與加密貨幣無關的企業開始購買比特幣

總統選舉幾週後，行銷公司 Banzai 的執行長 Joe Davy 向公司董事會發送了一封電子郵件：他希望 Banzai 開始購買比特幣。

A couple of weeks after the presidential election, Joe Davy, chief executive of the marketing firm Banzai, sent an email to the company’s board of directors: He wanted Banzai to start buying Bitcoin.

總統選舉幾週後，行銷公司 Banzai 的執行長 Joe Davy 向公司董事會發送了一封電子郵件：他希望 Banzai 開始購買比特幣。

On the face of it, a plunge into the freewheeling world of cryptocurrencies was a strange move for Banzai, a Nasdaq-listed company known for its corporate webinar product. But the election of Donald J. Trump, who embraced Bitcoin on the campaign trail, had galvanized the crypto industry and sent prices skyrocketing. Mr. Davy argued that the investment would protect the company’s finances in case inflation devalued the U.S. dollar, a common but widely contested claim made by crypto enthusiasts.

從表面上看，對於 Banzai 這家以企業網路研討會產品聞名的納斯達克上市公司來說，進入隨心所欲的加密貨幣世界是一個奇怪的舉動。但唐納德·J·川普(Donald J. Trump)在競選過程中擁抱比特幣，他的當選刺激了加密貨幣行業，導致價格飛漲。戴維認為，如果通膨導緻美元貶值，這項投資將保護公司的財務狀況，這是加密貨幣愛好者常見但備受爭議的說法。

On Nov. 26, Banzai announced that it would spend up to 10 percent of the funds it held in its corporate treasury on Bitcoin. (The company reported $4.3 million in cash in its latest quarterly report.) “It ended up being a pretty straightforward conversation,” Mr. Davy said in an interview. “It makes sense to own this thing.”

11 月 26 日，Banzai 宣布將把公司財務中最多 10% 的資金用於購買比特幣。 （該公司在最新的季度報告中公佈了 430 萬美元現金。）「這最終成為一次非常簡單​​的對話，」戴維在接受采訪時說道。 “擁有這個東西是有意義的。”

As the price of Bitcoin has soared, a small but growing number of businesses that have nothing to do with crypto — like Banzai — have started to build up stockpiles, linking their financial performance, at least in part, to volatile digital currency markets.

隨著比特幣價格的飆升，一小部分與加密貨幣無關的企業（例如 Banzai）開始增加庫存，將其財務表現（至少在一定程度上）與不穩定的數位貨幣市場聯繫起來。