Coinbase首席执行官布莱恩·阿姆斯特朗（Brian Armstrong）似乎愿意参与共和党人物，包括我们总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的内心圈子。

五年前，布莱恩·阿姆斯特朗（Brian Armstrong）希望他的加密货币交易所的员工避免在工作中表达政治观点。

Five years ago, Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, asked employees of the cryptocurrency exchange to refrain from expressing political views at work. Now, the executive seems to be open to involvement with Republican figures, including members of US President Donald Trump’s inner circle.

五年前，Coinbase的首席执行官Brian Armstrong要求加密货币交易所的员工避免在工作中表达政治观点。现在，行政长官似乎愿意参与共和党人物，包括我们总统唐纳德·特朗普的内心圈子。

In a May 13 X post, Armstrong said members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, spearheaded by Elon Musk, though not set up as an actual department, would be welcome to implement cost-cutting changes at Coinbase after leaving the US government.

阿姆斯特朗在5月13日X帖子中说，由埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）率领的政府效率部（DOGE）团队的成员虽然不是实际部门，但欢迎在离开美国政府后在Coinbase实施削减成本的变化。

Armstrong offered to set up an accelerated onboarding process with the exchange, responding to an interview in which at least one DOGE staffer felt ostracized from Harvard University, where he had been enrolled.

阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）提出通过交易所进行加速加速的入职过程，回应了一次采访，在该采访中，至少有一名教务员感到被哈佛大学排斥，他被录入了他。

“If you are looking for your next mission after serving your country, consider helping create a more efficient financial system for the world at Coinbase,” Armstrong said.

阿姆斯特朗说：“如果您在为您的国家服务后正在寻​​找下一个任务，请考虑在Coinbase为世界建立更有效的金融体系。”

Since assuming a government position at the White House in January, Musk and the DOGE team have faced criticism from both sides of the aisle over their cuts, which often forced out or fired experienced employees without proper notice.

自从一月份在白宫担任政府职位以来，马斯克和门多格小组在过道的两边都面临批评，因为他们的削减措施经常被迫退出或解雇了经验丰富的员工，没有适当的通知。

Lawsuits halting DOGE’s efforts or challenging dismissals are pending in federal court from parties alleging illegal or unconstitutional actions.

诉讼停止了马诺（Doge）的努力或挑战性的解雇正在审理，该方指控非法或违宪行动。

Coinbase once called itself a ‘mission-focused company’

Coinbase曾经称自己为“以任务为中心的公司”

Armstrong’s remarks, suggesting approval of DOGE’s actions, represented a sharp departure from the CEO’s position before Trump’s second term. At the time, many of the companies and executives in California’s Silicon Valley seemed to be more publicly aligned with Democrats.

阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）的言论暗示了杜格（Doge）的行为，这表明在特朗普第二任期之前与首席执行官的职位急剧不同。当时，加利福尼亚硅谷的许多公司和高管似乎与民主党人更加公开。

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis spurred nationwide outrage and protests, prompting many companies to take a public position. Armstrong issued a notice at the time saying that Coinbase was a “mission-focused company” that didn’t “advocate for any particular causes or candidates.”

2020年，在19日大流行中，乔治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）死于明尼阿波利斯（Minneapolis）的警察手中，激发了全国范围内的愤怒和抗议活动，促使许多公司公开立场。阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）当时发表了通知，称Coinbase是一家“以任务为中心的公司”，没有“倡导任何特定原因或候选人”。

In response to Armstrong not publicly supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, many Coinbase employees organized a walkout. The CEO responded by claiming the crypto exchange had an “apolitical culture” and that roughly 5% of Coinbase staff who “didn’t feel they could be on board with this direction” had accepted an exit package.

为了回应阿姆斯特朗不公开支持黑人生活问题运动，许多Coinbase员工组织了罢工。首席执行官的回应是声称加密货币交易所具有“非政治文化”，大约有5％的Coinbase员工“不觉得自己可以遵守这个方向”，他们接受了退出计划。

Less than a month later, Armstrong retweeted a post suggesting he could support Kanye West for US President in 2020. After that time, the CEO made few public statements related to politics and US laws, though he did push for clarification on crypto tax rules in 2021.

