唐納德·川普向加密貨幣行業示好，擁抱新興行業的炒作和希望

儘管加密貨幣最近的歷史令人不安，而且他自己過去也持保留態度，但川普完全接受了這個新興行業的炒作和希望。

Once a bitcoin skeptic, Donald Trump has now fully embraced the cryptocurrency and its industry leaders, who have donated millions of dollars to his campaign and are providing him with a platform to speak directly to 20,000 of their most engaged followers at this year’s Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

曾經對比特幣持懷疑態度的唐納德·川普現在完全接受了加密貨幣及其行業領袖，他們為他的競選活動捐贈了數百萬美元，並為他提供了一個平台，讓他可以在今年的比特幣會議上直接與20,000 名最活躍的追隨者交談。

Trump, who once declared “we have only one real currency in the USA” and it is the dollar, has now pivoted to accepting bitcoin donations for his campaign, amassing about $4 million worth to date, according to a source with knowledge of his fundraising. He has attacked the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate the industry as a “war on crypto” without acknowledging the massive fraud schemes that have shattered public confidence in digital currencies. And he has vowed as president to make it easier for cryptocurrency mining companies to operate in the United States.

川普曾宣稱“美國祇有一種真正的貨幣”，那就是美元，據一位了解其籌款情況的消息人士透露，川普現在已轉向接受比特幣為其競選活動提供捐款，迄今已籌集了價值約400 萬美元的捐款。他攻擊拜登政府監管該行業的努力，稱其為“加密貨幣戰爭”，但沒有承認大規模詐欺計劃已經粉碎了公眾對數位貨幣的信心。身為總統，他發誓要讓加密貨幣挖礦公司更容易在美國運作。

“Otherwise, the other countries are going to have it,” Trump said earlier this month in Wisconsin.

「否則，其他國家也會這麼做，」川普本月稍早在威斯康辛州表示。

The industry, in turn, has embraced Trump. Its leaders and investors have donated millions of dollars to his campaign and aligned political committees. They are cheerleaders for his candidacy to their sizable online audiences and are now providing him a platform to speak directly to 20,000 of their most engaged followers expected at this year’s Bitcoin Conference.

反過來，整個產業也擁抱了川普。其領導人和投資者已向他的競選活動和聯合政治委員會捐贈了數百萬美元。他們為他的候選資格向龐大的線上觀眾歡呼，現在為他提供了一個平台，讓他可以直接與今年比特幣會議上預計將有 20,000 名最活躍的追隨者交談。

“A lot of these people consider themselves single-issue voters,” said tech writer Jacob Silverman, author of the best-selling book “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud.” “If Trump or anyone else says they’re pro-bitcoin, that matters to them.”

「很多人認為自己是單一議題的選民，」暢銷書《輕鬆賺錢：加密貨幣、賭場資本主義和欺詐的黃金時代》的作者、科技作家雅各布·西爾弗曼 (Jacob Silverman) 說。 “如果川普或其他人說他們支持比特幣，那對他們來說很重要。”

Since Trump voiced his opposition to bitcoin in 2019, the volatile industry has only faced more turbulence, most notably the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Once the face of a company that counted comedian Larry David and superstar quarterback Tom Brady among its celebrity endorsers, Bankman-Fried was sentenced in March to 25 years in prison for running a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme through his companies.

自從川普在 2019 年表示反對比特幣以來，這個動盪的行業只會面臨更多的動盪，最引人注目的是加密貨幣交易所 FTX 創始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 的被捕、審判和監禁。班克曼-弗里德曾是一家公司的代言人，其名人代言人包括喜劇演員拉里·大衛(Larry David) 和超級巨星四分衛湯姆·布雷迪(Tom Brady)，但班克曼-弗里德因透過其公司實施數十億美元的詐欺計劃，於3 月被判處25 年監禁。

Trump’s campaign would not say what sparked the former president’s 180-degree turn on bitcoin. Nor has Trump addressed one of the central criticisms of digital currencies: a lack of a practical, real-world use for it besides being a highly speculative investment. His appearance at the Nashville convention will be followed by a more traditional campaign event in St. Cloud, Minnesota, later in the day.

