加密：涟漪浸入玛拉·拉戈

政治剧院大师唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）发现自己陷入了自己的比赛中。通过亲XRP消息操纵，他不知不觉地成为了加密游说行动的主要演员。

In the gilded cage of Mar-a-Lago, a drama is unfolding, bearing the signature of Donald Trump, master of political theater. But this time, the script has been manipulated, leading the former president into a game of crypto lobbying, with surprising and viral consequences.

在Mar-a-Lago的镀金笼中，一部戏剧正在展开，带有政治剧院大师唐纳德·特朗普的签名。但是这次，剧本已经被操纵，导致前总统进行了加密游说的游戏，并带来了令人惊讶和病毒的后果。

As reported by The Block, an employee of Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm known for its sprawling contact book, is said to have pitched the idea of a strategic crypto reserve to support certain companies in the sector, including Ripple Labs (XRP). This proposal was later shared by Trump on his Truth Social account in March.

据该街区报道，据说Ballard Partners的一名雇员Ballard Partners以其庞大的联络书而闻名，据说已经提出了战略性加密保护区的想法，以支持该行业的某些公司，包括Ripple Labs（XRP）。特朗普后来在三月份在他的真相社会账户上分享了这一提议。

The mention of Ripple in Trump’s post is a pointed nod to the company’s flagship cryptocurrency, XRP, and it was no coincidence. The move was part of a crypto product placement operation disguised as a political message.

在特朗普的帖子中提到的波纹是对公司旗舰加密货币XRP的尖锐点头，这不是偶然的。此举是伪装成政治信息的加密产品安置行动的一部分。

However, when Trump learned that the initiative belonged to Ballard Partners, and that Ripple was one of the firm’s clients, he flew into a rage. The president felt manipulated, and for him, Ballard had crossed the red line.

但是，当特朗普得知该倡议属于巴拉德合伙人，而波纹是该公司的客户之一时，他愤怒地飞来飞去。总统感到被操纵，对他来说，巴拉德越过了红线。

The star lobbyist, who is no longer welcome at the White House, was a close ally of the president.

不再受到白宫的欢迎的明星游说者是总统的亲密盟友。

For a man nicknamed the “Trump whisperer” in Washington, the fall is brutal. Ballard Partners, which had ridden the crypto-Trump wave to attract 130 clients and generate more than $14 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2025, sees its privileged access to power collapse.

对于一个绰号华盛顿的“特朗普窃窃私语”的男人来说，秋天是残酷的。 Ballard Partners骑了加密货币浪潮，吸引了130个客户，并在2025年第一季度产生了超过140亿美元的收入，因此看到其特权获得了权力崩溃。

This affair goes far beyond the Ballard case. It exposes a disturbing truth: the crypto sector has become a playground for the most dubious behind-the-scenes maneuvers.

这件事远远超出了巴拉德案。它揭示了一个令人不安的事实：加密货币部门已成为最可疑的幕后动作的游乐场。

It is not the first time private interests have tried to capture political attention through intermediaries. But here, the scheme is crude.

这并不是第一次通过中介人引起政治关注的第一次。但是在这里，该计划是原始的。

This power play by Ballard Partners, aiming to spotlight an influential crypto client, rekindles the debate on the independence of politicians from private interests. When a presidential message becomes a vector of influence for firms linked to cryptocurrencies, the line between public opinion and disguised promotion becomes blurred. What remains of political integrity in this theater of influence?

Ballard Partners的这种力量发挥，旨在关注有影响力的加密客户，重新激发了有关政客远离私人利益的独立性的辩论。当总统信息成为与加密货币相关的公司的影响力量时，公众舆论与伪装促销之间的界限变得模糊。这个影响力剧院的政治诚信还有什么？

The post linked by Trump on his social network is still accessible today. It is a post about the creation of a strategic crypto reserve to support certain companies in the sector, including Ripple Labs.

特朗普在他的社交网络上联系的帖子今天仍然可以访问。这是关于创建战略加密保护区的一篇文章，以支持该行业的某些公司，包括Ripple Labs。

In January, several months before the post, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, expressed his opinion on the subject, arguing for an approach more representative of the crypto ecosystem.

