特朗普媒体和技术集团通过投资比特币筹集25亿美元

（路透社） - 特朗普媒体和技术集团将筹集约25亿美元投资比特币

Trump Media & Technology Group Inc (NASDAQ:TRUM) will invest about $2.5 billion in bitcoin as part of a broader revenue diversification plan, the U.S. President Donald Trump's social media company said on Tuesday.

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的社交媒体公司周二表示，特朗普媒体与技术集团（NASDAQ：TRUM）将在比特币上投资约25亿美元，作为更广泛的收入多元化计划的一部分。

The company will raise $1.5 billion in stock at its last closing price and $1 billion in convertible notes priced at a 35% premium, it added.

该公司补充说，该公司将以最后一次收盘价筹集15亿美元的股票，并以35％的保费为10亿美元的可转换票据。

The bitcoin will be held on Trump Media's balance sheet alongside existing cash and short-term investments, which totaled $759 million as of the end of the first quarter. Crypto platforms Anchorage Digital (NASDAQ:ADPL) and Crypto.com will provide custody for the bitcoin holdings.

比特币将在特朗普媒体的资产负债表上与现有现金和短期投资一起举行，截至第一季度末，总计7.59亿美元。加密平台锚定数字（NASDAQ：ADPL）和Crypto.com将为比特币控股提供监护权。

"We view bitcoin as an apex instrument of financial freedom," said Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes, describing the move as a "huge step forward" in the company's plan to acquire "crown jewel assets consistent with America First principles."

特朗普媒体首席执行官德文·纳尼斯（Devin Nunes）说：“我们将比特币视为财务自由的最高工具。”他将此举描述为公司在公司收购与美国第一原则一致的“ Crown Jewel资产”计划中的“巨大一步”。

Shares of the company, which is behind streaming and social media platform Truth Social, fell 8%.

该公司的股票是流媒体和社交媒体平台真相社交的股份，下降了8％。

The move is part of a recent trend of public companies adding bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets to capitalize on rising token prices.

此举是上市公司最近在其资产负债表中增加比特币和其他加密货币以利用代币价格上涨的趋势的一部分。

Strategy (NASDAQ:MGCR) - formerly known as MicroStrategy - has been a major investor in bitcoin and saw its shares soar more than six-fold last year, taking its market value to almost $94 billion. The company held $23.91 billion in crypto assets as of the end of 2024.

战略（NASDAQ：MGCR）（以前称为MicroStrategy）一直是比特币的主要投资者，并看到其股票去年飙升超过六倍，其市场价值将近940亿美元。截至2024年底，该公司持有加密货币资产的239.1亿美元。

Several other companies, including GameStop (NYSE:GME) and some biotech firms, have tried to replicate Strategy's success.

包括GameStop（NYSE：GME）和一些生物技术公司在内的其他几家公司试图复制战略的成功。

Last month, Cantor Fitzgerald announced that it would be teaming up with Tether and SoftBank Group (TYO:9984) to launch Twenty One Capital, a bitcoin-buying entity that was formed from a merger with blank-check vehicle Cantor Equity Partners. The combined vehicle is valued at $3.6 billion.

上个月，坎托·菲茨杰拉德（Cantor Fitzgerald）宣布，它将与Tether and Softbank Group（TYO：9984）合作推出Two Two One Capital，这是一个由Blank-Check Check Cannor Cantor Equity Partners合并而形成的购买比特币的实体。合并后的车辆价值为36亿美元。

Trump Media has been exploring potential mergers and acquisitions as it aims to diversify into financial services.

特朗普媒体一直在探索潜在的合并和收购，因为它旨在使金融服务多样化。

Last month, it reached a binding agreement with investment firm Alpha to launch various retail investment products, including crypto and exchange-traded funds that will be aligned with Trump's policies.

上个月，它与投资公司Alpha达成了有约束力的协议，以推出各种零售投资产品，包括加密和交易所交易的资金，这些资金将与特朗普的政策保持一致。

The Trump family, who are no strangers to investing in real estate and hospitality ventures, have been making several inroads into the crypto sector.

特朗普家族对投资房地产和酒店企业并不陌生，他们一直在加密领域进行了几项侵害。

Those other crypto ventures include Trump NFTs, which sold out quickly earlier this year, a meme coin called MAGAcoin, and a stake in a newly formed bitcoin producer called American Bitcoin. Trump Media is also planning to launch World Liberty Financial, a decentralized crypto platform that will offer a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar.

这些其他加密货币包括今年早些时候迅速售罄的特朗普NFT，一个名为Magacoin的模因硬币，以及新成立的比特币生产商American Bitcoin的股份。特朗普媒体还计划推出世界自由金融（World Liberty Financial），这是一个分散的加密平台，它将提供与美元挂钩的稳定币。

However, the Trump family's crypto push has also attracted scrutiny from lawmakers.

但是，特朗普家族的加密推动也吸引了立法者的审查。

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has asked the U.S. securities regulator about its plans to supervise ETFs to be launched by Trump Media and what steps it will take to protect investors.

民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）已要求美国证券监管机构监督特朗普媒体启动ETF的计划，以及保护投资者将采取的措施。