特朗普的模因硬幣腐敗計劃

加密貨幣是一種數字形式的貨幣形式，由支持者銷售，以替代傳統銀行和政府。

Handing a check to the president in exchange for his time—and even favorable policies—is textbook corruption. And while Trump hasn’t been that brazen, he’s coming the closest he’s ever gotten with his crypto schemes.

將支票交給總統以換取他的時間，甚至是有利的政策 - 教科書腐敗。雖然特朗普並沒有那麼勇敢，但他是他有史以來最接近的加密計劃。

Cryptocurrency is a digital form of money, marketed by supporters as an alternative to traditional banking and government. Transactions rely on blockchains, the decentralized and shared public networks that store transactions.

加密貨幣是一種數字形式的貨幣形式，由支持者銷售，以替代傳統銀行和政府。交易依賴於區塊鏈，分散和共享的公共網絡存儲交易。

Many types of crypto (there are tens of thousands) have become hotbeds for scams and speculation—the president himself has said that they’re “highly volatile and based on thin air.”

許多類型的加密貨幣（成千上萬）已成為騙局和猜測的溫床 - 總統本人表示，它們“高度波動，基於稀薄的空氣”。

But in the past year, Trump has largely changed his tune. He has become a major advocate for bringing cryptocurrencies to the mainstream. At the same time, his family and their affiliates have expanded crypto ventures that are serving to enrich Trump.

但是在過去的一年中，特朗普在很大程度上改變了他的曲調。他已成為將加密貨幣帶到主流的主要倡導者。同時，他的家人和他們的分支機構擴大了為豐富特朗普而言的加密貨幣。

If he succeeds in “mainstreaming” crypto, he’ll not only open the doors to more corruption. He’ll also expand an incredibly harmful industry with big impacts on our health, climate, resources, and economic well-being.

如果他成功地“主流”加密，他不僅會打開更多腐敗的門。他還將擴大一個令人難以置信的有害行業，對我們的健康，氣候，資源和經濟福祉產生重大影響。

A growing boom wouldn’t just enrich Trump and crypto kingpins—dirty energy companies will benefit, too, while the rest of us are left holding the bag.

越來越多的繁榮不僅會豐富特朗普和加密王者，而且二十個能源公司也會受益，而我們其餘的人則拿著書包。

Trump’s Meme Coin Corruption Scheme

特朗普的模因硬幣腐敗計劃

There are thousands of kinds of cryptocurrencies; you might have heard of the most common one, Bitcoin. This year, Trump released his own coin right before inauguration day.

有成千上萬種加密貨幣；您可能聽說過最常見的比特幣。今年，特朗普在就職日之前就發布了自己的硬幣。

The Trump coin (stylized as “$TRUMP”) is a meme coin, a crypto asset that is closer to a Beanie Baby than any kind of currency. Meme coins are a novelty item associated with an internet trend, and they have no economic or transactional value.

特朗普硬幣（稱為“ $ trump”）是一種模因硬幣，是一種比任何種類的貨幣更接近無簷小便帽的加密貨幣資產。模因硬幣是與互聯網趨勢相關的新穎項目，它們沒有經濟或交易價值。

Their price isn’t based on anything but popularity. This makes them very volatile, as those prices can change on a dime. Investing in meme coins is speculative; it’s basically a gamble that you’ll buy when the price is low and sell when it rises, making a profit.

他們的價格並非基於任何知名度。這使它們非常波動，因為這些價格可能會在一毛錢上變化。投資模因硬幣是投機性的；基本上，這是一場賭博，當價格低下並在上漲時出售時，您將購買。

For example, CNN reports that $TRUMP went from $6.50 at launch to $75 just two days later. At that point, Trump’s wealth from the coin surged to $56.6 billion. In more recent weeks, the price has been in the $10-$15 range.

例如，美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）報告說，$特朗普（Trump）的發行$ 6.50升至兩天后的75美元。那時，特朗普的財富從硬幣飆升至566億美元。最近幾週，價格已達到$ 10- $ 15的價格。

When $TRUMP saw a slump in April, Trump drove it up again when he announced he’d host a dinner with the 220 people who own the most of the coin. The deal was clear: buy the president’s crypto (which he benefits from financially) and get access to him. The coin’s price quickly rose nearly 60%.

