特朗普的模因硬币腐败计划

加密货币是一种数字形式的货币形式，由支持者销售，以替代传统银行和政府。

Handing a check to the president in exchange for his time—and even favorable policies—is textbook corruption. And while Trump hasn’t been that brazen, he’s coming the closest he’s ever gotten with his crypto schemes.

将支票交给总统以换取他的时间，甚至是有利的政策 - 教科书腐败。虽然特朗普并没有那么勇敢，但他是他有史以来最接近的加密计划。

Cryptocurrency is a digital form of money, marketed by supporters as an alternative to traditional banking and government. Transactions rely on blockchains, the decentralized and shared public networks that store transactions.

加密货币是一种数字形式的货币形式，由支持者销售，以替代传统银行和政府。交易依赖于区块链，分散和共享的公共网络存储交易。

Many types of crypto (there are tens of thousands) have become hotbeds for scams and speculation—the president himself has said that they’re “highly volatile and based on thin air.”

许多类型的加密货币（成千上万）已成为骗局和猜测的温床 - 总统本人表示，它们“高度波动，基于稀薄的空气”。

But in the past year, Trump has largely changed his tune. He has become a major advocate for bringing cryptocurrencies to the mainstream. At the same time, his family and their affiliates have expanded crypto ventures that are serving to enrich Trump.

但是在过去的一年中，特朗普在很大程度上改变了他的曲调。他已成为将加密货币带到主流的主要倡导者。同时，他的家人和他们的分支机构扩大了为丰富特朗普而言的加密货币。

If he succeeds in “mainstreaming” crypto, he’ll not only open the doors to more corruption. He’ll also expand an incredibly harmful industry with big impacts on our health, climate, resources, and economic well-being.

如果他成功地“主流”加密，他不仅会打开更多腐败的门。他还将扩大一个令人难以置信的有害行业，对我们的健康，气候，资源和经济福祉产生重大影响。

A growing boom wouldn’t just enrich Trump and crypto kingpins—dirty energy companies will benefit, too, while the rest of us are left holding the bag.

越来越多的繁荣不仅会丰富特朗普和加密王者，而且二十个能源公司也会受益，而我们其余的人则拿着书包。

Trump’s Meme Coin Corruption Scheme

特朗普的模因硬币腐败计划

There are thousands of kinds of cryptocurrencies; you might have heard of the most common one, Bitcoin. This year, Trump released his own coin right before inauguration day.

有成千上万种加密货币；您可能听说过最常见的比特币。今年，特朗普在就职日之前就发布了自己的硬币。

The Trump coin (stylized as “$TRUMP”) is a meme coin, a crypto asset that is closer to a Beanie Baby than any kind of currency. Meme coins are a novelty item associated with an internet trend, and they have no economic or transactional value.

特朗普硬币（称为“ $ trump”）是一种模因硬币，是一种比任何种类的货币更接近无檐小便帽的加密货币资产。模因硬币是与互联网趋势相关的新颖项目，它们没有经济或交易价值。

Their price isn’t based on anything but popularity. This makes them very volatile, as those prices can change on a dime. Investing in meme coins is speculative; it’s basically a gamble that you’ll buy when the price is low and sell when it rises, making a profit.

他们的价格并非基于任何知名度。这使它们非常波动，因为这些价格可能会在一毛钱上变化。投资模因硬币是投机性的；基本上，这是一场赌博，当价格低下并在上涨时出售时，您将购买。

For example, CNN reports that $TRUMP went from $6.50 at launch to $75 just two days later. At that point, Trump’s wealth from the coin surged to $56.6 billion. In more recent weeks, the price has been in the $10-$15 range.

例如，美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报告说，$特朗普（Trump）的发行$ 6.50升至两天后的75美元。那时，特朗普的财富从硬币飙升至566亿美元。最近几周，价格已达到$ 10- $ 15的价格。

When $TRUMP saw a slump in April, Trump drove it up again when he announced he’d host a dinner with the 220 people who own the most of the coin. The deal was clear: buy the president’s crypto (which he benefits from financially) and get access to him. The coin’s price quickly rose nearly 60%.

