特朗普的兒子回到比特幣礦業公司，即將公開

由埃里克·特朗普（Eric Trump）和小唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump Jr.）支持的採礦公司美國比特幣週一表示，它將通過與上市公司Gryphon Digital Mining的合併在納斯達克公開公開。

A bitcoin mining company backed by President Donald Trump’s sons announced plans to go public Monday through a merger that gives the family a foothold in the U.S. and Canadian energy business.

由唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統的兒子支持的一家比特幣礦業公司宣布，計劃通過合併，使該家庭立足於美國和加拿大能源業務。

American Bitcoin, the mining firm backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., said Monday that it would go public on the Nasdaq through a merger with public company Gryphon Digital Mining. The combined company will operate as American Bitcoin, which lists Eric Trump as a co-founder and chief strategy officer.

由埃里克·特朗普（Eric Trump）和小唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump Jr.）支持的採礦公司美國比特幣週一表示，它將通過與上市公司Gryphon Digital Mining的合併在納斯達克公開公開。合併後的公司將以美國比特幣的身份運營，該比特幣將埃里克·特朗普列為聯合創始人兼首席戰略官。

The merger marks a more aggressive move by the Trump family into the electricity infrastructure that enables its digital currency business. American Bitcoin started out as a subsidiary of the Miami-based energy infrastructure company Hut 8, which has a portfolio of 15 sites in the United States and Canada totaling more than 1,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Hut 8 will act as American Bitcoin’s exclusive infrastructure and operations partner, according to the companies’ announcement, and American Bitcoin previously said it would co-locate miners at Hut 8 sites.

該合併標誌著特朗普家族向電力基礎設施進行了更為積極的舉動，該基礎設施使其數字貨幣業務。美國比特幣最初是位於邁阿密的能源基礎設施公司HUT 8的子公司，該公司在美國和加拿大擁有15個地點的投資組合，總計超過1,000兆瓦的能源容量。根據公司的宣布，小屋8將充當美國比特幣的獨家基礎設施和運營合作夥伴，而美國比特幣此前表示將在HUT 8網站上共同設置礦工。

A presentation by American Bitcoin says that the new venture aims to “become a category leader in the Bitcoin ecosystem” and to achieve “mining leadership” through “Hut 8’s energy advantage, rapid execution and proven team.” The company, the presentation says, can also leverage and expand “access to low-cost power, establishing a fundamental operational advantage” to its mining business.

美國比特幣的一項演講說，這項新事業旨在“成為比特幣生態系統中的類別領導者”，並通過“小屋8的能源優勢，快速執行和驗證的團隊”來實現“採礦領導力”。演講說，該公司還可以利用和擴展“獲得低成本權力，為其採礦業務建立基本的運營優勢”。

Upon returning to Washington, Trump lost no time standing behind tech executives pledging hundreds of billions of dollars to build data centers big enough to command the lead over China in developing artificial intelligence. And Trump has said he wants the U.S. to be the crypto capital of the world, including by opening up energy resources to boost digital mining. “If crypto is going to define the future, I want it to be mined, minted and made in the USA,” Trump said at an industry conference last July while running for his second term.

返回華盛頓後，特朗普沒有時間站在科技高管後面，承諾建造數千億美元的數據中心，足以在發展人工智能方面佔據中國的領先地位。特朗普表示，他希望美國成為世界的加密之都，包括開放能源資源以促進數字採礦。特朗普在去年7月的一次行業會議上說：“如果加密貨幣將定義未來，我希望將其開採，鑄造和製造。”

The White House has framed Trump’s “energy abundance” agenda as an economic necessity for America’s powerful tech companies — largely to power an AI boom, but also for energy-hungry crypto mining and high-tech manufacturing. The White House has rolled out executive orders designed to speed permitting and bypass environmental rules to get data centers and power plants built more quickly. And the Energy Department plans to help private companies build data centers on federal land, including at national labs.