不到一个月后，阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）转发了一篇文章，暗示他可以在2020年支持坎耶·韦斯特（Kanye West）为美国总统提供支持。在那段时间之后，首席执行官发表了与政治和美国法律有关的公开声明，尽管他确实推动了2021年对加密税收规则的澄清。

Stand with Crypto moves Coinbase closer to political advocacy

站在加密携带的Coinbase上，更接近政治倡导

It’s not entirely clear how Armstrong, at least in public, moved to be more aligned with political figures. However, for Coinbase, which the CEO said was intended to be “apolitical,” the change seemed to have started around the time the company received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in March 2023, suggesting a potential enforcement action.

目前尚不清楚至少在公共场合，阿姆斯特朗如何与政治人物保持一致。但是，对于Coinbase而言，首席执行官说这是“无政治性的”，这一变化似乎已经开始，该公司于2023年3月收到了证券交易委员会（SEC）的井通知，这表明可能采取潜在的执法行动。

Armstrong, like many in the crypto industry, had often criticized the SEC before 2023 for not offering regulatory guidelines to follow, but the Wells notice and subsequent lawsuit seemed to move Coinbase from participating in a national political discussion on digital assets to outright advocacy. The company announced the launch of the Stand with Crypto Alliance in August 2023, a group “focused on mobilizing the crypto community to directly engage in the legislative process.”

像加密货币行业中的许多人一样，阿姆斯特朗经常在2023年之前批评SEC，因为他们不提供监管指南以遵循，但威尔斯通知和随后的诉讼似乎使Coinbase从参与有关数字资产的国家政治讨论到完全倡导的国家政治讨论。该公司于2023年8月宣布与加密联盟（Crypto Alliance）启动展位，该组织“着重于动员加密社区直接参与立法过程。”

Before Stand with Crypto, Armstrong used his platform to call on crypto supporters to contact their elected officials about digital asset bills moving through Congress. Even with this initiative tied to the exchange and CEO, the focus wasn’t on partisan politics, but “common-sense legislation to protect consumers and their right to crypto.”

在与加密货币站立之前，阿姆斯特朗（Armstrong）使用他的平台呼吁加密支持者联系其当选官员，涉及通过国会进行的数字资产账单。即使这项倡议与交易所和首席执行官有关，但重点也不是党派政治，而是“保护消费者及其加密权的常识立法”。

“Being anti-crypto is a really bad political strategy going into 2024,” said Armstrong in a December 2023 X post, in response to legislation aimed at fighting money laundering with digital assets.

阿姆斯特朗在2023年12月的X帖子中说：“成为反克雷普托是一项非常糟糕的政治战略。”

Enter Trump and the 2024 election cycle

输入特朗普和2024年选举周期

In contrast to the 2020 election and even the 2022 midterms, the 2024 cycle stood out in more ways than one. For the first time, a presidential candidate was openly advocating for policies favoring cryptocurrency. The amount of money flowing from companies in the industry, including Coinbase, into federal elections also reached a record high.

与2020年选举甚至2022年中期相反，2024年的周期以不止一个方式脱颖而出。总统候选人首次公开倡导有利于加密货币的政策。包括Coinbase在内的行业公司中流入联邦选举的公司的资金数量也达到了创纪录的纪录。

Stand with Crypto, as an advocacy organization, was no exception. The group launched its own political action committee (PAC) in May 2024, allowing it to influence the elections through media buys and direct contributions. Though Stand with Crypto still organized like-minded voters, its efforts included a renewed focus on money.

作为一个倡导组织，与加密货币的站在一起也不例外。该组织于2024年5月成立了自己的政治行动委员会（PAC），使其能够通过媒体购买和直接捐款来影响选举。尽管与加密货币的立场仍然组织了志趣相投的选民，但其努力包括重新关注金钱。

It stood alongside the Fairshake PAC, a committee backed by roughly $45 million from Coinbase and $45 million from Ripple, which spent more than $130 million in the 2024 election cycle. Armstrong personally contributed $

它与Fairshake PAC并肩作战，该委员会由Coinbase的大约4500万美元支持，Ripple的4500万美元，该委员会在2024年的选举周期中花费了超过1.3亿美元。阿姆斯特朗个人贡献$