當特朗普在四月份看到低迷時，特朗普宣布與擁有大多數硬幣的220人共進晚餐時，再次開車。這筆交易很明確：購買總統的加密貨幣（他從經濟上受益）並獲得了他的機會。硬幣的價格迅速上漲了近60％。

At launch, affiliates of the Trump Organization owned 80% of $TRUMP coins. This means that any growth in the coin’s value largely benefits those firms. But Trump doesn’t just win if $TRUMP prices rise; he also benefits with every transaction.

在啟動時，特朗普組織的分支機構擁有$特朗普硬幣的80％。這意味著硬幣價值的任何增長很大程度上使這些公司受益。但是，如果特朗普的價格上漲，特朗普不僅會獲勝。他也從每筆交易中受益。

In less than two months, shadowy firms connected to Trump have made an estimated $350 million in $TRUMP trading fees.

在不到兩個月的時間裡，與特朗普有聯繫的陰暗公司估計收取了3.5億美元的特朗普交易費。

Trump Opens the Gates for the Crypto Industry

特朗普為加密貨幣行業打開大門

The president has now fully embedded himself in crypto world. Less than two months before the 2024 election, he launched World Liberty Financial, a company that trades in crypto. A Trump-affiliated company has a 60% ownership stake in World Liberty and takes in 75% of net revenue from coin purchases.

總統現在已經完全嵌入了加密世界。在2024年大選之前不到兩個月，他成立了World Liberty Financial，這是一家在加密貨幣上進行交易的公司。一家特朗普附屬公司在世界自由中擁有60％的所有權股份，並從購買硬幣購買中獲得了75％的淨收入。

And while Trump is making a fortune from crypto, his administration is also working to make U.S. policies more crypto-friendly—a glaring conflict of interest.

當特朗普從加密貨幣中發揮財富時，他的政府也在努力使我們的政策更加友好，這是一場巨大的利益衝突。

Notably, World Liberty now issues a “stablecoin,” a cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to a real-world asset (in this case, the dollar). Boosters argue that this will make stablecoins more practical for everyday transactions.

值得注意的是，世界自由現在發行了“穩定幣”，這是一種加密貨幣，其價值與現實世界中的資產掛鉤（在這種情況下為美元）。助推器認為，這將使穩定幣在日常交易中更實用。

Just a week before World Liberty announced its new stablecoin, Trump called on lawmakers to pass legislation to govern and legitimize stablecoin.

在世界自由宣布新的穩定幣的一周前，特朗普呼籲立法者通過立法來管理和使Stablecoin合法化。

Under Trump, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has paused probes into a dozen crypto companies. The Department of Justice recently disbanded a team going after crypto criminals, and the new chairman of the SEC is a crypto advocate.

在特朗普的領導下，美國證券交易委員會（SEC）停止了對十幾家加密公司的調查。司法部最近解散了一支追隨加密罪犯的團隊，而SEC的新主席是加密貨幣倡導者。

More recently, the Trump administration rolled back Biden-era guidance to keep crypto deposits out of banks and crypto investments out of retirement accounts.

最近，特朗普政府退縮了拜登時代的指導，將加密貨幣存款拒之門外，而加密貨幣投資則遠離退休帳戶。

Trump also issued an executive order to promote crypto’s growth and another instructing the Treasury Department to create a government crypto stockpile. (World Liberty’s crypto holdings jumped in value when he announced the stockpile would include a coin that the company had invested in.)

特朗普還發布了一項行政命令，以促進加密貨幣的增長，並指示財政部創建政府加密貨幣。 （世界自由的加密貨幣持有量宣布庫存將包括公司投資的硬幣時，他的加密貨幣持有價值。）

If Trump gets his way, crypto will sneak into our everyday lives. And this all makes even more sense once you know that crypto donors spent millions electing him.

如果特朗普走了，加密貨幣將潛入我們的日常生活中。一旦您知道加密捐贈者花了數百萬人選舉他，這一切就變得更有意義。

Crypto Makes Our Energy Dirtier and More Expensive

加密使我們的能量更骯髒，更昂貴

The rise in crypto spurred on by Trump’s

特朗普的刺激加密的興起