特朗普推出了加密货币令牌，称他在上班前几天发射了$ trump“模因硬币”

随后，第二天，他们中有25个最富有的人还将参加“与您最喜欢的总统晚餐前的独家招待会”，第二天进行白宫的“ VIP之旅”。

A lavish dinner for 220 guests will take place next Thursday under the crystal chandeliers of the great ballroom at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington DC.

下周四将在华盛顿特区特朗普国家高尔夫俱乐部的大宴会厅的水晶吊灯下，为220位客人提供豪华晚餐。

Organisers are calling it ‘the most exclusive invitation in the world’.

组织者称其为“世界上最独特的邀请”。

The 800-acre venue boasts ‘stunning views of the Potomac River’ – but the most impressive view for the guests, all of them cryptocurrency investors, will be of their host, President Trump.

这个占地800英亩的场地拥有“波托马克河的壮丽景色”，但对于客人来说，最令人印象深刻的景色，都是加密货币投资者，将是他们的主人特朗普总统。

The 25 wealthiest of them will also attend an ‘exclusive reception before dinner with YOUR FAVORITE President’ followed, the next day, by a ‘VIP tour’ of the White House.

随后，第二天，他们中有25个最富有的人还将参加“与您最喜欢的总统晚餐前的独家招待会”，第二天进行白宫的“ VIP之旅”。

They include Justin Sun, a Chinese billionaire best known for paying $6.2million for a banana at an art auction.

其中包括贾斯汀·孙（Justin Sun），这是一位中国亿万富翁，以在艺术品拍卖中为香蕉支付620万美元而闻名。

He and fellow guests will doubtless make sure that they royally flatter their host about his recent trip to the Middle East, where he was offered by Qatar’s ruling royal family a ‘palace in the sky’ Boeing 747-8. It’s just the sort of jackpot such speculators would admire.

他和客人无疑会确保他们对他最近前往中东旅行的皇家主持人，在那儿，卡塔尔的统治王室为他提供了“天空中的宫殿”，波音747-8。这只是这样的投机者会欣赏的大奖。

Govemments often push the boat out in this way, either to encourage wealthy people to invest in their country or to thank them for past generosity.

政府经常以这种方式将船推出，以鼓励富人投资自己的国家，或者感谢他们过去的慷慨大方。

However, what’s unusual – though ‘outrageous’ might be a better word – about this glitzy night with The Donald is that the guests aren’t being rewarded for services to the US or charity, but for services to the Trump private bank account.

但是，对于与唐纳德（Donald）在一起的漫长的夜晚，不寻常的是一个更好的词，那就是，客人不是为美国或慈善机构的服务而获得奖励，而是为特朗普私人银行帐户提供服务。

The 220 attending the dinner are doing so purely because they bought a cryptocurrency token called the $TRUMP ‘meme coin’ that the President launched days before taking office (for good measure, First Lady Melania launched her own too).

参加晚宴的220人之所以这样做是因为他们购买了一个加密货币令牌，称为$ Trump“ Meme Coin”，总统在上任前几天发射了几天（良好的措施，第一夫人Melania也推出了自己的发射）。

To get an invitation to the dinner, it’s estimated that ‘investors’ bought around $55,000 worth of the coin apiece, while to qualify for the even more selective pre-dinner reception with the President (and that VIP tour) they had to purchase $TRUMP coins worth $4.3million. (Mr Sun reportedly was the biggest spender, shelling out $19million.)

为了获得晚餐的邀请，据估计，“投资者”购买了价值约55,000美元的硬币，同时有资格与总统（和VIP巡回赛）一起获得更具选择性的前餐前接待，他们不得不购买价值430万美元的特朗普硬币。 （据报道，孙先生是最大的股票，筹集了1900万美元。）

Like other such tokens, the $TRUMP coin lacks any intrinsic value and its worth is instead defined by what speculators are prepared to pay for it, or ‘hype’ in other words.

像其他这样的代币一样，$特朗普硬币也缺乏任何内在价值，而其价值则由投机者准备为此付出代价或“炒作”来定义。

That didn’t stop buyers spending $148million snapping up the tokens in a three-week-long contest to win a dinner invitation, pushing the current market value of all $TRUMP coins to more than $2.7billion.