白宮將特朗普的“能源豐度”議程構成了美國強大的科技公司的經濟必要性，這在很大程度上是為了動力AI繁榮，但也用於渴望能源的加密貨幣礦業和高科技製造。白宮發布了旨在加快允許和繞過環境規則的行政命令，以使數據中心和發電廠更快地建造。能源部計劃幫助私營公司在包括國家實驗室在內的聯邦土地上建立數據中心。

Through American Bitcoin — a Hut 8 subsidiary that was briefly called American Data Center — the Trump family business venture is delving deeper into the energy space where federal policies under Trump intersect directly with access to electricity and fuels. And that comes as the energy industry is in some turmoil. On-again, off-again tariffs and the global economic implications are contributing to a slump in oil prices and pushing up costs for energy technology. Trump has put natural gas build-outs and reviving old coal plants at the center of his energy policy, while attacks on wind and solar power are pushing more of that investment to the sideline.

特朗普家族企業通過美國比特幣（美國比特幣（American Bitcoin）簡要介紹了美國數據中心，該公司正在深入研究特朗普領導下的聯邦政策直接與獲得電力和燃料直接相交的能源空間。這是因為能源行業處於動蕩之中。越來越多的關稅和全球經濟影響導致石油價格低迷並提高能源技術的成本。特朗普已經將天然氣的積聚並恢復了他的能源政策的中心，而對風能和太陽能的攻擊則將更多的投資推向了邊線。

In an April call launching American Bitcoin, Eric Trump said the winner of the bitcoin race will be “whoever can do it best and most efficiently and most pragmatically, in the cheapest energy environments.”

在4月份發布美國比特幣的電話中，埃里克·特朗普（Eric Trump）表示，在最便宜的能源環境中，比特幣競賽的獲勝者將是“誰能做到最好，最有效，最務實地做到這一點”。

“We’ve got the best energy policy in this country. That policy is only getting better,” he said in April.

他在四月說：“我們擁有該國最好的能源政策。這一政策只會越來越好。”

The growing web of Trump-affiliated ventures, including a currency firm World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP memecoin, are attracting greater scrutiny. Senate Democrats pulled support for bipartisan crypto legislation earlier this month after the Trump family business announced it had completed a $2 billion digital coin deal for a transaction led by MGX, a large investment fund backed by United Arab Emirates.

包括貨幣公司World Liberty Financial和$ Trump Memecoin在內的特朗普附屬企業網絡日益增長的網絡正在吸引更大的審查。在特朗普家族企業宣布完成了由阿拉伯聯合酋長國支持的大型投資基金MGX領導的交易中，參議院民主黨本月初對兩黨加密立法的支持。

MGX is also an investor in Stargate, a U.S. data center megaproject that Trump rolled out on his first day in office. Stargate investors OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle and MGX are building its first project in Abilene, Texas, and plan to tap Texas natural gas production for electricity.

MGX還是Stargate的投資者，Stargate是美國數據中心的Megaproject，特朗普在辦公室的第一天就推出了。星際之門投資者OpenAI，Softbank，Oracle和MGX正在德克薩斯州的Abilene建立其第一個項目，併計劃利用德克薩斯州天然氣生產進行電力。

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The decision to take American Bitcoin public by merging with a Nasdaq-traded firm increases access to technology investors, including those with interests in energy.

通過與納斯達克貿易公司合併來使美國比特幣公開的決定增加了與技術投資者的訪問，包括對能源感興趣的投資者。

The “mining” of digital currency requires massive amounts of computing power. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated last year that digital currency mining accounted for as much as 2.3 percent of the nation’s electricity use based on publicly available data. Plans to survey crypto companies about their energy consumption and sources of energy were halted after an industry lawsuit last year and have not been revived under the Trump administration.

數字貨幣的“採礦”需要大量的計算能力。美國能源信息管理局去年估計，基於公開可用的數據，數字貨幣開採占美國用電使用的2.3％。在去年的行業訴訟後，調查加密貨幣公司的能源消耗和能源的計劃已停止，並且在特朗普政府的領導下尚未恢復。

American Bitcoin did not detail what sources of energy it planned to use or where it would build new mining sites. The company also did not reply to a request for comment.

美國比特幣沒有詳細說明它計劃使用的能源或建立新的採礦地點。該公司還沒有回復置評請求。

Hut 8 currently owns some or all of 15 power and digital infrastructure sites in Canada and the U.S., according to regulatory filings. That includes a site powered by wind and grid connections in the Texas Pan

根據監管文件，HUT 8目前擁有加拿大和美國的15個電力和數字基礎設施網站中的一些或全部。其中包括德克薩斯州鍋中的風和電網連接供電的站點