当唐纳德·特朗普总统准备欢迎他的模因硬币中的顶级投资者参加私人晚餐

在帮助坦克对所谓的斯塔布莱币法案进行较早投票的两周后，一群16名民主党人对几乎每个共和党人投票，将法案推向了犯罪威胁。

As President Donald Trump prepares to welcome the top investors in his meme coin to a private dinner, centrist Senate Democrats gave a different kind of gift to the crypto industry on Monday.

当唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统准备欢迎他的模因硬币中的顶级投资者参加私人晚餐时，中间派参议院民主党人在周一向加密货币产业赠送了另一种礼物。

Two weeks after helping tank an earlier vote on the so-called stablecoin bill, a group of 16 Democrats voted with nearly every Republican to push the bill past a filibuster threat.

在帮助坦克对所谓的斯塔布莱币法案进行较早投票的两周后，一群16名民主党人对几乎每个共和党人投票，将法案推向了犯罪威胁。

While supporters said the bill would give clarity to an industry that has operated in a legal gray zone, critics warned that stablecoins pose a threat to the larger financial system. They also questioned why Democrats were giving Trump a victory on a bill that could enrich the president himself.

支持者表示，该法案将使在合法的灰色区域中运作的行业澄清，但批评家警告说，Stablecoins对更大的金融体系构成威胁。他们还质疑为什么民主党人在一项可以丰富总统本人的法案上取得胜利。

“We need a unified Democratic opposition. We need Democrats zeroing in on the GOP plan, and not muddling the message by getting behind an unrelated, corruption-friendly crypto bill this week instead,” Ezra Levin, co-executive director of the progressive group Indivisible, said in a statement.

“我们需要民主党人在共和党计划中归零，而不是本周落后于无关，腐败友好的加密货币法案来使信息混乱。”

Crypto Flip-Flop

加密触发器

The Senate’s vote for cloture on the GENIUS Act represented an industry win after a setback only 11 days before.

参议院对《天才法案》的盘行的投票仅在11天前遇到了挫折之后赢得了行业胜利。

Stablecoins are supposed to represent one of the safest sectors of the cryptocurrency industry. In theory, dollar-denominated stablecoins are backed 1:1 by sound assets such as U.S. Treasury bills. Supporters say stablecoins could be used to make sending payments easier and cheaper. Critics say that, so far, their use cases have more often lain in buying other crypto assets and evading money-laundering laws.

稳定币应该代表加密货币行业最安全的部门之一。从理论上讲，以美国国库账单等声音资产为支持，以美元为单位的稳定币支持了1：1。支持者说，可以使用Stablecoins使发送付款更加轻松，更便宜。批评者说，到目前为止，他们的用例在购买其他加密资产和逃避洗钱法方面经常有所失误。

Congress’s Biggest Financial Priority Is “Stablecoin.” What the Hell Is That?

国会最大的财务重中之重是“ Stablecoin”。那到底是什么？

The crypto industry has put its weight in Washington behind stablecoin legislation, hoping that it can serve as the first step toward passage of a larger agenda. Yet despite a record of bipartisan backing, centrist Senate Democrats pulled their support for the bill only days before it was set to receive its first vote on the Senate floor.

加密货币行业将其在华盛顿的权重置于Stablecoin立法之后，希望它可以作为通过更大议程的第一步。然而，尽管有两党支持的记录，但中间派参议院民主党人仅在该法案的几天才能在参议院获得首次投票前几天。

Those Democrats said that they had lingering concerns about issues including anti-money laundering protections, illicit transactions, and the soundness of the financial system.

这些民主党人说，他们对包括反洗钱保护，非法交易以及金融体系的合理性在内的问题引起了人们的关注。

After that initial, failed vote, Democrats engaged in extensive closed-door talks with the legislation’s Republican boosters. Ahead of the vote Monday, senators received copies of a proposed compromise.

最初的投票失败之后，民主党人与立法的共和党助推器进行了广泛的闭门谈判。周一投票之前，参议员收到了拟议妥协的副本。

Democrats backing the new version of the legislation said that it would address concerns that Big Tech companies could dominate the new industry and expand surveillance on their own customers if allowed to issue stablecoins. They claimed that it also strengthened protections for stablecoin holders if their issuers go bankrupt.

支持该立法的新版本的民主党人说，如果允许发行稳定的公司，这将解决大型科技公司可以主导新行业并扩大对自己客户的监视的担忧。他们声称，如果发行人破产，它还加强了对Stablecoin持有人的保护。

One of the lawmakers who decided that the changes went far enough was Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who acknowledged in a statement over the weekend that Trump’s personal involvement in the industry cast a shadow over the debate.

一位决定变更足够远的立法者是D-VA。参议员马克·华纳（Mark Warner）。

“Many senators, myself included, have very real concerns about the Trump family’s use of crypto technologies to evade oversight, hide shady financial dealings, and personally profit at the expense of everyday Americans,” Warner said in a statement. “But we cannot allow that corruption to blind us to the broader reality: blockchain technology is here to stay.”

沃纳在一份声明中说：“许多参议员包括我本人，对特朗普家族使用加密技术来逃避监督，隐藏阴暗的财务往来以及个人以牺牲日常美国人的利益而感到非常真正的担忧。” “但是我们不能让这种腐败使我们对更广泛的现实视而不见：区块链技术将留在这里。”

Democratic staffers on the Senate Banking Committee, where Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., serves as ranking member, rejected the changes as nothing more than a “fig leaf,” however.

参议院银行委员会的民主党工作人员，D-Mass。参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）担任排名成员，拒绝了这些变化，而只不过是“无花果叶”。

Democrats Woke Up to Trump’s Crypto Grift. Will They Stop Other Scammers?

民主党人唤醒了特朗普的加密货币。他们会停止其他骗子吗？

Perhaps most glaring for critics is the fact that the latest text of the bill does nothing to prevent Trump and his family members from continuing to cash in on crypto. In addition to the Trump-themed meme coin he issued just before his inauguration, Trump’s sons have now issued a stablecoin that generates the family fees when it is traded.

也许对批评者的最明显的是，该法案的最新文本无济于事，可以防止特朗普及其家人继续兑现加密货币。除了他在就职典礼之前发出的以特朗普为主题的模因硬币外，特朗普的儿子们现在还发布了一份稳定的股份，该股份在交易时产生了家庭费用。

But skeptics say the Trump family’s corrupt entrée into the crypto industry isn’t the only problem with the legislation. They also say it will still be easy for private Big Tech companies to issue stablecoins, while public giants such as Meta could find workarounds on prohibitions meant to block them from entering the

但是怀疑论者说，特朗普家族对加密货币行业的腐败参与并不是立法的唯一问题。他们还说，私人大型科技公司仍然很容易发行Stablecoins，而梅塔（Meta）等公共巨头可以找到有关禁止他们进入的禁令的解决方法