唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的$特朗普硬幣引起了利益衝突的關注

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）曾經稱加密貨幣為“騙局”。現在，道德專家擔心總統可能會執行自己的規則彎曲加密計劃

federal ethics rules and cryptocurrency

聯邦道德規範和加密貨幣

Federal ethics rules are designed to prevent conflicts of interest involving financial holdings. According to a 2022 opinion from the Office of Government Ethics, federal employees should remove themselves from crypto matters “when there is a real possibility that the matter will result in a gain or loss to the employee’s digital assets.”

聯邦道德規則旨在防止涉及金融持有的利益衝突。根據政府道德辦公室的2022年意見，聯邦僱員應將自己從加密貨幣事務中刪除：“當該事項真正有可能導致員工的數字資產造成收益或損失。”

For example, the office noted that a federal employee could not push for U.S. currencies to back certain crypto coins if the employee stood to profit from such a move.

例如，辦公室指出，如果員工從此舉中獲利，聯邦僱員將無法推動美國貨幣來支持某些加密硬幣。

Such warnings would seem to apply to Donald Trump, whose affiliate of his Trump Organization is one of the main owners of $TRUMP, an “official” Trump-themed crypto meme coin.

這種警告似乎適用於唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump），唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的特朗普組織的會員是特朗普$ trump的主要所有者之一，這是一個以特朗普為主題的Crypto Meme Coin。

However, an exception to the ethics rules from the 1980s exempts presidents from the conflict of interest regulations, leaving ethics observers fearful that Trump's strongly pro-crypto agenda could result in self-dealing.

但是，對1980年代的道德規範規則的例外是免除了總統的利益衝突法規，使倫理觀察者擔心特朗普的強烈親克賴特托議程可能會導致自我交流。

“If you’ve got a direct, personal financial connection to the crypto industries, there’s a self-interested motivation to create the easiest possible path for the crypto world,” Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, the director of government affairs at the Project on Government Oversight, told The Intercept.

“如果您與加密貨幣行業有直接的個人財務聯繫，那麼就有一個自我利益的動力，可以為加密世界創造最簡單的途徑，”該項目政府項目的政府事務總監Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette監督，告訴攔截。

Trump administration Director of National Intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard, perhaps considering these regulations, has said she will divest from her tens of thousands of dollars in crypto holdings if she's confirmed.

特朗普政府國家情報局局長塔爾西·加巴德（Tulsi Gabbard）也許考慮了這些法規，他表示，如果她得到確認，她將從數以萬計的加密貨幣中撤離。

The backers of the $TRUMP coin have insisted that the product, which is hosted on the Solana blockchain network, is merely an “expression of support for, and engagement with, the ideals and beliefs embodied by the symbol ’$TRUMP’ and the associated artwork,” and not an investment.

$ trump Coin的支持者堅持認為，該產品位於Solana區塊鍊網絡上，僅僅是“表達對符號'$ trump'和相關符號所體現的對理想和信念的支持和互動藝術品，而不是投資。

Despite the claim, the coin that's not an investment has attracted a deluge of investors, with a theoretical market cap of more than $5 billion as of Monday afternoon.

儘管有要求，但不是投資的硬幣吸引了大量投資者，截至週一下午，理論市值超過50億美元。

Democrats have raised concerns that Donald and Melania Trump's ownership of separate, name-branded crypto offerings could lead to a “rug-pull” scam by the president and First Lady.

民主黨人一直擔心唐納德（Donald）和梅拉尼亞·特朗普（Melania Trump）擁有單獨的名字品牌加密貨幣的所有權可能會導致總統和第一夫人的“地毯”騙局。

“We write with deep concern about the decision by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to launch two meme coins, $TRUMP and $MELANIA, that allow them to earn extraordinary profits off his Presidency,” Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Jake Auchincloss wrote in a letter to regulators last week.

“我們對特朗普總統和第一夫人梅拉尼亞·特朗普的決定非常關注，發起兩枚模因硬幣，$ trump和$ melania，這使他們能夠從總統任期中獲得非凡的利潤。 ”上週給監管機構的一封信。

“These coins do not create new faster, safer, cheaper payments [guard] rails. These coins do not help people borrow more affordably. They do not improve the financial system in any way for consumers,” they noted.

“這些硬幣不會創造更快，更安全，更便宜的付款（後衛）軌道。這些硬幣無助於人們更負擔得起的借用。對於消費者來說，他們不會以任何方式改善金融體系。”他們指出。

The crypto industry spent over $100 million dollars backing Trump and other fellow pro-crypto candidates this cycle, and Trump's promises to loosen regulation and establish a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve have helped push Bitcoin prices to record highs in recent days.

加密行業花費了超過1億美元，以支持特朗普和其他親克賴特多候選人，而特朗普承諾放棄監管並建立美國戰略比特幣儲備金，這有助於將比特幣價格推向最近幾天的高價。

The Trump administration, given its extensive ties to the business world, has an above-average potential for conflicts of interest.

特朗普政府在與商業界的廣泛聯繫中具有高於利益衝突的潛力。

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency project to slash federal spending, owns multiple companies that do business with the federal government and would see major impacts from regulatory changes.

億萬富翁埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）領導特朗普的政府效率部項目削減聯邦支出，他們擁有多家與聯邦政府開展業務的公司，並會從監管變更中產生重大影響。