加密业突然成为美国政治的核心

感谢特朗普家族的投资，友好的监管机构和豪华的选举支出。

The crypto industry is suddenly at the heart of American politics. Thank the Trump family’s investments, friendly regulators and lavish election spending

加密货币行业突然成为美国政治的核心。感谢特朗普家族的投资，友好的监管机构和豪华的选举支出

IN LATE APRIL Fr8Tech, a logistics firm based in Texas with a market capitalisation of about $3m, initiated an unusual investment. It said it was borrowing as much as $20m to buy $TRUMP coins, a cryptocurrency Donald Trump had launched three days before beginning his second term as president. (“Join my very special Trump Community. GET YOUR $TRUMP NOW,” he urged on social media.) The company managing $TRUMP had just announced that the biggest investors in the meme coin would be invited to dine with the president in late May. Javier Selgas, Fr8Tech’s CEO, said buying the coin would be “an effective way to advocate” for the sort of trade policies Fr8Tech wants.

4月下旬，位于得克萨斯州的一家物流公司FR8Tech发起了一项不寻常的投资，其市值约为300万美元。它说，购买$ trump硬币的借贷是借贷多达2000万美元，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的一个加密货币在开始担任总统的第二任期前三天推出。 （“加入我非常特殊的特朗普社区。现在就得到您的特朗普，”他在社交媒体上敦促。 FR8TECH的首席执行官Javier Selgas表示，购买硬币将是“倡导贸易政策的有效方法”，FR8Tech想要。

This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Cryptocracy”

本文出现在标题“隐秘”标题下的“印刷版简报”部分中

Briefing

简报

From the May 17th 2025 edition

从2025年5月17日开始

Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents

从本节中发现故事，以及内容列表中的更多信息

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经济学家跟踪移动信号以绘制克里姆林宫的积累

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沙特社会发生了巨大变化。经济也可以改变吗？

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政府减少对石油依赖的推动正在造成其他扭曲

Would Vladimir Putin attack NATO?

弗拉基米尔·普京会攻击北约吗？

Russia is building up its forces, causing fear in its neighbours

俄罗斯正在建立力量，引起邻国的恐惧

Any Chinese curbs on Taiwan’s trade would carry big economic costs

任何中国关于台湾贸易的遏制都将承担巨大的经济成本

But China could calibrate a trade “quarantine” to limit unintended consequences

但是中国可以校准贸易“隔离”以限制意外后果

Can China sap a divided and isolated Taiwan of its will to resist?

中国能否将其抵抗意愿的分裂和孤立的台湾腐烂？

Taiwanese are growing more doubtful that they can fend off their hostile neighbour

台湾人越来越怀疑，他们可以抵御敌对的邻居

Chinese military exercises foreshadow a blockade of Taiwan

中国军事演习预示了台湾的封锁

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