南非央行行长质疑游说者对比特币的关注

南非储备银行（SARB）行长 Lesetja Kganyago 猛烈抨击了加密货币游说者，呼吁各国采用比特币或将比特币添加到各自的储备中。

South Africa's central bank chief has criticized crypto lobbyists at the World Economic Forum in Davos for pushing countries to add Bitcoin to their reserves.

南非央行行长在达沃斯世界经济论坛上批评加密游说者推动各国将比特币添加到其储备中。

Lesetja Kganyago, governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), slammed the lobbyists during a panel discussion for focusing solely on having Bitcoin added to reserves and not other assets.

南非储备银行 (SARB) 行长 Lesetja Kganyago 在一次小组讨论中猛烈抨击游说者只关注将比特币添加到储备中，而不是其他资产。

“I would have a significant problem with a lobby that says governments should hold this asset or hold that asset. There is a history to gold. There was once a gold standard… If we now say ok, bitcoins. What about platinum? What about coal? Why don’t we hold strategic beef reserves, or mutton reserves, or apple reserves? Why Bitcoin,” Kganyago asked, according to a report by Reuters.

“如果游说团体认为政府应该持有这种资产或持有那种资产，我会遇到很大的问题。黄金是有历史的。曾经有一个金本位……如果我们现在说好吧，那就是比特币。铂金呢？那么煤炭呢？为什么我们不持有战略牛肉储备、羊肉储备或苹果储备？据路透社报道，Kganyago 问道：“为什么选择比特币？”

The comments came after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told the panel that Donald Trump's return to the White House would draw investors to crypto and highlighted the importance of having the leader of the world's largest economy endorse Bitcoin.

在此之前，Coinbase 首席执行官布莱恩·阿姆斯特朗 (Brian Armstrong) 向专家小组表示，唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 重返白宫将吸引投资者关注加密货币，并强调了让世界最大经济体领导人支持比特币的重要性。

Armstrong's remarks were in reference to reports that the former U.S. president planned to create a government Bitcoin stockpile if he were reelected in 2024.

阿姆斯特朗的言论是指有报道称，这位美国前总统计划在 2024 年连任时建立政府比特币储备。

Kganyago also warned that the crypto industry's heavy lobbying efforts could lead to “regulatory capture,” a phrase that carries particular resonance in South Africa and refers to a situation where regulatory agencies are unduly influenced or controlled by the industries they are meant to oversee.

Kganyago 还警告说，加密货币行业的大力游说工作可能会导致“监管捕获”，这句话在南非特别引起共鸣，指的是监管机构受到其本应监管的行业过度影响或控制的情况。

During the last U.S. elections, several crypto firms and executives openly endorsed and donated millions of dollars to candidates who were seen as being sympathetic to the crypto cause. Many of these candidates went on to win, resulting in what has been described as the most pro-crypto U.S. Congress.

在上次美国大选期间，几家加密货币公司和高管公开支持并向被视为同情加密事业的候选人捐赠了数百万美元。其中许多候选人最终获胜，形成了被称为最支持加密货币的美国国会。

However, Kganyago suggested that such an outcome could mean that “regulation is going to be established through the power of money.”

然而，Kganyago 表示，这样的结果可能意味着“将通过金钱的力量建立监管”。

Armstrong, on the other hand, maintained that crypto firms influencing U.S. elections is a sign of democracy at work.

另一方面，阿姆斯特朗坚持认为，影响美国选举的加密货币公司是民主运作的标志。