当特朗普在四月份看到低迷时，特朗普宣布与拥有大多数硬币的220人共进晚餐时，再次开车。这笔交易很明确：购买总统的加密货币（他从经济上受益）并获得了他的机会。硬币的价格迅速上涨了近60％。

At launch, affiliates of the Trump Organization owned 80% of $TRUMP coins. This means that any growth in the coin’s value largely benefits those firms. But Trump doesn’t just win if $TRUMP prices rise; he also benefits with every transaction.

在启动时，特朗普组织的分支机构拥有$特朗普硬币的80％。这意味着硬币价值的任何增长很大程度上使这些公司受益。但是，如果特朗普的价格上涨，特朗普不仅会获胜。他也从每笔交易中受益。

In less than two months, shadowy firms connected to Trump have made an estimated $350 million in $TRUMP trading fees.

在不到两个月的时间里，与特朗普有联系的阴暗公司估计要获得3.5亿美元的特朗普交易费。

Trump Opens the Gates for the Crypto Industry

特朗普为加密货币行业打开大门

The president has now fully embedded himself in crypto world. Less than two months before the 2024 election, he launched World Liberty Financial, a company that trades in crypto. A Trump-affiliated company has a 60% ownership stake in World Liberty and takes in 75% of net revenue from coin purchases.

总统现在已经完全嵌入了加密世界。在2024年大选之前不到两个月，他成立了World Liberty Financial，这是一家在加密货币上进行交易的公司。一家特朗普附属公司在世界自由中拥有60％的所有权股份，并从购买硬币购买中获得了75％的净收入。

And while Trump is making a fortune from crypto, his administration is also working to make U.S. policies more crypto-friendly—a glaring conflict of interest.

当特朗普从加密货币中发挥财富时，他的政府也在努力使我们的政策更加友好，这是一场巨大的利益冲突。

Notably, World Liberty now issues a “stablecoin,” a cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to a real-world asset (in this case, the dollar). Boosters argue that this will make stablecoins more practical for everyday transactions.

值得注意的是，世界自由现在发行了“稳定币”，这是一种加密货币，其价值与现实世界中的资产挂钩（在这种情况下为美元）。助推器认为，这将使稳定币在日常交易中更实用。

Just a week before World Liberty announced its new stablecoin, Trump called on lawmakers to pass legislation to govern and legitimize stablecoin.

在世界自由宣布新的稳定币的一周前，特朗普呼吁立法者通过立法来管理和使Stablecoin合法化。

Under Trump, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has paused probes into a dozen crypto companies. The Department of Justice recently disbanded a team going after crypto criminals, and the new chairman of the SEC is a crypto advocate.

在特朗普的领导下，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）停止了对十几家加密公司的调查。司法部最近解散了一支追随加密罪犯的团队，而SEC的新主席是加密货币倡导者。

More recently, the Trump administration rolled back Biden-era guidance to keep crypto deposits out of banks and crypto investments out of retirement accounts.

最近，特朗普政府退缩了拜登时代的指导，将加密货币存款拒之门外，而加密货币投资则远离退休帐户。

Trump also issued an executive order to promote crypto’s growth and another instructing the Treasury Department to create a government crypto stockpile. (World Liberty’s crypto holdings jumped in value when he announced the stockpile would include a coin that the company had invested in.)

特朗普还发布了一项行政命令，以促进加密货币的增长，并指示财政部创建政府加密货币。 （世界自由的加密货币持有量宣布库存将包括公司投资的硬币时，他的加密货币持有价值。）

If Trump gets his way, crypto will sneak into our everyday lives. And this all makes even more sense once you know that crypto donors spent millions electing him.

如果特朗普走了，加密货币将潜入我们的日常生活中。一旦您知道加密捐赠者花了数百万人选举他，这一切就变得更有意义。

Crypto Makes Our Energy Dirtier and More Expensive

加密使我们的能量更肮脏，更昂贵

The rise in crypto spurred on by Trump’s

特朗普的刺激加密的兴起