特朗普推出了模因硬幣，承諾使美國成為地球的加密貨幣之都

在第二次就職典禮的前夕，唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）做了一些美國總統從未做過的事情：他發起了模因硬幣。加密貨幣（其價值比公用事業的催化性更大）飆升至$ 75.35 A代幣。第二天，第一夫人梅拉尼亞·特朗普（Melania Trump）放棄了自己的模因硬幣，以每股13美元的價格首次亮相。

On the eve of his second inauguration, Donald Trump did something no U.S. president had ever done: He launched a meme coin. The cryptocurrency — whose value hinges more on hype than utility — surged to an all-time high of $75.35 a token. The next day, First Lady Melania Trump debuted her own meme coin, opening at about $13 a share.

在第二次就職典禮的前夕，唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）做了一些美國總統從未做過的事情：他發起了模因硬幣。加密貨幣（其價值比公用事業的催化性更大）飆升至$ 75.35 A代幣。第二天，第一夫人梅拉尼亞·特朗普（Melania Trump）首次亮相自己的模因硬幣，每股約13美元開盤。

Both coins have since tumbled, but on Wednesday Trump’s token briefly bumped up again to $15.47 before dipping. The latest surge came after the coin’s official website announced that 220 top meme coin holders will be invited to a gala dinner with the president in May — black tie optional.

從那以後，兩枚硬幣都跌倒了，但是在周三，特朗普的代幣在浸入之前再次跌至15.47美元。在硬幣的官方網站宣布將邀請220個頂級模因硬幣持有人與總統晚餐 - 黑色領帶可選之後，最新的激增發生了。

These tokens, that are not tied to any real world assets, have proven lucrative for Trump and his family. Last month, the Financial Times estimated Trump made upwards of $350 million from the project. While small traders have lost big, the Trump Organization and its affiliates — controlling 80 percent of the token supply — have made hundreds of millions in just trading fees.

這些代幣與任何現實世界中的資產無關，已證明對特朗普及其家人有利可圖。上個月，《金融時報》估計特朗普從該項目中賺了3.5億美元。儘管小型交易員損失了大量，但特朗普組織及其分支機構（控制著代幣供應的80％）僅收取了數億美元的交易費用。

From meme coins, which usually refer to a fun internet or pop culture meme, and stablecoins, whose values are pegged to a real-world asset, to a new government-backed bitcoin reserve, Trump, once a crypto skeptic, is now the industry’s most powerful advocate.

從通常是指有趣的互聯網或流行文化模因的模因硬幣，以及將其價值觀與現實世界中的資產掛鉤的Stablecoins，到曾經是加密貨幣懷疑論者的新政府支持的比特幣儲備，現在是該行業最強大的擁護者。

“He went to a big bitcoin conference in Nashville last July. That’s where he declared he would make the U.S. the crypto capital of the planet, and the crypto industry started showering money on him. They saw somebody who would be friendly to their industry,” says Intercept reporter Matt Sledge, who covers crypto’s political reach.

“去年7月，他參加了在納什維爾舉行的大型比特幣會議。在那兒，他宣布將使美國成為地球的加密貨幣之都，而加密貨幣行業開始向他付錢。他們看到一個對自己的行業友好的人。”

This week on The Intercept Briefing, Sledge discusses how investing in the president has paid off for the industry and for the Trump family.

本週，在攔截簡報上，Sledge討論了對總統的投資如何為該行業和特朗普家族帶來回報。

“So far in Trump’s presidency, things have gone great for the crypto industry. Even as the rest of the economy is on pretty perilous footing, a bunch of crypto companies have seen the SEC and other regulatory agencies drop investigations or lawsuits. Trump has created a ‘bitcoin reserve,’ and in general, regulators and Congress are behaving much more friendly toward the industry.”

“到目前為止，在特朗普的總統任期內，對加密貨幣行業的情況已經很好。即使其餘的經濟處於相當危險的立足點，一群加密貨幣公司也看到了SEC和其他監管機構撤銷了調查或訴訟。特朗普已經創造了“比特幣儲備金”，“比特幣儲備”，以及一般，監管機構和國會對該行業的行為更加友好。”

On Sunday, a filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed that Trump received a record $239 million in donations that went toward his inauguration. According to reporting from Fortune, the crypto industry gave about $18 million alone.

週日，聯邦選舉委員會的文件顯示，特朗普獲得了創紀錄的2.39億美元捐款，這是他就職典禮的。根據《財富》的報導，加密貨幣行業僅捐出了約1800萬美元。

The meme coins are just one aspect of the president and his family’s growing crypto empire — an empire that includes Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Jr., taking a stake in a new bitcoin mining firm called American Bitcoin. Trump Media is also partnering with Crypto.com and a newly formed investment firm to offer financial products, including crypto to retail investors.

模因硬幣只是總統及其家人不斷增長的加密帝國的一個方面，包括特朗普的兒子埃里克（Eric）和小唐（Don Jr.特朗普媒體還與Crypto.com和一家新成立的投資公司合作，提供金融產品，包括加密貨幣投資者。

“Just a few weeks ago, the SEC dropped an investigation into Crypto.com. This is something that would’ve been really astonishing, really incredible, to see, and it's not clear that it would’ve happened under any other president, regardless of their party. You go from a company being investigated by the SEC just a few weeks ago to it having this partnership with the president’s publicly traded company.”

“就在幾週前，SEC放棄了對Crypto.com的調查。這真是令人驚訝，令人難以置信的，令人難以置信的事情，而且尚不清楚，無論他們的政黨如何，這都會發生在任何其他總統下。您來自SEC的一家公司，幾週前就與總統的公共交易公司進行了合作，這是從SEC進行調查的。”

For more on how Trump is reshaping the crypto landscape and what it means for the rest of us, listen to the full conversation of The Intercept Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

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