加密舞會：小唐納德·川普、特德·克魯茲和瑞克·羅斯與加密貨幣精英共度良宵

對於拜登政府的大部分成員來說，業界抱怨規則不明確，以及即將離任的主席加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler) 領導下的 SEC 打擊行動。但曾嘲笑加密貨幣「憑空而來」的川普已將該產業視為成長機會。

David Sacks was beaming on Friday night onstage between the doric columns of the Andrew W. Mellon auditorium. There was a lot to celebrate in this august hall just across the street from the National Mall. Donald Trump is just days away from making America great again and Sacks — a PayPal mafia member, venture capitalist, and champion podcaster for cryptocurrency — is joining the administration as his artificial intelligence and crypto czar. As a victory lap, Sacks was hosting the Crypto Ball along with a number of industry sponsors. “The reign of terror against crypto is over,” he said in his speech to the black-tie crowd.

週五晚上，大衛·薩克斯 (David Sacks) 在安德魯·W·梅隆禮堂的多立克柱之間的舞台上笑容滿面。在國家廣場街對面這個莊嚴的大廳裡，有許多值得慶祝的事情。唐納德·川普 (Donald Trump) 即將讓美國再次偉大，而薩克斯 (PayPal 黑手黨成員、風險投資家和加密貨幣播客冠軍) 即將加入政府，擔任他的人工智慧和加密貨幣沙皇。作為勝利的一圈，薩克斯與許多行業贊助商一起主辦了加密舞會。 「針對加密貨幣的恐怖統治已經結束，」他在對著黑領帶的人群的演講中說道。

That feeling of freedom was shared among many of the VIP members in the building. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was there; two years ago, his crypto exchange was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly operating as an unregistered securities broker. Marathon CEO Fred Thiel was there chatting with House Speaker Mike Johnson; last year, his crypto firm was sued by the SEC for allegedly failing to create policies to prevent the misuse of confidential information. The Winkelvoss twins were also in the house; last year, they settled with the SEC for allegedly offering unregistered securities through their firm Gemini. Later in the night, the rapper Soulja Boy was onstage performing his ringtone hit “Crank That (Soulja Boy).” Even he had a run-in two years ago with the SEC when he was charged with illegally touting a lesser token. Are you getting the picture?

大樓裡的許多 VIP 會員都感受到了這種自由的感覺。 Coinbase 執行長布萊恩·阿姆斯特朗也在場；兩年前，他的加密貨幣交易所因涉嫌以未註冊證券經紀人身分運作而被美國證券交易委員會起訴。馬拉松執行長 Fred Thiel 在那裡與眾議院議長 Mike Johnson 交談；去年，他的加密貨幣公司因涉嫌未能製定防止濫用機密資訊的政策而被美國證券交易委員會 (SEC) 起訴。溫克爾沃斯雙胞胎也在房子裡。去年，他們因涉嫌透過其公司 Gemini 提供未註冊證券而與 SEC 達成和解。當晚晚些時候，說唱歌手 Soulja Boy 在舞台上表演了他的熱門鈴聲“Crank That (Soulja Boy)”。甚至兩年前，他還與美國證券交易委員會發生了衝突，當時他被指控非法兜售較小的代幣。你明白照片了嗎？

For much of the Biden administration, the industry complained of unclear rules and SEC crackdowns under outgoing chair Gary Gensler. But Trump — who once clowned on crypto as “based on thin air” — has embraced the sector as an opportunity for growth, while promising clear and crypto-friendly regulation. Industry leaders that were treated by Democratic lawmakers as pariahs post-FTX are now in the halls of power. Crypto’s prodigal sons spent more than $130 million to help elect Trump and put Republicans in Congress. And now that their party technically has trifecta control, expectations are high. (As is the price of Bitcoin, still sitting above $100,000.)

對於拜登政府的大部分成員來說，業界抱怨規則不明確，以及即將離任的主席加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler) 領導下的 SEC 打擊行動。但曾嘲笑加密貨幣「憑空而來」的川普已將該產業視為成長機會，同時承諾實施明確且對加密貨幣友善的監管。 FTX 時代後被民主黨立法者視為賤民的行業領袖如今已登上權力殿堂。 Crypto 的浪子們花費了超過 1.3 億美元來幫助川普當選並讓共和黨進入國會。現在他們的政黨在技術上擁有三重控制，人們的期望很高。 （比特幣的價格也是如此，仍然高於 10 萬美元。）

“There’s a huge level of confidence,” explains Mike Belshe. “This was a topic a lot of people talked about last night.” Belshe is the CEO of BitGo, a company that boasts of processing eight percent of all Bitcoin transactions by value. He sees the second Trump term as a now-or-never moment for the economy. “If we can’t help change America now, maybe there’s no way to change it,” he said. “Maybe it’s just done.”

