特朗普媒體和技術集團將籌集約25億美元用於投資比特幣

特朗普媒體和技術集團將籌集約25億美元以投資比特幣

President Donald Trump’s social media company is raising about $2.5bn to invest in Bitcoin as it looks to diversify revenue streams with a push into the financial sector.

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統的社交媒體公司正在籌集約25億美元的投資比特幣，因為它希望通過推動金融領域的收入來分散收入。

Trump Media and Technology Group Inc is selling $1.5bn in stock at its last closing price and $1bn in convertible notes priced at a 35 percent premium, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

它在周二的一份聲明中說，特朗普媒體和技術集團公司將以最後一次收盤價出售15億美元的股票，可轉換票據的售價為35％。

The company, which is planning to launch retail investment products, said the funds would be used to build a “Bitcoin treasury”.

該公司計劃推出零售投資產品，該公司表示，這些資金將用於建造“比特幣財政部”。

The Bitcoin will be held on Trump Media’s balance sheet alongside existing cash and short-term investments totalling $759m at the end of the first quarter.

比特幣將在第一季度末在特朗普媒體的資產負債表上與現有現金和短期投資總計7.59億美元一起舉行。

Crypto platforms Anchorage Digital and Crypto.com will provide custody for the Bitcoin holdings.

Crypto平台錨定數字和Crypto.com將為比特幣控股提供監護權。

“We view Bitcoin as an apex instrument of financial freedom,” Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes said, hailing the move as a “big step forward” in the company’s plan to acquire “crown jewel assets consistent with America First principles”.

特朗普媒體首席執行官德文·納尼斯（Devin Nunes）說：“我們將比特幣視為財務自由的最高工具。”這一舉動是該公司收購“符合美國第一原則一致的Crown Jewel資產”計劃中的“向前邁出的一大步”。

Shares of the company behind Truth Social, a streaming and social media platform, were down 6 percent in early trading on Tuesday.

在周二早些時候交易中，流媒體和社交媒體平台Truth Social背後的公司股票下跌了6％。

Trump Media has been exploring potential mergers and acquisitions as it aims to diversify into financial services.

特朗普媒體一直在探索潛在的合併和收購，因為它旨在使金融服務多樣化。

Last month, it reached a binding agreement to launch retail investment products, including cryptocurrency and exchange-traded funds aligned with Trump’s policies.

上個月，它達成了具有約束力的協議，以推出零售投資產品，包括加密貨幣和與特朗普政策保持一致的交易所交易資金。

The Trump family, long rooted in skyscrapers and golf clubs, has quickly opened multiple beachheads in cryptocurrencies, garnering hundreds of millions of dollars. Its other crypto forays include Trump nonfungible tokens (NFTs), a meme coin, a stake in a newly formed Bitcoin producer called American Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency exchange World Liberty Financial.

特朗普家族長期以來一直紮根於摩天大樓和高爾夫俱樂部，迅速在加密貨幣中開設了多個海灘頭，獲得了數億美元。它的另一個加密貨幣包括特朗普不可飲用的代幣（NFTS），一種模因硬幣，新成立的比特幣生產商的股份，稱為美國比特幣和加密貨幣交換世界自由金融。

But the crypto push has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers, including Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who last month asked the US securities regulator about its plans to supervise exchange-traded funds (ETFs) due to be launched by Trump Media.

但是，加密推動者對包括民主黨參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫（Elizabeth Warren）在內的立法者進行了審查，後者上個月詢問了美國證券監管機構的計劃，其計劃由特朗普媒體推出，其計劃是監督交易所交易基金（ETF）的計劃。

Trump, who referred to cryptocurrencies in his first term as “not money”, citing their volatility and a value “based on thin air”, has since shifted his views on the technology.

特朗普以其第一任期為“非金錢”的加密貨幣，理由是他們的波動和“基於稀薄的空氣”的價值，此後就改變了他對技術的看法。

During an event at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida during his presidential campaign in May 2024, Trump received assurances from the crypto industry backers present that they would spend lavishly to get him re-elected.

在2024年5月的總統競選期間，在他在佛羅里達州的Mar-a-Lago俱樂部舉行的一次活動中，特朗普得到了加密貨幣行業支持者的保證，他們將大力花錢以使他再次當選。

Last week, Trump rewarded 220 of the top investors in one of his other cryptocurrency projects, the $Trump meme coin, with a swanky dinner at his luxury golf club in northern Virginia, spurring accusations that the president was mixing his duties in the White House with personal profit.

上週，特朗普在他的其他加密貨幣項目之一，$ trump Meme Coin中獎勵了220名頂級投資者，在他位於北弗吉尼亞州北部的豪華高爾夫俱樂部舉行了時髦的晚餐，這激發了指控，刺激了總統在白宮將他的職責與個人利潤相結合。