比特幣耶穌·羅傑·羅傑（Jesus Roger Ver）會被唐納德·特朗普總統赦免嗎？

耶穌以比特幣耶穌的早期倡導比特幣，面臨長達109年的監禁，以稅收指控

Vitalik Buterin, Tucker Carlson, and Ross Ulbricht are among those calling for President Donald Trump to pardon Roger Ver.

Vitalik Buterin，Tucker Carlson和Ross Ulbricht是呼籲唐納德·特朗普總統赦免羅傑·韋爾的人。

Known as Bitcoin Jesus for his early advocacy of Bitcoin, Ver faces up to 109 years in prison on tax charges, including allegations of evading $48 million in taxes. Despite renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 2014 to avoid prosecution, Ver’s legal troubles resurfaced when he was arrested in Spain in 2024. But following the president’s earlier pardons of Ulbricht and BitMEX co-founders, observers wonder whether Ver’s would catch a break. Is a pardon on the way, or will Ver’s legal troubles continue?

耶穌以比特幣耶穌的早期倡導比特幣，面臨長達109年的稅收監禁，包括逃避4800萬美元的稅款的指控。儘管在2014年放棄了他的美國國籍以避免起訴，但VER在2024年在西班牙被捕時的法律麻煩浮出水面。但是，在總統較早的Ulbricht和Bitmex聯合創始人的赦免之後，觀察家都想知道VER是否會休息一下。赦免是否正在途中，還是VER的法律麻煩繼續？

A closer look.

仔細看。

Trump’s crypto cronies

特朗普的加密貨幣

After Trump himself warmly embraced cryptocurrency, many crypto leaders began to rally around the president by donating funds for his inauguration and hobnobbing at galas.

在特朗普本人熱烈接受加密貨幣之後，許多加密貨幣領導人開始通過為他在加拉斯的就職典禮和霍夫諾（Hobnobbing）捐贈資金而在總統周圍集會。

Trump also reportedly enjoyed playing the role of benefactor, granting favors to crypto executives. He reportedly enjoyed recounting tales of how he intervened personally to help them out of sticky legal situations.

據報導，特朗普還喜歡扮演恩人的角色，向加密高管授予了恩惠。據報導，他喜歡講述他如何進行干預以幫助他們擺脫粘性法律情況的故事。

In return, Trump signed an order to stockpile tokens and swiftly acted in favor of the industry. Under Trump-appointed SEC chair Mark Uyeda, several cryptocurrency companies, including Immutable, Crypto.com, Ripple, and Coinbase, had probes closed.

作為回報，特朗普簽署了儲備令牌的命令，並迅速採取行動以支持該行業。在特朗普任命的SEC主席馬克·烏耶達（Mark Uyeda）的領導下，包括不變的，Crypto.com，Ripple和Coinbase在內的幾家加密貨幣公司已關閉。

In a notable move on Thursday, Trump pardoned BitMEX co-founders Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed, who had pleaded guilty to federal charges related to money laundering and regulatory violations. The trio was convicted for failing to put in place anti-money laundering measures at BitMEX, which prosecutors described as a “money laundering platform.” Reed was also convicted for violating the Bank Secrecy Act and paid a $10 million fine. But under Trump, it seems all is forgiven.

在周四的一個明顯舉動中，特朗普赦免了Bitmex的聯合創始人Arthur Hayes，Benjamin Delo和Samuel Reed，他們對與洗錢和違法行為有關的聯邦指控表示認罪。這三人因未能在Bitmex採取反洗錢措施而被定罪，檢察官將其稱為“洗錢平台”。里德還因違反《銀行保密法》而被定罪，並支付了1000萬美元的罰款。但是在特朗普的領導下，似乎一切都是寬恕的。

This has sparked speculation on whether Ver, a prominent figure in the crypto world, could also receive the same courtesy.

這引發了人們對加密貨幣世界中著名人物是否也可以得到同樣的禮貌的猜測。

Ver, a Silicon Valley native with a libertarian streak, was deeply involved in the early days of cryptocurrency, investing in companies like Kraken, Ripple, and Blockchain.com. In 2017, Ver touted Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as being more suitable for everyday payments.

