拜登政府官员将于下个月举办加密货币政策圆桌会议

令人惊讶的是，乔·拜登总统的政府计划于今年 7 月在华盛顿参加比特币和加密货币圆桌会议

President Joe Biden’s administration will host a roundtable on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in early July in Washington, D.C., organized by Rep. Ro Khanna, according to a report by Axios.

据 Axios 报道，乔·拜登总统的政府将于 7 月初在华盛顿特区举办由众议员 Ro Khanna 组织的比特币和加密货币圆桌会议。

Biden administration officials, lawmakers from both the House and the Senate, and billionaire Mark Cuban will attend the meeting, Axios reported, citing an unnamed source. The meeting will reportedly focus on discussing ways to support innovation in Bitcoin and the crypto ecosystem within the U.S.

Axios 援引未透露姓名的消息人士的话报道称，拜登政府官员、参众两院议员以及亿万富翁马克·库班将出席会议。据报道，会议将重点讨论支持比特币和美国加密生态系统创新的方法

The roundtable comes amid increasing scrutiny of the Biden administration’s stance on cryptocurrencies. In May, Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have overturned a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) policy that critics said would have prevented banks from entering the cryptocurrency space and imposed厳しい capital requirements on crypto custodians. Biden said the bill would have undermined the SEC’s authority and harmed investors.

此次圆桌会议召开之际，拜登政府对加密货币的立场受到越来越多的审查。今年 5 月，拜登否决了一项两党法案，该法案将推翻美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 的政策，批评者称该政策将阻止银行进入加密货币领域，并对加密货币托管人施加资本要求。拜登表示，该法案将削弱美国证券交易委员会的权威并损害投资者的利益。

However, the administration has also taken some steps that have been seen as favorable to the cryptocurrency industry. In March, the Biden administration proposed a new tax reporting rule for cryptocurrency brokers that would have required them to report customer transactions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The administration later withdrew the proposal following backlash from the cryptocurrency industry and some lawmakers.

然而，政府还采取了一些被视为有利于加密货币行业的措施。今年 3 月，拜登政府提出了一项针对加密货币经纪商的新税务报告规则，要求他们向美国国税局 (IRS) 报告客户交易。由于加密货币行业和一些立法者的强烈反对，政府后来撤回了该提案。

The roundtable will also be held ahead of the November U.S. presidential elections, which some pundits believe will be decided by a razor-thin margin. The move suggests that Biden’s camp is increasingly recognizing the impact crypto-related matters could have on the presidential race.

该圆桌会议还将在 11 月美国总统选举之前举行，一些专家认为，选举将以微弱优势决定胜负。此举表明拜登阵营越来越认识到加密相关事务可能对总统竞选产生的影响。

His main political rival, Donald Trump, has made headlines for his enthusiastic support for Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining in recent months in his about-face. Besides his anti-CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) remarks, the ex-POTUS and presumptive Republican nominee accepts cryptocurrencies as donations for his campaign in a bid to court crypto-focused voters. Earlier this month, Trump boldly called himself the “crypto president” during a fundraiser to curry favor from crypto voters further. He has also vowed to put an end to the Biden administration’s slow boiling war against crypto.

他的主要政治对手唐纳德·特朗普近几个月来因对比特币和比特币挖矿的热情支持而成为头条新闻。除了他的反 CBDC（央行数字货币）言论之外，这位前美国总统和假定的共和党候选人还接受加密货币作为他的竞选捐款，以吸引关注加密货币的选民。本月早些时候，特朗普在一次筹款活动中大胆称自己为“加密货币总统”，以进一步讨好加密货币选民。他还发誓要结束拜登政府针对加密货币的缓慢沸腾的战争。

Meanwhile, billionaire and crypto advocate Mark Cuban recently postulated that Gary Gensler’s anti-crypto maneuvers as chief of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could “literally cost Joe Biden the election”.

与此同时，亿万富翁和加密货币倡导者马克·库班 (Mark Cuban) 最近推测，加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler) 作为美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 主席的反加密策略可能“实际上会让乔·拜登 (JoeBiden) 输掉选举”。

Biden has reportedly started discussions with cryptocurrency industry players about accepting crypto donations for his campaign through Coinbase Commerce. This move is undoubtedly a little too late for the President given his tenure in office, which has been marked by an onslaught against the burgeoning crypto industry.

据报道，拜登已开始与加密货币行业参与者讨论通过 Coinbase Commerce 为其竞选活动接受加密货币捐款。考虑到总统在任期间，此举无疑有点太晚了，因为他的任期一直是对新兴加密货币行业的猛烈攻击。