特朗普的加密货币帝国扩大了，有望从总统职位上获利的新方法

在任职的第二天，总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）被问到他是否会继续出售对他亲自受益的产品

President Donald Trump was asked on Wednesday if he would continue selling products that benefited him personally. It comes after sales of a new Trump “meme coin” had soared to as much as $20 billion in value.

周三询问唐纳德·特朗普总统是否会继续销售使他亲自受益的产品。这是在销售新的特朗普“模因硬币”之后，价值高达200亿美元。

“I don't know much about it, other than I launched it. I heard it was very successful,” Trump replied. “I haven't checked it. Where is it today?”

特朗普回答：“除了发起它，我对此并不了解。我听说它非常成功。” “我还没有检查过。今天在哪里？”

“You made a lot of money, sir. Several billion dollars, it seems like, in the last several days.”

“先生，您赚了很多钱。在过去的几天里，似乎数十亿美元。”

“Several billion? That's peanuts for these guys,” Trump said gesturing toward a group of tech billionaires at the White House event.

特朗普在白宫活动中向一群科技亿万富翁打手势。”

A fortune in cryptocurrency

加密货币的财富

Trump never answered whether he would seek personal profit from the presidency – something historians say virtually every other president has pledged to avoid.

特朗普从未回答他是否会从总统处寻求个人利润 - 历史学家说，几乎所有其他总统都承诺要避免的话。

Just two of the cryptocurrency investments owned by Trump-affiliated entities have made at least $300 million in trading fees alone on sales of his meme coin and other digital currency since January, according to ethics watchdogs, Democratic lawmakers, crypto analysts and other experts.

根据道德监管机构，民主党立法者，加密分析师和其他专家的说法，自1月以来，由特朗普附属实体拥有的加密货币投资中的两项仅在其模因硬币和其他数字货币的销售方面仅收取了至少3亿美元的交易费用。

Greater potential profits lie in the Trump entities’ stake in the value of the meme coin and their other Trump-themed crypto investments, these analysts and other experts say.

这些分析师和其他专家说，特朗普实体在模因硬币及其其他以特朗普主题的加密投资的价值中的利润更大。

Last week, another of the Trump family's crypto ventures, World Liberty Financial, announced that one of its digital coins is being used by an Abu Dhabi investment firm for a $2 billion investment in cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Democratic lawmakers and crypto analysts said the deal was a conflict of interest that could earn World Liberty at least $27 million per year.

上周，特朗普家族的另一家加密货币企业世界自由金融宣布，阿布扎比投资公司正在使用其中一枚数字硬币，用于对加密货币交易所二进制进行20亿美元的投资。民主党立法者和加密分析师表示，这笔交易是一场利益冲突，每年至少可以赚取世界自由度至少2700万美元。

Meanwhile, Trump's administration has loosened regulation of the cryptocurrency industry and dismantled a Justice Department unit targeting crypto fraud.

同时，特朗普的政府放宽了对加密货币行业的监管，并拆除了针对加密欺诈的司法部部门。

Crypto isn’t Trump's only source of funds since returning to office. The president profits from real estate, his Truth Social platform and a range of branded merchandise, experts say.

自加密自回到办公室以来，加密货币并不是唯一的资金来源。专家说，总统从房地产中获利，他的真相社交平台以及一系列品牌商品。

How much has Trump earned in his first 100 days back in the White House?

特朗普在他在白宫的头100天内赚了多少？

“It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to find a number right now,” said Fred Wertheimer of the nonprofit accountability group Democracy 21. "And I don't think that's an accident."

非营利责任组织民主制度21的弗雷德·沃瑟默（Fred Wertheimer）说：“现在很难，即使不是不可能，也很难找到一个数字。我认为这不是偶然的。”

"The president spent many years bragging about how many billions of dollars he had, but as president it's a different story," said Wertheimer. "He doesn't hide all his business ventures, but he certainly doesn't report on what's going on."

