新加坡需要欢迎与比特币相关的企业保持其作为全球金融中心的地位

上个月在大选中，这位34岁的年轻人以两名独立候选人之一的身份升起，在Mountbatten SMC中获得了36.16％的选票。

Retired businessman Jeremy Tan believes that Singapore needs to welcome Bitcoin-related businesses to maintain its status as a global financial hub.

退休的商人杰里米·谭（Jeremy Tan）认为，新加坡需要欢迎与比特币相关的企业保持其作为全球金融中心的地位。

The 34-year-old, who is also a lecturer at Southeast Asian Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands, rose to prominence last month during the general election as one of just two independent candidates.

这位34岁的年轻人还是荷兰莱顿大学东南亚研究的讲师，上个月在大选中，他是两名独立候选人之一。

At the Multimodal Integration & Optimization in Intelligent Systems (MINT) Centre on Wednesday (June 13), Tan said that he thinks Singapore will have an advantage in the global economy if the government creates Bitcoin-related laws.

在周三（6月13日）的智能系统中心（MINT）中心的多模式集成与优化，谭说，如果政府制定与比特币相关的法律，新加坡将在全球经济中具有优势。

"We need to recognise Bitcoin as a separate entity from other forms of cryptocurrencies," he said at an event hosted by cryptocurrency exchange Gemini.

他在加密货币交易所Gemini主持的活动中说：“我们需要将比特币视为与其他形式的加密货币的单独实体。”

"The difference between the previous Bitcoin cycle and the current Bitcoin cycle is that the bad actors are no longer in the market."

“上一个比特币周期和当前比特币周期之间的区别在于，不良演员不再在市场上。”

He was referring to former crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried as one of the "bad actors".

他指的是前加密货币亿万富翁山姆·班克曼（Sam Bankman Fried）作为“坏演员”之一。

The American's crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed in 2022, and he is now serving a 25-year sentence for committing fraud; he stole US$8 billion from customers.

美国加密货币交易所FTX于2022年倒闭，他现在因犯罪而被判处25年徒刑；他从客户那里偷了80亿美元。

During the nine-day campaign and on his election website, Tan promoted Bitcoin as an inflation-proof asset that Singaporeans should have. He also proposed several policies, including the creation of a Singapore dollar-denominated Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

在为期九天的活动和他的选举网站上，谭（Tan）将比特币作为新加坡人应该拥有的防通胀的资产。他还提出了几项政策，包括制定以新加坡计价的比特币交易所贸易基金（ETF）。

"If we can change the way SMEs think about Bitcoin as a treasury, then we can change the way SMEs become more productive going forward," Tan said.

谭说：“如果我们可以改变中小企业将比特币视为财政部的方式，那么我们就可以改变中小企业的发展方式。”

He added that there is a growing market for advisory services for SMEs which wish to invest in the cryptocurrency.

他补充说，对于中小企业的咨询服务市场不断增长，希望投资加密货币。

"There are many companies here that want to store (their treasury) in Bitcoin, but they do not know how to structure their business to do so," he said.

他说：“这里有许多公司想在比特币中存储（其财政部），但他们不知道该如何构建业务。”

Tan noted that unless the government starts to reform its Bitcoin laws, the advisory services industry will not be able to grow.

谭指出，除非政府开始改革其比特币法律，否则咨询服务行业将无法发展。

"There are about 10 to 15 small and medium-sized enterprises advisory service firms here that are advising companies on how to set up Bitcoin treasury, but they are encountering difficulties because the legal framework does not permit it yet."

“这里大约有10至15家中小型企业咨询服务公司，他们向公司提供有关如何建立比特币财政部的建议，但是由于法律框架还不能允许，它们遇到了困难。”

As at Thursday, the largest such ETF by market cap, iShares Bitcoin Trust, had a 16.57 per cent year-to-date return. Its market cap stands at US$72.6 billion.

截至周四，按市值划分的最大的ETF，iShares比特币信托基金，年龄为16.57％。它的市值为726亿美元。

According to a report by Point Logic in April, the total value of crypto ETFs and products has risen sharply in recent years, more than tripling from US$1 billion in 2019 to US$3.7 billion in 2022.

根据4月份的Point Logic报告，近年来加密ETF和产品的总价值急剧上升，从2019年的10亿美元增加到了2022年的37亿美元。

The report noted that the US is currently leading the way in terms of crypto ETF offerings, with a wide variety of products available.

该报告指出，美国目前在加密ETF产品方面处于领先地位，并提供各种各样的产品。

Meanwhile, Saad Ahmed, Asia-Pacific head at Gemini and the host of the fireside chat, pointed out the increasing institutionalisation of cryptocurrency. He said one of the key catalysts of this is the approval of Bitcoin ETFs.

同时，双子座的亚太主管萨德·艾哈迈德（Saad Ahmed）和Fireside聊天的主持人指出，加密货币的制度化日益增加。他说，其中的主要催化剂之一是批准比特币ETF。