特朗普家族將總統的模因硬幣納入兩個有價值的商品：認真的現金和與總統的機會

在加密貨幣世界中，模因硬幣主要是沒有內在價值的笑話。但是，特朗普一家將總統的模因硬幣納入兩個有價值的商品：認真的現金和與總統的機會。

Meme coins in the crypto world are mostly just jokes with no intrinsic value. But the Trump family is parlaying the president’s meme coin into two valuable commodities: serious cash and access to the president.

加密世界中的模因硬幣主要只是笑話，沒有內在價值。但是，特朗普一家將總統的模因硬幣納入兩個有價值的商品：認真的現金和與總統的機會。

Since the coin was launched earlier this year, it has generated more than $320 million in fees for its creators, according to the blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. And on Monday, Trump promoted a dinner he’s set to attend on May 22 that’s open to almost anyone who buys enough of the coins.

根據區塊鏈分析公司的鏈分析，自今年早些時候推出了硬幣以來，它為其創作者產生了超過3.2億美元的費用。週一，特朗​​普宣傳了他定於5月22日參加的晚餐，幾乎所有購買了足夠多的硬幣的人開放。

According to the contest’s rules, the top 220 holders of the meme coin will get to go to the dinner at Trump’s Washington-area golf club. The top 25 holders will also get to attend a reception where they can rub shoulders with Trump beforehand.

根據比賽的規定，模因硬幣的前220名持有人將在特朗普的華盛頓地區高爾夫俱樂部參加晚宴。前25名持有人還將參加一個招待會，他們可以事先與特朗普摩擦。

“Let the President know how many $TRUMP coins YOU own!” the meme coin said on its website promoting the dinner.

“讓總統知道您擁有多少$特朗普硬幣！”模因硬幣在其網站上宣傳晚餐。

Trading activity in the meme coin jumped after the dinner was first announced and the price rose as well. But the Trumps don’t need to sell any coins to make money.

晚餐首次宣布，價格也上漲後，模因硬幣的交易活動也跳了。但是特朗普不需要出售任何硬幣來賺錢。

How Trump makes money off the meme coin

特朗普如何用模因硬幣賺錢

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, an affiliate of the Trump Organization, and another company receive “trading revenue derived from trading activities” of the Trump meme coins, according to its website.

當特朗普模因硬幣首次推出時，其創作者最初發布了計劃10億硬幣的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，特朗普組織的分支機構CIC Digital，另一家公司獲得了特朗普模因硬幣的“貿易收入”。

Through the liquidity pool, the creators of Trump’s meme coins make money by charging tiny fees on each trade.

通過流動性池，特朗普的模因硬幣的創建者通過向每次交易收取微小費用來賺錢。

“You don’t really care about what happens to the price. You only care that there is continuous volume,” said Nicolai Søndergaard, a research analyst at the blockchain analytics firm Nansen. “Because the more volume there is, that means more trades and therefore more fees for you.”

區塊鏈分析公司Nansen的研究分析師NicolaiSøndergaard說：“您並不真正在乎價格會發生什麼。 “因為數量越多，這意味著更多的交易，因此為您收取更多的費用。 ”

Since cryptocurrency blockchains are public, it’s possible to track how much in trading fees has been paid. Chainalysis said Trump meme coin creators made more than $1.3 million in trading fees in the week after the dinner was first announced. The value of the meme coin jumped from about $9 to around $14 just after the announcement. It was trading around $11 on Monday afternoon.

由於加密貨幣區塊鍊是公開的，因此可以跟踪已經支付了多少交易費用。連鎖分析說，在晚餐首次宣布後的一周，特朗普模因硬幣創建者在交易費用超過130萬美元。宣布後，模因硬幣的價值從約9美元躍升至14美元左右。週一下午，它的交易約為11美元。

Trump downplays profits

特朗普淡化了利潤

Launched just before he took office, Trump’s meme coin is one of the most high-profile ways the norm-breaking president has mixed politics and his personal finances.

特朗普的模因硬幣是在他上任之前發射的，是規範總統政治和他的個人財務狀況最引人注目的方式之一。

The remaining 80% of Trump’s meme coins, which are still under a lock-up, have been allocated to CIC Digital and another company. An ethics agreement prohibits Trump from “day-to-day” decision making at the Trump Organization when he’s president and limits the financial information about the business that can be shared with him.

剩下的80％的特朗普模因硬幣仍處於鎖定狀態，已分配給CIC Digital和另一家公司。一項道德協議禁止特朗普在特朗普組織的總統時“日常”決策，並限制了可以與他共享的有關業務的財務信息。