他們稱他為“總統”。但是，與另一位總統不同，戴夫·波特諾伊（Dave Portnoy）在推出一個紀念物方面劃定了一條線。他擔心他的追隨者會失去襯衫。

他們稱他為“總統”。但是，與另一位總統不同，戴夫·波特諾伊（Dave Portnoy）在推出一個紀念物方面劃定了一條線。他擔心他的追隨者會失去襯衫。

They call him “El Presidente.” But unlike the other President, Dave Portnoy draws a line at launching a memecoin. He worries his followers will lose their shirts.

他們稱他為“總統”。但是，與另一位總統不同，戴夫·波特諾伊（Dave Portnoy）在推出一個紀念物方面劃定了一條線。他擔心他的追隨者會失去襯衫。

“I got involved in memecoins because I wanted to launch a Barstool memecoin, but I didn’t want my fans and followers to lose money,” he said in an interview with CoinDesk. Memecoins are “legalized Ponzi schemes,” he said, “there’s no value to it, so you gotta get in and get out before it crashes.” [Note: memecoins aren’t legalized in the U.S. but they are popular.]

他在接受Coindesk的採訪時說：“我參與了Memecoins，因為我想推出一個Barstool Memecoin，但我不希望我的粉絲和追隨者虧錢。”他說，Memecoins是“合法化的龐氏騙局計劃”，“這沒有任何價值，因此您必須進來並在崩潰之前出去。” [注意：Memecoins在美國沒有合法化，但它們很受歡迎。 ]

While Portnoy hasn’t launched a Barstool branded memecoin, he has launched other memecoins. In February he launched GREED, a token that reached a market cap of $41.5 million. According to Lookonchain, Portnoy bought 357.92M $GREED, totalling 35.79% of the total supply, then sold all in a single transaction causing the price to crash. He made around $258,000.

儘管Portnoy尚未推出Barstool品牌的Memecoin，但他卻推出了其他Memecoins。 2月，他推出了貪婪，這是一個達到4,150萬美元市值的代幣。根據Lookonchain的說法，Portnoy購買了35792萬美元的貪婪，總計35.79％，然後以一次交易出售，導致價格崩潰。他賺了258,000美元。

The Barstool Sports founder took to X in the aftermath to say, “I warned people I could sell. I could have cashed out +1 million. I let it drop 75% before cashing out. Lots of people made money. I took profits + poured it into #jailstool which I can’t touch. I didn’t make a dime on it. Some people won. Some lost. Only the losers keep bitching.”

Barstool Sports的創始人在後果中帶著X進行了說：“我警告了我可以出售的人。我本可以兌現+100萬。我讓它下降了75％，然後才兌現。很多人賺錢。我把利潤賺錢了。我把它倒入＃jailstool中，我無法觸摸我，我沒有觸摸。我沒有丟掉。有些人失去了。

Portnoy started trading stocks during the COVID-19 pandemic, and even launched the YouTube channel Davey Day Trader, where fans could follow his trades. His trades weren’t always successful, and there wasn’t always a clear strategy, but they were entertaining. At one point, he pulled letters out of a Scrabble bag, put RTX (Raytheon Technologies Corporation) together, and put $200,000 into the stock.

波特諾伊（Portnoy）在COVID-19大流行期間開始交易股票，甚至推出了YouTube頻道Davey Day Trader，粉絲可以在此關注他的交易。他的交易並不總是成功的，而且並不總是有明確的策略，但是他們很有趣。有一次，他從一個拼字袋中拉出來信，將RTX（雷神技術公司）放在一起，並將20萬美元放入股票中。

It was around this time that Portnoy was introduced to bitcoin. “I don’t think you can be involved in anything, stock market [or] finance without crypto being a major part of it,” he says now. He has a love/hate relationship with bitcoin because he says he’s “been on the wrong side of it every time it rips.” Over the years he’s also experimented with investing in cryptocurrencies like XRP.

大約在這個時候，Portnoy被介紹給比特幣。他說：“我認為您不能參與任何事情，股票市場（或）金融，而無需加密貨幣。”他與比特幣有愛/仇恨關係，因為他說他“每次撕裂時都處於錯誤的一面”。多年來，他還試圖投資XRP等加密貨幣。

Although Portnoy got into memecoins because he wanted to launch one for the Barstool community, he admits that he still doesn’t understand how to integrate blockchain technology or cryptocurrencies into his business model. Barstool once accepted bitcoin as part of its Barstool Fund to help small businesses, but out of $50 million raised, he said only $30,000 came from bitcoin. “They talked big, big talk, but it didn’t work out,” he said, reflecting on the bitcoin community who persuaded him to accept the cryptocurrency. “Crypto is the league leader in people telling you what [you] should be doing, and it’s also the league leader in people I don’t trust.”

儘管Portnoy是因為他想為Barstool社區推出一個，但他承認他仍然不了解如何將區塊鏈技術或加密貨幣整合到他的商業模式中。 Barstool曾經接受比特幣作為其Barstool基金的一部分來幫助小型企業，但在籌集的5000萬美元中，他說只有30,000美元來自比特幣。他說：“他們說話了大，但沒有解決。”他反思了說服他接受加密貨幣的比特幣社區。 “加密是人們告訴您[您]應該做什麼的聯盟領導者，這也是我不信任的人的聯盟領導者。”

Portnoy has experimented with memecoins, bitcoin, and even launched an NFT attached to his popular One Bite Pizza Reviewsyoutube channel that sold for $138,000. And, although he doesn’t always understand them, he says “as much as I have back and forth with the crypto community, I actually love them. I think they’re hilarious [...] an interesting group, which I guess I'm a part of.”

Portnoy已經嘗試了Memecoins，Bitcoin，甚至推出了他受歡迎的一口披薩評論SeviewSyoutube頻道的NFT，售價為138,000美元。而且，儘管他並不總是理解它們，但他說：“就像我在加密貨幣社區中來回回去一樣，我實際上很喜歡他們。我認為他們很有趣[...]一個有趣的團體，我想我是其中的一部分。”