「人們信心十足，」Mike Belshe 解釋道。 “這是昨晚很多人談論的話題。” Belshe 是 BitGo 的首席執行官，該公司自稱處理的比特幣交易量佔所有比特幣交易額的 8%。他認為川普的第二個任期對於經濟來說是一個機不可失的時刻。 「如果我們現在不能幫助改變美國，也許就沒有辦法改變它，」他說。 “也許剛剛完成。”

“Last night the crypto community wanted to come out and show the political community that this is a really important thing,” says Belshe, who held a fundraiser for the Trump campaign last summer. “It’s not just a bunch of renegades, it is serious people from traditional Wall Street, all walks of the United States.”

「昨晚，加密貨幣社群想站出來向政治界表明，這是一件非常重要的事情，」去年夏天為川普競選活動舉辦募款活動的貝爾謝說。 “這不僅僅是一群叛徒，而是來自傳統華爾街、美國各行各業的嚴肅人士。”

That includes an extremely successful investor known as Snoop Dogg. The rapper — who once shot a toy gun at a Trump caricature in one of his videos — says he is OK with the president-elect now and had no problem performing Friday night for an undisclosed sum. After all, he’s long been a fan of crypto. “They let a real crip up in the Crypto Ball,” he said, in a video standing next to Rick Ross, who also performed Friday night.

其中包括一位非常成功的投資者，名為史努比狗狗 (Snoop Dogg)。這位說唱歌手曾在他的一段影片中用玩具槍向川普的漫畫人物開槍，他表示，他現在對當選總統的態度很好，並且對週五晚上的演出沒有任何問題，費用不詳。畢竟，他長期以來一直是加密貨幣的粉絲。 「他們在加密舞會上搞砸了，」他在一段影片中站在里克·羅斯旁邊說道，里克·羅斯也在周五晚上表演。

Rick Ross & Snoop Dogg performing at Donald Trump’s crypto ball event in DC

里克·羅斯 (Rick Ross) 和史努比狗狗 (Snoop Dogg) 在唐納德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 在華盛頓舉辦的加密舞會上表演

The ball began around 8 p.m. Attendees paid $2,500 to get into the building, a price tag that included an open bar but no dinner. Videos from the party suggest that gender parity was not achieved. But there was a wide range of ages of men at least. Rushi Manche, a 22-year-old dropout and crypto founder in attendance says there is a “crypto brain drain” right now and that he looks forward to the U.S. becoming more of a hub for the industry when Trump establishes clear rules. “A lot of my peers are saying. ‘Hey, I want to build my company in Singapore. I want to build my company in the Cayman Islands because I don’t feel comfortable in the U.S.,” he said.

舞會於晚上 8 點左右開始，與會者支付 2,500 美元進入大樓，這個價格包括一個開放式酒吧，但不含晚餐。來自該黨的影片顯示，性別平等並未實現。但至少男性的年齡範圍很廣。出席會議的 22 歲輟學者、加密貨幣創始人 Rushi Manche 表示，目前存在“加密貨幣人才外流”，他期待川普制定明確規則時，美國成為該行業的中心。 「很多同行都這麼說。 「嘿，我想在新加坡建立我的公司。我想在開曼群島建立我的公司，因為我在美國感覺不舒服，」他說。

For $100,000, Crypto Ball attendees could pay for a VIP ticket and gain access to a roped-off area overlooking the main crowd, where D.C. and BTC figures mingled with the likes of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Jr., Michael Saylor, Scott Bessent, Peter Thiel, and Howard Lutnick. Or they could just sneak right in. Nick O’Neill — who runs an NFT company and went viral last year for parodying the crypto-bro lifestyle — says that he saw people ducking security to get with the stars. “Someone told me that they met multiple disgraced congressman,” said

只需花費10 萬美元，加密舞會的與會者就可以購買VIP 門票，並進入一個用繩子圍起來的區域，俯瞰主要人群，那裡有DC 和BTC 人物，還有Ted Cruz、Donald Trump Jr.、Michael Saylor、Scott Bessent、彼得·泰爾和霍華德·勒特尼克。或者他們可以直接潛入。 「有人告訴我，他們遇到了多名丟臉的國會議員，」說