自从资产类别首先出现以来，加密货币的促进者就面临的一个问题是其声誉闻名。

加密交易已被监管机构和公众脑海中确定为骗局，盗窃和其他形式的敏锐实践的避风港。

One problem that promoters of cryptocurrencies have faced since the asset class first emerged is that its reputation stinks.

自从资产类别首先出现以来，加密货币的促进者就面临的一个问题是其声誉闻名。

The crypto trading has become identified by regulators and in the public mind with a haven for scams, theft and other forms of sharp practice. The FBI, in its most recent annual report on cryptocurrency, found that crypto-related fraud has exploded. Criminality is “pervasive” in the field, the agency warned.

加密货币交易已被监管机构和公众识别，有着骗局，盗窃和其他形式的敏锐实践的避风港。联邦调查局（FBI）在最近关于加密货币的年度报告中发现，与加密相关的欺诈行为爆炸了。该机构警告说，犯罪行为“普遍存在”。

The elusive use case for crypto assets appeared to have been narrowed down to facilitating criminal fraud, ransomware attacks, drug and human trafficking.

加密资产的难以捉摸的用例似乎已被缩小，以促进犯罪欺诈，勒索软件袭击，毒品和人口贩运。

Then came Donald Trump. During the presidential campaign and after his election, crypto promoters thought they were entering the nirvana of officially recognised legitimacy.

然后是唐纳德·特朗普。在总统大选期间，加密推广人员认为他们正在进入正式认可的合法性的必要性。

Trump signaled that he would end government regulatory initiatives on crypto, “in order to promote United States leadership in digital assets and financial technology while protecting economic liberty,” to quote the executive order he issued Jan 23, effectively wiping out federal regulations on the class.

特朗普表示，他将终止有关加密货币的政府监管计划，“为了在保护经济自由的同时促进美国在数字资产和金融技术方面的领导力”，以引用他1月23日发布的行政命令，实际上有效地消除了联邦法规。

Things aren't working out as they hoped. Since Trump returned to the presidency, his and his family's involvement in crypto-related deals has critics charging that crypto has become an entirely new path for official corruption and conflicts of interest in the White House.

事情并没有按照他们希望的方式锻炼。自从特朗普回到总统职位以来，他和他的家人参与与加密相关的交易的参与使批评者指控加密货币已成为官方腐败和白宫利益冲突的全新途径。

"Trump's cryptocurrency ventures are nothing more than a fig leaf for payoffs from foreign nationals & foreign gov'ts," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, asserted in a May 7 tweet, the subject of which was an offer of a sit-down private dinner with Trump.

D-Connecticut的参议员Richard Blumenthal参议员在5月7日的推文中断言：“特朗普的加密货币不过是从外国国民和外国政府获得回报的无花果叶子。”

The price of the coin soared to about $74 on Jan 19, the day before Trump's inauguration. It immediately fell in value, though its price has been propped up by the offer of the dinner and tours; the most recent quotes place it at about $13. The top 220 holders of the Trump coin, who are entitled to the dinner, spent nearly $148mil for the privilege, according to an estimate by Reuters.

硬币的价格飙升至1月19日，即特朗普就职的前一天。它立即降低了价值，尽管其价格是由晚餐和旅行的提议所支撑的。最近的报价将其定为约13美元。根据路透社的一项估计，特朗普硬币的前220名持有人有权获得晚餐的特权。

More than half of the biggest holders appear to be foreign entities, according to an analysis by Bloomberg. That implies that the purchases might be designed to circumvent federal law barring foreigners from making political contributions in the US.

根据彭博社的一项分析，超过一半的最大持有人似乎是外国实体。这意味着购买可能旨在规避联邦法律，禁止外国人在美国做出政治贡献。

Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts demanded that the federal Office of Government Ethics, an independent executive branch agency, open an inquiry into the "severe risk that President Trump and other officials may be engaging in 'pay to play' corruption by selling presidential access to individuals or entities, to include foreign nationals and corporate actors with vested interests in federal action, while personally enriching the President and his family."

马萨诸塞州的加利福尼亚州民主敏感性亚当·西夫（Adam Schiff）和马萨诸塞州的伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）要求联邦政府道德办公室，独立行政部门机构，对“严重的风险进行“严重风险，特朗普总统和其他官员可能会通过将总统或在包括外国国民竞争中的人及其竞争中的竞争中及其竞争中的竞争者及其兴趣来竞争，以扮演'付费'付费'付费。

DWF, a crypto firm based in the United Arab Emirates, announced last month that it had bought $25mil in coins issued by the Trump-affiliated firm World Liberty Financial, in part to "enhance regulatory engagement with US policymakers." Freight Technologies, a Houston logistics company, announced April 30 that it had borrowed $20mil to buy Trump coins, calling the transaction "an effective way to advocate for fair, balanced, and free trade between Mexico and the US."

总部位于阿拉伯联合酋长国的加密货币公司DWF上个月宣布，它已购买了由特朗普附属公司World Liberty Financial发行的2500万美元的硬币，部分目的是“增强与美国决策者的监管互动”。休斯顿物流公司Freight Technologies宣布，4月30日，它已经借了2000万美元购买特朗普硬币，称交易是“一种有效的方式，是提倡公平，平衡和墨西哥与美国之间的自由贸易”。

The unease has spread to Republicans on Capitol Hill, who fear that the Trumps' crypto deals will undermine their efforts to enact crypto-friendly regulations.

不安已传播给国会山上的共和党人，他们担心特朗普的加密交易将破坏他们制定加密友好法规的努力。

"This gives me pause," said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyoming, a leader in the legislative movement to pass a pro-crypto law. "Even what may appear to be 'cringey' with regard to meme coins, it's legal, and what we need to do is have a regulatory framework that makes this more clear, so we don' برابر

“这让我停了下来，”立法运动的领导人辛西娅·鲁米斯（Cynthia Lummis）参议员辛西娅·卢米斯（Cynthia Lummis）说，通过了一项亲克莱托特法律。 “即使对于模因硬币来说似乎是'cringey'的，这是合法的，我们需要做的就是拥有一个使它更加清晰的监管框架，因此我们不'