这并没有阻止买家在为期三周的竞赛中抢购代币，以赢得晚餐邀请，将所有$特朗普硬币的当前市场价值提高到27亿美元。

In the process, the investors made millions of dollars for the Trump family as the latter’s businesses own a majority of the coins and they also get a transaction fee each time one of the tokens are exchanged.

在此过程中，由于后者拥有大部分硬币，投资者为特朗普家族赚了数百万美元，并且每次交换一个令牌时，他们也会获得交易费。

It’s just a shame that Justin Sun and the other ‘crypto bros’ won’t be able to celebrate their ‘favourite’ president over a few high-priced late-night drinks at another Trump money-spinner nearby.

令人遗憾的是，贾斯汀·孙（Justin Sun）和另一个“加密兄弟”（Crypto Bros）将无法在附近的另一位特朗普货币奖金中庆祝他们的“最喜欢的”总统。

But sadly the Executive Branch, a Washington DC private club set up by Donald Trump Jr and a few other investors, isn’t open yet.

但是，可悲的是，由唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump Jr）和其他一些投资者成立的华盛顿特区私人俱乐部行政部门尚未开放。

It will have a joining fee of up to $500,000 and is intended, say insiders, to offer business and tech moguls the chance to hobnob with members of the Trump administration in privacy.

内部人士说，它的加入费最高为50万美元，并打算为商业和技术大亨提供与特朗普政府成员隐私的机会。

Since Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s, every US president except Trump has agreed to sell his investments before taking office or seal them in a blind trust.

自1960年代林登·约翰逊（Lyndon Johnson）以来，除特朗普外，美国总统都同意出售自己的投资，然后再上任或将其封为盲人信托。

Questions have been raised after Trump’s visit to the Middle East, which included a stop in the United Arab Emirates

特朗普访问中东后已经提出了问题，其中包括在阿拉伯联合酋长国停留

Trump insists that it is enough for his sons to run the family business instead but many vigorously disagree.

特朗普坚持认为，他的儿子们经营家族企业是足够的，但许多人强烈不同意。

According to Forbes, his personal wealth has more than doubled to $5.1billion in the past year, half of which has been spent preparing for office or as President.

据《福布斯》报道，他的个人财富在过去一年中已翻了一番，达到51亿美元，其中一半是为上任或担任总统的准备。

Even so, what’s happening with the $TRUMP has flabbergasted opponents with Trump facing a rising tide of outrage over allegations of shameless self-enrichment and corruption.

即便如此，特朗普$ trump的情况使对手感到震惊，特朗普面临着对无耻的自我灌输和腐败指控的愤怒的不断增长。

In particular, his critics say he shouldn’t be involved in cryptocurrencies when he has so much power over the controversial industry and when investors can curry favour with him by buying his products.

尤其是，他的批评家说，当他对有争议的行业拥有如此多的权力，而投资者可以通过购买产品来求爱时，他不应该参与加密货币。

‘The Trump meme coin is the single most corrupt act ever committed by a President,’ howled Democrat US Senator Chris Murphy last week.

“特朗普模因硬币是总统有史以来最腐败的单一行为，”民主党人美国参议员克里斯·墨菲（Chris Murphy）上周how叫。

‘Donald Trump is essentially posting his Venmo [a US payment app] for any billionaire CEO or foreign oligarch to cash in some favours by secretly sending him millions of dollars.’

“唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）本质上是为任何亿万富翁的首席执行官或外国寡头派遣他的Venmo（美国付款应用程序），通过秘密向他发送数百万美元来兑现一些优惠。”

And this week, new concerns were raised when GD Culture Group, a mysterious technology company with ties to China, announced it was buying up to $300million worth of $TRUMP.

本周，当与中国有联系的神秘技术公司GD Culture Group宣布将购买高达3亿美元的特朗普时，就提出了新的担忧。

Might they expect a quid pro quo for their generosity?

他们可能期望他们的慷慨大方吗？

The same question is being asked about the Qataris over their recent

关于卡塔尔人最近，也有人问了同样的问题