華盛頓（美聯社） - 對加密貨幣行業的勝利，長期以來一直在尋求主流接受

總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統的加密項目之一的頂級投資者與他在北弗吉尼亞州的豪華高爾夫俱樂部一起用餐

WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems like a triumph for a cryptocurrency industry that has long sought mainstream acceptance: Top investors in one of President Donald Trump's crypto projects are having dinner with him at his luxury golf club in Northern Virginia, on the heels of the Senate advancing key pro-crypto legislation and while bitcoin prices soar.

華盛頓（美聯社） - 長期以來一直在尋求主流接受的加密貨幣行業的勝利：唐納德·特朗普總統的一項加密貨幣項目中​​的頂級投資者正在北弗吉尼亞州的豪華高爾夫俱樂部與他共進晚餐，並在參議院的高後弗吉尼亞州的豪華高爾夫球俱樂部晉級了主要的Pro-Crypto立法，而Bitcoin soar則是soar soar的。

But Thursday night's gathering for the 220 biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin has raised uncomfortable questions about potentially shadowy buyers using the anonymity of the internet to buy anonymity with the president.

但是，週四晚上在特朗普模因硬幣中為220個最大的投資者聚會，這對使用互聯網匿名的潛在陰影買家提出了不舒服的問題，可以與總統購買匿名性。

While critics charge that Trump is using the power of the presidency to boost profits for his family business, even some pro-Trump crypto enthusiasts worry that the president's push into meme coins isn't helping their efforts to establish the credibility, stability and legitimacy they had thought his administration would bring to their businesses.

儘管批評家指控特朗普正在利用總統職位來提高他的家族企業的利潤，但即使是一些親特朗普的加密愛好者也擔心，總統對模因硬幣的推動並沒有幫助他們努力建立信譽，穩定和合法性，他們認為他的政府會帶給他們的企業。

After feeling unfairly targeted by the Biden administration, the industry has quickly become a dominant political force, donating huge sums to help Trump and crypto-friendly lawmakers. But that's also served to tether the industry — sometimes uncomfortably — to a president who is using crypto as a platform to make money for his brand in unprecedented ways.

在拜登政府不公平地將目標成為目標之後，該行業迅速成為一支占主導地位的政治力量，捐贈了巨額資金來幫助特朗普和對加密貨幣友好的立法者。但這也使該行業（有時令人不舒服地）促成了一個總統，他將加密貨幣作為平台，以前所未有的方式為其品牌賺錢。

“It's distasteful and an unnecessary distraction,” said Nic Carter, a Trump supporter and partner at the crypto investment firm Castle Island Ventures, who said the president is “hugging us to death” with his private crypto businesses. “We would much rather that he passes common sense legislation and leave it at that.”

特朗普投資公司Castle Island Island Ventures的特朗普支持者兼合夥人尼克·卡特（Nic Carter）說：“這是令人討厭的，也是不必要的分散注意力。 “我們寧願他通過常識立法並將其留下來。 ”

At the swanky Crypto Ball held down the street from the White House three days before he took office on Jan. 20, Trump announced the creation of the meme coin $TRUMP as a way for his supporters to “have fun.”

在1月20日上任前三天，在他在白宮上班的時髦加密舞會上，特朗普宣布創建了Meme Coin $ Trump，這是他的支持者“玩得開心”的一種方式。

Meme coins are the crypto sector's black sheep. They are often created as a joke, with no real utility and prone to extremely wild price swings that tend to enrich a small group of insiders at the expense of less sophisticated investors.

模因硬幣是加密貨幣部門的黑羊。它們通常是個玩笑，沒有真正的實用性，而且很容易出現極端的價格波動，這些價格往往會以少數內部人士的身份以犧牲不太成熟的投資者為代價。

The president's meme coin is different, however, and has a clear utility: access to Trump. The top 25 investors of $TRUMP were invited to a private reception with the president Thursday, with the top four getting $100,000 crypto-themed and Trump-branded watches.

然而，總統的模因硬幣是不同的，並且有明確的效用：與特朗普的接觸。特朗普的前25名投資者被邀請在周四與總統一起參加私人招待會，前四名獲得了100,000美元以加密貨幣為主題和特朗普品牌的手錶。

Trump's meme coin saw an initial spike in value, followed by a steep drop. Its creators, which include an entity controlled by the Trump Organization, have made hundreds of millions of dollars by collecting fees on trades.

