特朗普推出了模因硬币，承诺使美国成为地球的加密货币之都

在第二次就职典礼的前夕，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）做了一些美国总统从未做过的事情：他发起了模因硬币。加密货币（其价值比公用事业的催化性更大）飙升至$ 75.35 A代币。第二天，第一夫人梅拉尼亚·特朗普（Melania Trump）放弃了自己的模因硬币，以每股13美元的价格首次亮相。

On the eve of his second inauguration, Donald Trump did something no U.S. president had ever done: He launched a meme coin. The cryptocurrency — whose value hinges more on hype than utility — surged to an all-time high of $75.35 a token. The next day, First Lady Melania Trump debuted her own meme coin, opening at about $13 a share.

在第二次就职典礼的前夕，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）做了一些美国总统从未做过的事情：他发起了模因硬币。加密货币（其价值比公用事业的催化性更大）飙升至$ 75.35 A代币。第二天，第一夫人梅拉尼亚·特朗普（Melania Trump）首次亮相自己的模因硬币，每股约13美元开盘。

Both coins have since tumbled, but on Wednesday Trump’s token briefly bumped up again to $15.47 before dipping. The latest surge came after the coin’s official website announced that 220 top meme coin holders will be invited to a gala dinner with the president in May — black tie optional.

从那以后，两枚硬币都跌倒了，但是在周三，特朗普的代币在浸入之前再次跌至15.47美元。在硬币的官方网站宣布将邀请220个顶级模因硬币持有人与总统晚餐 - 黑色领带可选之后，最新的激增发生了。

These tokens, that are not tied to any real world assets, have proven lucrative for Trump and his family. Last month, the Financial Times estimated Trump made upwards of $350 million from the project. While small traders have lost big, the Trump Organization and its affiliates — controlling 80 percent of the token supply — have made hundreds of millions in just trading fees.

这些代币与任何现实世界中的资产无关，已证明对特朗普及其家人有利可图。上个月，《金融时报》估计特朗普从该项目中赚了3.5亿美元。尽管小型交易员损失了大量，但特朗普组织及其分支机构（控制着代币供应的80％）仅收取了数亿美元的交易费用。

From meme coins, which usually refer to a fun internet or pop culture meme, and stablecoins, whose values are pegged to a real-world asset, to a new government-backed bitcoin reserve, Trump, once a crypto skeptic, is now the industry’s most powerful advocate.

从通常是指有趣的互联网或流行文化模因的模因硬币，以及将其价值观与现实世界中的资产挂钩的Stablecoins，到曾经是加密货币怀疑论者的新政府支持的比特币储备，现在是该行业最强大的拥护者。

“He went to a big bitcoin conference in Nashville last July. That’s where he declared he would make the U.S. the crypto capital of the planet, and the crypto industry started showering money on him. They saw somebody who would be friendly to their industry,” says Intercept reporter Matt Sledge, who covers crypto’s political reach.

“去年7月，他参加了在纳什维尔举行的大型比特币会议。在那儿，他宣布将使美国成为地球的加密货币之都，而加密货币行业开始向他付钱。他们看到一个对自己的行业友好的人。”

This week on The Intercept Briefing, Sledge discusses how investing in the president has paid off for the industry and for the Trump family.

本周，在拦截简报上，Sledge讨论了对总统的投资如何为该行业和特朗普家族带来回报。

“So far in Trump’s presidency, things have gone great for the crypto industry. Even as the rest of the economy is on pretty perilous footing, a bunch of crypto companies have seen the SEC and other regulatory agencies drop investigations or lawsuits. Trump has created a ‘bitcoin reserve,’ and in general, regulators and Congress are behaving much more friendly toward the industry.”

“到目前为止，在特朗普的总统任期内，对加密货币行业的情况已经很好。即使其余的经济处于相当危险的立足点，一群加密货币公司也看到了SEC和其他监管机构撤销了调查或诉讼。特朗普已经创造了“比特币储备金”，“比特币储备”，以及一般，监管机构和国会对该行业的行为更加友好。”

On Sunday, a filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed that Trump received a record $239 million in donations that went toward his inauguration. According to reporting from Fortune, the crypto industry gave about $18 million alone.

周日，联邦选举委员会的文件显示，特朗普获得了创纪录的2.39亿美元捐款，这是他就职典礼的。根据《财富》的报道，加密货币行业仅捐出了约1800万美元。

The meme coins are just one aspect of the president and his family’s growing crypto empire — an empire that includes Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Jr., taking a stake in a new bitcoin mining firm called American Bitcoin. Trump Media is also partnering with Crypto.com and a newly formed investment firm to offer financial products, including crypto to retail investors.

模因硬币只是总统及其家人不断增长的加密帝国的一个方面，包括特朗普的儿子埃里克（Eric）和小唐（Don Jr.特朗普媒体还与Crypto.com和一家新成立的投资公司合作，提供金融产品，包括加密货币投资者。

“Just a few weeks ago, the SEC dropped an investigation into Crypto.com. This is something that would’ve been really astonishing, really incredible, to see, and it's not clear that it would’ve happened under any other president, regardless of their party. You go from a company being investigated by the SEC just a few weeks ago to it having this partnership with the president’s publicly traded company.”

“就在几周前，SEC放弃了对Crypto.com的调查。这真是令人惊讶，令人难以置信的，令人难以置信的事情，而且尚不清楚，无论他们的政党如何，这都会发生在任何其他总统下。您来自SEC的一家公司，几周前就与总统的公共交易公司进行了合作，这是从SEC进行调查的。”

For more on how Trump is reshaping the crypto landscape and what it means for the rest of us, listen to the full conversation of The Intercept Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

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