一月份，即帖子前几个月，布拉德·加林豪斯（Brad Garlinghouse）的Ripple首席执行官对这个主题表示了意见，主张一种更代表加密生态系统的方法。

At the time, Garlinghouse was opposed to the idea of a strategic reserve composed exclusively of bitcoin, as several figures in the Biden administration seemed to prefer.

当时，加林豪斯（Garlinghouse）反对由比特币组成的战略储备的想法，因为拜登政府似乎更喜欢比特币。

“My view is that we need to be thinking broader than Bitcoin. I think it’s great that people are having this conversation about Bitcoin, but there are other technologies that are on the cutting edge and that we should be including in this discussion,” he stated in an interview with Blockworks.

他在接受BlockWorks采访时说：“我的观点是，我们需要比比特币更广泛地思考。我认为人们对比特币进行了这种对话，但是还有其他一些技术在最前沿，我们应该在这次讨论中包括。”

The post by Trump and the statements by Garlinghouse are separated by several months, and the CEO of Ripple was not accused of being the instigator of the post. However, the timing and content of their statements create an interesting parallel.

特朗普的帖子和加林豪斯（Garlinghouse）的声明被分开了几个月，而Ripple的首席执行官并未被指控担任该职位的煽动者。但是，陈述的时机和内容创造了一个有趣的相似之处。

The post by Trump, which was shared by an employee of Ballard Partners, mentions the need to support American companies in the crypto sector, which is in line with Garlinghouse’s vision of a more inclusive strategic reserve.

特朗普由巴拉德（Ballard Partners）的一名雇员分享的特朗普帖子提到，需要支持加密货币部门的美国公司，这与加林豪斯（Garlinghouse）对更具包容性战略储备的愿景一致。

This convergence of opinions and the temporal spacing of their statements raise questions about the potential indirect influence on lobbying circles close to the president.

意见的这种融合和陈述的时间间隔引起了人们对与总统接近游说圈子的潜在间接影响的疑问。

Or perhaps it was an opportunity seized by zealous intermediaries to pass a message aligned with this crypto vision.

也许这是一个热心的中介机构抓住的机会，传达了与这种加密愿景相符的信息。

The striking aspect of this affair is the reaction of Donald Trump, who was furious to discover that the initiative came from a firm that was paid by Ripple to lobby the president.

这件事的惊人方面是唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的反应，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）发现该倡议来自一家由Ripple支付给游说总统的公司。

According to several sources close to the case, Trump felt manipulated by the employee of Ballard Partners, who had deceived him by presenting the post as his own idea.

根据几个接近此案的消息来源，特朗普感到巴拉德合伙人的雇员被操纵，巴拉德伙伴的雇员通过将职位作为自己的想法欺骗了他。

The president was particularly angry because he had personally authorized the lobbyist, who is a close friend and a regular at Mar-a-Lago, to intervene in his name.

总统特别生气，因为他亲自授权了游说者，他是密友，也是Mar-a-Lago的常客，以介入他的名字。

This abuse, which involved a president easily manipulated by lobbyists and a cryptocurrency company attempting to gain attention through a disguised marketing operation, is a perfect example of the decadence of the American political system.

这种虐待涉及一位容易由游说者操纵的总统和一家试图通过伪装的营销行动引起关注的加密货币公司，是美国政治体系decade废的一个完美典范。

It also highlights the urgent need for greater transparency and accountability in the cryptocurrency industry, which is increasingly seeking institutional recognition.

它还强调了加密货币行业迫切需要提高透明度和问责制的需求，加密货币行业越来越寻求机构认可。

This affair, which began with an employee of Ballard Partners pitching the idea of a strategic crypto reserve to support certain companies in the sector, including Ripple Labs, is a blatant display of private interests attempting to capture political attention through intermediaries.

这件事始于巴拉德（Ballard）合作伙伴的一名员工，他将战略性加密保护区的想法支持该行业的某些公司（包括Ripple Labs），这是一个公然展示的私人利益，试图通过中间人吸引政治关注。

The post, which Trump shared on his social network,

特朗普在他的社交网络上分享的帖子，