特朗普的模因硬幣的價值最初是有價值的，隨後是陡峭的下降。它的創作者包括由特朗普組織控制的實體，通過收取交易費用賺了數億美元。

First lady Melania Trump has her own meme coin, and Trump's sons, Eric and Don Jr. — who are running the Trump Organization while their father is president — announced they are partnering with an existing firm to create a crypto mining company.

第一夫人梅拉尼亞·特朗普（Melania Trump）擁有自己的模因硬幣，而特朗普的兒子埃里克（Eric）和唐·唐（Don Jr.

The Trump family also holds about a 60 percent stake in World Liberty Financial, a crypto project that provides yet another avenue where investors are buying in and enriching the president's relatives. World Liberty has launched its own stablecoin, USD1. The project got a boost recently when World Liberty announced an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates would be using $2 billion worth of USD1 to purchase a stake in Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

特朗普家族還持有世界自由金融（World Liberty Financial）約60％的股份，這是一個加密項目，為投資者購買並豐富總統親戚的途徑提供了另一個途徑。世界自由推出了自己的Stablecoin USD1。最近，當世界自由宣佈在阿拉伯聯合酋長國的投資基金將使用價值20億美元的USD1購買Binance（全球最大的加密貨幣交易所Binance）的股份時，該項目最近得到了推動。

Stablecoins have values pegged to fixed assets like the U.S. dollar. Issuers profit by collecting the interest on the Treasury bonds and other assets used to back the stablecoins.

Stablecoins具有與美元這樣的固定資產掛鉤的值。發行人通過收集用於支持穩定幣的國庫券和其他資產的利息來獲利。

Crypto is now one of the most significant sources of the Trump family's wealth.

加密貨幣現在是特朗普家族財富最重要的來源之一。

"He's becoming a salesman-in-chief," said James Thurber, an American University professor emeritus who has long studied and taught about corruption around the world. "It allows for huge conflicts of interest."

美國大學教授詹姆斯·瑟伯（James Thurber）說：“他正在成為一名首席推銷員。” “它允許巨大的利益衝突。”

"I'm a big crypto fan," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One during his recent trip to the Middle East. "I've been that from the beginning, right from the campaign."

特朗普在最近前往中東之旅中告訴記者：“我是一個忠實的加密粉絲。” “從一開始，我就一直從競選活動開始。”

That wasn't always true. During his first term, Trump posted in July 2019 that cryptocurrencies were "not money" and had value that was "highly volatile and based on thin air."

這並不總是正確的。在他的第一學期中，特朗普於2019年7月發布了加密貨幣“不是錢”，其價值“高度波動，基於稀薄的空氣”。

"Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade," he added then.

他補充說：“不受管制的加密資產可以促進非法行為，包括毒品交易。”

Even after leaving office in 2021, Trump told Fox Business Network that bitcoin, the world's most popular cryptocurrency, "seems like a scam."

即使在2021年離開辦公室後，特朗普告訴福克斯商業網絡，世界上最受歡迎的加密貨幣比特幣“似乎是一個騙局”。

Trump began to shift during a crypto event at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida in May 2024, receiving assurances that industry backers would spend lavishly to get him reelected. Another major milestone came last June, when Trump attended a high-dollar fundraiser at the San Francisco home of David Sacks.

特朗普在2024年5月在佛羅里達州的Mar-A-Lago俱樂部舉行的加密賽事中開始轉變，並保證了行業支持者將大量花費以使他當選。去年6月，特朗普在舊金山戴維·薩克斯（David Sacks）的家中參加了一場高價籌款活動，這是去年6月的另一個主要里程碑。

He further warmed to the industry weeks later, when Trump met at Mar-a-Lago with bitcoin miners. The following month, he addressed a major crypto conference in Nashville, promising to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the planet."

幾週後，當特朗普與比特幣礦工在Mar-a-Lago見面時，他進一步加入了行業。第二個月，他在納什維爾舉行了一次重大加密會議上，承諾將美國成為“地球的加密之都”。

Those close to Trump, including his sons and billionaire

那些靠近特朗普的人，包括他的兒子和億萬富翁