川普的競選團隊沒有透露是什麼引發了這位前總統對比特幣的 180 度轉變。川普也沒有解決對數位貨幣的主要批評之一：除了作為一種高度投機的投資之外，它缺乏實際的、現實世界的用途。他出席納許維爾大會後，將於當天晚些時候在明尼蘇達州聖克勞德舉行更傳統的競選活動。

Trump campaign spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement to CNN that “crypto innovators and others in the technology sector are under attack” from Democrats, while the former president was “ready to encourage American leadership in this and other emerging technologies.”

川普競選發言人布萊恩休斯在給美國有線電視新聞網的聲明中表示，“加密貨幣創新者和技術領域的其他人正受到民主黨的攻擊”，而這位前總統“準備鼓勵美國在這​​項技術和其他新興技術方面發揮領導作用」。

Republican allies have joined Trump in his pivot toward bitcoin. Speaking at the conference on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott argued that the former president understands their concerns about financial freedom – a common refrain in the crypto community.

共和黨盟友已加入川普轉向比特幣的行列。南卡羅來納州參議員蒂姆·斯科特 (Tim Scott) 在周五的會議上發表講話時表示，前總統理解他們對財務自由的擔憂——這是加密貨幣社區的常見說法。

“We want people, whether they love their dollars or they love their digital assets, we want them in charge of making their decisions,” Scott said.

「我們希望人們，無論他們喜歡美元還是數位資產，我們希望他們負責做出自己的決定，」斯科特說。

Leaders in the industry have courted Trump for months and have been educating his campaign on their policy agenda and the opportunity to sway voters on the topic, David Bailey, the CEO of bitcoin-focused media company BTC Inc, said in a recent interview.

專注於比特幣的媒體公司BTC Inc 的執行長David Bailey 在最近的一次採訪中表示，該行業的領導者幾個月來一直在向川普示好，並一直在向他的競選團隊宣傳他們的政策議程以及在這個主題上影響選民的機會。

Their pitch, Bailey acknowledged, included “the amount of industry backing he can get” by embracing cryptocurrency. Their conversations included a meeting earlier this summer with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

貝利承認，他們的宣傳包括透過擁抱加密貨幣「他可以獲得的行業支持」。他們的談話包括今年夏天早些時候在海湖莊園與川普的會面。

“Everything rapidly accelerated at that point,” said Bailey, whose company hosts the annual conference where Trump will speak Saturday.

「在那一刻，一切都迅速加速，」貝利說，他的公司主辦了年度會議，川普將於週六發表講話。

Indeed, support for Trump quickly followed. Billionaire crypto tycoons Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss each pledged to donate $1 million worth of bitcoin to Trump’s campaign. The Federal Election Commission has allowed political committees to receive bitcoin as contributions since 2014, the value of which is determined by the price at the time the contribution is received.

事實上，川普很快就獲得了支持。億萬富翁加密貨幣大亨 Tyler 和 Cameron Winklevoss 各自承諾向川普的競選活動捐贈價值 100 萬美元的比特幣。自 2014 年以來，聯邦選舉委員會允許政治委員會接收比特幣作為捐款，其價值由收到捐款時的價格決定。

Cryptocurrency was also a topic of discussion during a recent fundraising blitz through Silicon Valley that Trump’s new running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, helped arrange. Billionaire tech entrepreneur David Sacks, a prominent champion of cryptocurrency, hosted one of the fundraisers at his home.

最近，在川普的新競選搭檔、俄亥俄州參議員 JD 萬斯幫助安排的矽谷募款熱潮中，加密貨幣也是討論的話題。億萬富翁科技企業家戴維·薩克斯（David Sacks）是加密貨幣領域的傑出擁護者，他在自己的家中舉辦了一場籌款活動。

“One of the things I think we heard a lot at that dinner was just the difficulty that people in business were having under this Biden administration,” Sacks said in a recent episode of his “All-In” co-hosted podcast. “You got the crypto guys who just want a framework. They just want the government to tell them how to operate, and they can’t get that.”

「我認為我們在那次晚宴上聽到的很多事情就是拜登政府領導下的商界人士所面臨的困難，」薩克斯在他共同主持的播客「All-In」的最近一集中說道。 「有些加密貨幣專家只想要一個框架。他們只是希望政府告訴他們如何運作，但他們做不到。

Leaders and champions of the industry have become increasingly political, helping to bankroll super PACs that have overwhelmingly supported Republicans over Democrats.

該行業的領導者和擁護者變得越來越政治化，幫助為超級政治行動委員會提供資金，而超級政治行動委員會以壓倒性多數支持共和黨而不是民主黨。