《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》专栏对加密货币的误解

希拉·沃伦 (Sheila Warren) 和贾斯汀·斯劳特 (Justin Slaughter) 表示，批评者早就应该超越他们的偏见，认识到数字资产行业的现实。

Two recent op-eds in major U.S. newspapers, one by Paul Krugman in the New York Times and another by the Washington Post editorial board, showcase a fundamental misunderstanding of the digital assets industry, rendering their critiques largely invalid.

美国主要报纸最近发表的两篇专栏文章，一篇由保罗·克鲁格曼在《纽约时报》发表，另一篇由《华盛顿邮报》编辑委员会发表，展示了对数字资产行业的根本误解，使得他们的批评在很大程度上无效。

Krugman's column, titled "Crypto Derp," dismisses crypto's role in the election, claiming it's merely "technobabble" that doesn's solve any problems. He alleges that skeptics' questions about crypto's utility go unanswered.

克鲁格曼的专栏题为“Crypto Derp”，驳斥了加密货币在选举中的作用，声称它只是“技术废话”，不能解决任何问题。他声称怀疑论者对加密货币实用性的疑问没有得到解答。

However, Krugman's assertions are contradicted by the widespread use of crypto for payments, stablecoins, prediction markets, decentralized finance, and remittances, among other applications.

然而，克鲁格曼的主张与加密货币在支付、稳定币、预测市场、去中心化金融和汇款等应用中的广泛使用相矛盾。

The Washington Post editorial, praising SEC Chair Gary Gensler, makes unsubstantiated claims that cryptocurrency has "no intrinsic value" and is used almost exclusively for illicit activities or speculation.

《华盛顿邮报》社论赞扬了 SEC 主席加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler)，并未经证实地声称加密货币“没有内在价值”，并且几乎专门用于非法活动或投机。

Yet, according to Chainalysis, money laundering accounts for less than 0.5% of all crypto transaction flows, and illicit activity is decreasing. Traditional finance, on the other hand, could involve up to 5% of global GDP in illicit activity, as per the United Nations.

然而，根据 Chainaanalysis 的数据，洗钱仅占所有加密货币交易流量的不到 0.5%，而且非法活动正在减少。另一方面，根据联合国的数据，传统金融可能涉及高达全球 GDP 5% 的非法活动。

Moreover, Gensler has actively opposed efforts to pass crypto legislation, despite initially stating that he needed legislative authority to regulate the industry. He's engaged in political warfare against Democrats, the crypto industry, and even fellow Biden Administration regulators.

此外，Gensler 积极反对通过加密立法的努力，尽管最初表示他需要立法权来监管该行业。他参与了针对民主党、加密货币行业，甚至拜登政府监管者的政治战。

The editorial's portrayal of Gensler as a good-faith regulator is inaccurate, as is its claim that the law clearly designates BTC and ETH as securities, which has been disputed by several courts and regulators.

这篇社论将 Gensler 描述为善意的监管者是不准确的，其声称法律明确将 BTC 和 ETH 指定为证券的说法也是不准确的，这一点已受到多个法院和监管机构的争议。

While other developed nations have introduced new crypto regulations, the SEC has essentially blocked the industry's growth in the U.S. This approach harms American competitiveness, the crypto industry, and consumers.

尽管其他发达国家已经出台了新的加密货币法规，但美国证券交易委员会基本上阻止了该行业在美国的发展，这种做法损害了美国的竞争力、加密货币行业和消费者。

The crypto industry has engaged positively with policymakers, and claims that crypto will vanish within six months have proven unfounded. It's time for the U.S. government to follow its peers and find common ground on crypto legislation.

加密货币行业与政策制定者积极互动，并声称加密货币将在六个月内消失的说法被证明是毫无根据的。美国政府是时候追随同行并在加密立法上找到共同点了。