference on Saturday.

據報道，魯米斯最近一直在推動一項法案，要求聯準會持有一些比特幣作為戰略儲備資產。她在周五出席會議時沒有進入這個話題，儘管活動中的許多人希望前總統唐納德·川普在周六出席會議時提及這個想法。

“The innovations of Bitcoin are now becoming more clear in the U.S. Senate, and it's also becoming more clear who wants to protect the innovation and who wants to regulate it,” Lummis said.

Lummis 表示：“比特幣的創新現在在美國參議院變得更加清晰，誰想要保護創新、誰想要監管它也變得更加清晰。”

The senators took the stage soon after Michael Saylor, executive chairman of software firm MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, advocated that the U.S. should aim to acquire 4 million BTC to boost its Treasury and build its financial strength. He said only one or two nations will have an opportunity to enjoy what he described as the token's massive future growth to that extent.

比特幣最大的企業持有者軟體公司MicroStrategy (MSTR) 的執行主席Michael Saylor 主張美國應該以收購400 萬比特幣為目標，以增加其國庫並增強其財務實力。 。他表示，只有一兩個國家有機會享受他所描述的代幣未來的巨大成長。

“Bitcoin is not the solution to all our problems,” Saylor said. “It is the solution to half our problems.”

「比特幣並不能解決我們所有的問題，」塞勒說。 “它可以解決我們一半的問題。”

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood also praised the notion of a strategic bitcoin reserve for the U.S.

ARK Invest 執行長 Cathie Wood 也讚揚了美國戰略比特幣儲備的概念

“If they do it in the right way, meaning this is not an instrument of monetary policy at all, but it simply goes on our balance sheet … this could be transformational,” she said.

「如果他們以正確的方式行事，這意味著這根本不是貨幣政策工具，而只是出現在我們的資產負債表上......這可能是變革性的，」她說。

The conference also saw Robert F. Kennedy, the independent presidential candidate who has been a longtime supporter of digital assets, promise to make bitcoin a strategic reserve asset if he's elected president (though polls suggest he remains a long-shot candidate). There had reportedly been last-minute discussions with representatives of Vice President Kamala Harris about attending, but she won't be appearing.

會議上，長期支持數位資產的獨立總統候選人羅伯特·F·甘迺迪還承諾，如果他當選總統，將使比特幣成為戰略儲備資產（儘管民意調查顯示他仍然是一個可能性不大的候選人） 。據報道，副總統卡馬拉·哈里斯的代表在最後一刻討論了出席的事宜，但她不會出席。