特朗普在他的加密货币项目中​​奖励最高投资者

唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统在周四晚上在他的一个加密货币项目中​​奖励了他的一项加密货币项目

President Donald Trump rewarded top investors in one of his cryptocurrency projects with a swanky dinner at his luxury golf club in Northern Virginia on Thursday night, showcasing the ascendance of an emerging financial industry — and also the president’s willingness to mix public office with personal profit.

唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统在周四晚上在北弗吉尼亚州北部的豪华高尔夫俱乐部举行了时髦的晚餐，在他的加密货币项目之一中奖励了顶级投资者，并展示了新兴金融业的上升 - 以及总统愿意将公共办公室与个人利润混合在一起。

Some 220 of the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin were invited to the event, where they dined on filet mignon and halibut. According to participants’ posts on social media, Trump spoke for about half an hour and then danced to the song "YMCA."

$ Trump Meme Coin的大约220名最大投资者被邀请参加该活动，他们在Filet Mignon和大比目鱼上用餐。根据参与者在社交媒体上的帖子，特朗普讲话了大约半小时，然后跳舞了歌曲“ YMCA”。

Despite the White House insisting that Trump would be attending the event "in his personal time," he stood behind a lectern with the presidential seal as he touted an industry that’s generating profits for his family business.

尽管白宫坚持认为特朗普将“在他的个人时期”参加活动，但他吹捧着为自己的家族企业带来利润的行业时，他站在讲台的后面。

After feeling unfairly targeted by President Joe Biden, the crypto industry has quickly become a powerful political force, donating huge sums to help Trump and friendly lawmakers. The U.S. Senate is advancing key pro-crypto legislation while bitcoin prices soar.

在乔·拜登（Joe Biden）总统不公平地将其瞄准后，加密货币产业很快就成为了强大的政治力量，捐赠了巨额资金来帮助特朗普和友好的立法者。美国参议院正在推进关键的亲克赖普托立法，而比特币价格飙升。

However, even some pro-Trump crypto enthusiasts are worried that the president’s personal involvement may be undermining their efforts to establish credibility and stability for the industry.

但是，即使是一些亲特朗普的加密爱好者，也担心总统的个人参与可能会破坏他们为该行业建立信誉和稳定性的努力。

“It’s distasteful and an unnecessary distraction,” said Nic Carter, a Trump supporter and partner at the crypto investment firm Castle Island Ventures, who said the president is "hugging us to death" with his private crypto businesses. “We would much rather that he passes common sense legislation and leave it at that.”

特朗普投资公司Castle Island Island Ventures的特朗普支持者兼合伙人尼克·卡特（Nic Carter）说：“这是令人讨厌的，也是不必要的分散注意力。 “我们宁愿他通过常识立法并将其留下来。”

As the president uses crypto as a platform to make money for his brand in unprecedented ways, it’s also creating an opportunity for potentially shadowy buyers to use the anonymity of the internet to buy access to the president. The lack of transparency was evident on a poster board at the dinner, where participants signed a ranking of top investors. Some used their real names; others used pseudonyms.

由于总统使用加密货币作为一个平台，以前所未有的方式为其品牌赚钱，这也为潜在的阴影买家提供了使用互联网匿名购买与总统购买访问权限的机会。晚宴上的海报板上缺乏透明度，参与者签署了顶级投资者的排名。有些使用他们的真实姓名；其他人则使用化名。

No media was allowed into the dinner, and the president was at his golf club for only about an hour. Protesters gathered outside the club holding signs that said “stop crypto corruption” and “no corrupt fools.”

晚餐不允许媒体，总统在他的高尔夫俱乐部只有大约一个小时的时间。抗议者聚集在俱乐部外面，上面有“停止加密腐败”和“没有腐败的傻瓜”的迹象。

Trump said the event was "good, very good" as he returned to the White House.

特朗普说，当他回到白宫时，这次活动“很好，非常好”。

Concerns About Trump's Crypto Ventures Predate Inauguration Day

对特朗普的加密货币的担忧早于就职日

Three days before Trump took office on Jan. 20, he announced the creation of the $TRUMP meme coin at the fancy Crypto Ball held down the street from the White House. He described it as a way for his supporters to “have fun.”