沃特海默（Wertheimer）说：“总统花了很多年的时间吹嘘自己拥有了数十亿美元，但作为总统，这是一个不同的故事。” “他并没有隐藏所有的业务，但他当然没有报告发生了什么事。”

A Senate inquiry into presidential profits

参议院对总统利润的调查

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, told USA TODAY he’s launching an investigation into Trump’s profits as president.

参议员理查德·布卢门塔尔（Richard Blumenthal）在参议院永久委员会调查小组委员会中排名民主党，他告诉《今日美国》，他正在对特朗普作为总统的利润进行调查。

The cryptocurrency ventures − including a digital meme coin celebrating Trump’s survival of a July 2024 assassination attempt − will be key to Blumenthal’s inquiry. Trump, he said, “makes money off the trading because the transactions generate a fee, as well as from the increase in price for the coins that results from his promoting or enticing sales.”

加密货币冒险 - 包括庆祝特朗普2024年7月暗杀企图生存的数字模因硬币 - 将是Blumenthal询问的关键。他说：“特朗普说：“由于交易产生了费用，以及由于他的促进或诱人销售而产生的硬币的价格上涨，因此赚钱。”

“Whether it's tens of millions or hundreds of millions really is a topic for the investigation,” said Blumenthal, a former Connecticut attorney general. “But I just cannot emphasize how craven and brazen this kind of stunt is. And it would be laughable, but it involves millions of dollars and a threat to our national security.”

前康涅狄格州司法部长Blumenthal说：“无论是数千万还是数亿美元确实是调查的话题。” “但是我只是无法强调这种特技表演是多么的勇气和大胆。这是可笑的，但它涉及数百万美元，并威胁到我们的国家安全。”

Blumenthal said he was especially concerned that the opaque nature of crypto transactions makes it virtually impossible to determine how much Trump is profiting – and who might be seeking influence by purchasing the Trump coins.

Blumenthal说，他特别担心加密交易的不透明本质使得几乎不可能确定特朗普在获利的程度，以及谁可能通过购买特朗普硬币来寻求影响力。

That, he said, could pose a national security threat by allowing foreign governments to enrich Trump – and gain his favor − without public knowledge.

他说，这可以通过允许外国政府丰富特朗普来构成国家安全威胁，并在没有公众知识的情况下获得他的青睐。

A White House spokesperson denied that, saying the president did not have a conflict of interest because his assets were controlled by his children.

白宫发言人否认这一点，称总统没有利益冲突，因为他的资产是由他的孩子控制的。

A spokesman for World Liberty Financial, a Trump family-controlled crypto firm, told USA TODAY the company was "not involved in politics whatsoever."

由特朗普家族控制的加密货币公司World Liberty Financial的发言人告诉《今日美国》，该公司“没有参与政治”。

Sneakers, Bibles - and digital currency

运动鞋，圣经和数字货币

Even more than during his first term, Trump has upended the customs restraining a commander-in-chief’s ability to profit from the office.

与他的第一任期相比，特朗普更加颠覆了限制总司令从办公室获利的能力的海关。

Besides the meme coin and other crypto, Trump and his business associates have promoted dozens of branded items, including Trump sneakers and Trump-autographed Bibles.

除了模因硬币和其他加密货币外，特朗普和他的商业伙伴还促进了数十种品牌项目，包括特朗普运动鞋和特朗普自动圣经。

Trump has also gone all-in on digital artworks known as NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, selling “Trump Bitcoin Digital Trading Cards," including more than 100 new collectibles released in January 2025, according to Cryptopolitan and other crypto industry trackers.

根据Cryptopolitan和其他Crypto行业追踪者的说法，特朗普还全权介绍称为NFT的数字艺术品，或不可杀死的代币，出售“特朗普比特币数字交易卡”，其中包括2025年1月发布的100多家新收藏品。

An 'intimate private dinner' for Trump crypto investors

特朗普加密投资者的“亲密私人晚餐”

On April 23, one of the many private companies affiliated with Trump and his family upped the ante by offering existing and new buyers of the $TRUMP meme coin "the most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the world."

4月23日，与特朗普及其家人相关的众多私人公司之一通过提供$ trump Meme Coin Coin的现有和新买家“世界上最独特的邀请”。

A meme coin is a

模因硬币是