Ver是一位具有自由主義者的矽谷人，他深入參與加密貨幣的早期，投資於Kraken，Ripple和Blockchain.com等公司。 2017年，VER吹捧的比特幣現金（BCH）更適合日常付款。

Ver’s past

ver的過去

In 2000, by the age of 20, Ver began to participate in libertarian party debates.

2000年，到20歲時，VER開始參加自由主義黨的辯論。

During these debates, he made critical statements about the agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, calling them “murderers” and referencing their involvement in the scandalous Waco Siege in which dozens of children were killed in a standoff between FBI and ATF agents and Branch Davidian cult followers. Ver didn’t know that ATF agents were present during these debates.

在這些辯論中，他對酒精，煙草和槍支局的特工作出了批判性陳述，稱其為“兇手”，並參考了他們參與醜聞韋科的圍困，其中數十名兒童在FBI與ATF代理商與ATF代理商和Branch David David Cutters的僵局中被殺害。 ver在這些辯論中不知道ATF代理商在場。

In the 2000s, Ver became involved in e-commerce. On top of tech enterprises, Ver was selling firecrackers on eBay. After selling unlicensed firecrackers in 2001, he was charged and spent 10 months in prison. The fact that he was locked in jail instead of being fined or notified about the necessity of obtaining a license led Ver to think that the case was political and that his criticism of ATF was the real reason behind his prosecution. Without fear of further persecution, Ver left the U.S. after his post-prison probation ended.

在2000年代，VER參與了電子商務。在技​​術企業之外，VER在eBay上出售了鞭炮。在2001年出售無牌的鞭砲後，他被起訴並在監獄中呆了10個月。他被鎖定在監獄中而不是被罰款或通知獲得許可證的事實，這使Ver認為該案是政治性的，他對ATF的批評是他起訴的真正原因。不怕進一步迫害，Ver在監獄後的緩刑結束後離開了美國。

By 2011, Ver learned about Bitcoin and became one of its first investors. He also began to advocate for Bitcoin long before it went mainstream, with multi-million investments and national leaders talking about it as the future of their country.

到2011年，VER了解了比特幣，並成為其第一批投資者之一。他還開始在比特幣成為主流之前就開始倡導比特幣，擁有數百萬的投資，國家領導人談論它是其國家的未來。

The key points of Ver’s advocacy for Bitcoin were the financial freedom of individuals and the stopping of government and banks from interfering in people’s lives.

VER倡導比特幣的關鍵點是個人的財務自由，以及政府和銀行無法干預人們的生活。

The legal fight

法律鬥爭

Since February 2014, Ver has been a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis. He claims that he had to renounce his U.S. citizenship after long-lasting targeting by the U.S. government.

自2014年2月以來，Ver一直是聖基茨和尼維斯的公民。他聲稱，在美國政府長期以來，他必須放棄美國公民身份。

In April 2024, he was indicted and arrested in Spain on charges of U.S. tax evasion and mail fraud. Ver is accused of dodging $48 million in taxes after earning up to half a billion dollars through cryptocurrencies.

2024年4月，他因涉嫌逃稅和郵件欺詐而被起訴並在西班牙被捕。 VER被指控通過加密貨幣賺取多達50億美元的稅款，躲避了4800萬美元的稅款。

According to prosecutors, Ver failed to pay his “exit tax” on 131,000 BTC owned by his two companies when he left the U.S. and provided false info to the law firms filing Ver’s tax returns. Allegedly, he sold his bitcoins in 2017 without notifying the financial attorneys.

根據檢察官的說法，VER未能向他的兩家公司擁有的131,000 BTC繳納“退出稅”，當時他離開美國並向律師事務所提供了虛假信息。據稱，他在2017年出售了他的比特幣，而沒有通知金融律師。

Ver clarifies that three charges of mail fraud (combined, punishable by 19 years behind bars) are based on the three letters with his tax returns he sent to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Ver澄清說，三封郵件欺詐指控（合併，可處以19年的監禁），是基於三封信，並將他發送給國稅局（IRS）的納稅申報表。

Ver denies he committed crimes such as tax evasion and mail fraud. He insists he was doing his best to comply with the nascent Bitcoin taxation rules

Ver否認他犯了逃稅和郵件欺詐等罪行。他堅持認為自己正在盡最大努力遵守新生的比特幣稅收規則