特朗普于1月20日上任前三天，他宣布在白宫街上街上的奇特加密舞会上创建了$特朗普的模因硬币。他将其描述为他的支持者“玩得开心”的一种方式。

Meme coins are the crypto sector’s black sheep. They are often created as a joke, with no real utility and prone to extremely wild price swings that tend to enrich a small group of insiders at the expense of less sophisticated investors.

模因硬币是加密货币部门的黑羊。它们通常是个玩笑，没有真正的实用性，而且很容易出现极端的价格波动，这些价格往往会以少数内部人士的身份以牺牲不太成熟的投资者为代价。

The president’s meme coin is different, however, and has a clear utility: access to Trump. In addition to Thursday’s dinner, the top 25 were invited to a private reception with the president, with the top four getting $100,000 crypto-themed and Trump-branded watches.

然而，总统的模因硬币是不同的，并且有明确的效用：与特朗普的接触。除了周四的晚宴外，前25名还被邀请与总统的私人招待会，前四名获得了100,000美元以加密货币为主题和特朗普品牌的手表。

Trump’s meme coin saw an initial spike in value, followed by a steep drop. Its creators, which include an entity controlled by the Trump Organization, have been collecting fees on trades.

特朗普的模因硬币的价值最初是有价值的，随后是陡峭的下降。它的创作者包括由特朗普组织控制的实体，一直在收取交易费用。

First lady Melania Trump has her own meme coin, and Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Jr. — who are running the Trump Organization while their father is president — announced they are partnering with an existing firm to create a crypto mining company.

第一夫人梅拉尼亚·特朗普（Melania Trump）拥有自己的模因硬币，而特朗普的儿子埃里克（Eric）和唐·唐（Don Jr.

The Trump family also holds about a 60% stake in World Liberty Financial, a crypto project that provides yet another avenue where investors are buying in and enriching the president’s relatives. World Liberty has launched its own stablecoin, USD1. The project got a boost recently when World Liberty announced an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates would be using $2 billion worth of USD1 to purchase a stake in Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

特朗普家族还拥有大约60％的世界自由金融股份，这是一个加密项目，为投资者购买并丰富总统的亲戚提供了另一个途径。世界自由推出了自己的Stablecoin USD1。最近，当世界自由宣布在阿拉伯联合酋长国的投资基金将使用价值20亿美元的USD1购买Binance（全球最大的加密货币交易所Binance）的股份时，该项目最近得到了推动。

Stablecoins have values pegged to fixed assets like the U.S. dollar. Issuers profit by collecting the interest on the Treasury bonds and other assets used to back the stablecoins.

Stablecoins具有与美元这样的固定资产挂钩的值。发行人通过收集用于支持稳定币的国库券和其他资产的利息来获利。

Crypto is now one of the most significant sources of the Trump family’s wealth.

加密货币现在是特朗普家族财富最重要的来源之一。

“He’s becoming a salesman-in-chief,” said James Thurber, an American University professor emeritus who has long studied and taught about corruption around the world. “It allows for huge conflicts of interest.”

美国大学教授詹姆斯·瑟伯（James Thurber）说：“他正在成为一名首席推销员。” “它允许巨大的利益冲突。”

How Trump Changed His Mind on Crypto

特朗普如何改变对加密货币的主意

“I’m a big crypto fan,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One during last week’s trip to the Middle East. “I’ve been that from the beginning, right from the campaign.”

“我是一个忠实的加密粉丝，”特朗普在上周的中东旅行中对空军一号上的记者说。 “从一开始，我就一直是竞选活动。”

But Trump wasn’t always a fan of cryptocurrencies. During his first term, he posted in July 2019 that cryptocurrencies were “not money” and had value that was "highly volatile and based on thin air."

但是特朗普并不总是对加密货币的粉丝。在他的第一个学期中，他于2019年7月发布，加密货币是“不钱的”，其价值“高度波动，基于稀薄的空气”。

"Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including

“不受监管的加密资产可以促进非法行为，包括