聯準會主席鮑威爾削弱比特幣漲勢，稱央行「無意」儲存加密資產

聯準會主席鮑威爾週三表示，美國央行無意參與政府儲存大量比特幣的任何行動。

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank has no interest in participating in any government effort to build a large bitcoin reserve.

聯準會主席鮑威爾週三表示，美國央行沒有興趣參與任何政府建立大規模比特幣儲備的努力。

“We’re not permitted to own bitcoin,” Powell said at a press conference following the Fed’s latest two-day policy meeting, in which policymakers cut rates as expected while signaling a less certain path for monetary policy in the months to come. On the legal issues around holding bitcoin, “that’s the kind of thing for Congress to consider, but we are not looking for a law change at the Fed,” Powell said.

「我們不被允許擁有比特幣，」鮑威爾在聯準會最新的為期兩天的政策會議後的新聞發布會上表示，政策制定者按預期降息，同時暗示未來幾個月貨幣政策的路徑不太確定。關於持有比特幣的法律問題，「這是國會需要考慮的事情，但我們並不尋求聯準會修改法律，」鮑威爾說。

The Fed chief was addressing the prospect of central bank involvement in the idea of the government building a so-called Strategic Bitcoin Reserve once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

這位聯準會主席正在討論一旦當選總統唐納德·川普就職後央行參與政府建立所謂的戰略比特幣儲備的想法的前景。

Powell’s comments weighed on the value of bitcoin, which has rallied sharply along with other crypto assets since Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 election on the prospect of a more hands-off government approach to a class of assets that rarely functions as actual money, but is instead largely used as a vehicle for speculation.

鮑威爾的言論打壓了比特幣的價值，自從川普在11 月5 日大選中獲勝以來，比特幣與其他加密資產一起大幅上漲，因為政府對一類很少充當實際貨幣的資產採取更加放手的態度。

Trump has suggested he will create a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve.

川普暗示他將建立美國比特幣戰略儲備。

But the incoming president has not provided details on what such a reserve would entail, beyond saying its initial holdings could include bitcoin seized from criminals, a stockpile of about 200,000 tokens worth about $21 billion at current prices.

但這位即將上任的總統並未提供有關此類儲備的詳細信息，只是表示其最初持有的資產可能包括從犯罪分子手中繳獲的比特幣，即約20 萬枚代幣的庫存，按當前價格計算價值約210 億美元。

Bitcoin has more than doubled this year to over $100,000 on optimism over Trump’s pro-crypto stance. The asset has been volatile in its 15 years of existence, which analysts say reduces its utility as a store of value or a unit of exchange, key attributes of a reserve currency.

由於對川普支持加密貨幣的立場持樂觀態度，比特幣今年已經上漲了一倍多，達到 10 萬美元以上。該資產在其存在的 15 年中一直波動較大，分析師表示，這降低了其作為儲備貨幣的關鍵屬性——價值儲存或交換單位的效用。

Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has introduced a bill to create such a reserve, under which the U.S. Treasury would buy 200,000 bitcoins annually until the stockpile reaches one million tokens. The purchases would be funded by Fed bank deposits and gold holdings.

共和黨參議員 Cynthia Lummis 提出了一項設立此類儲備的法案，根據該法案，美國財政部將每年購買 20 萬枚比特幣，直到儲備達到 100 萬枚。購買的資金將來自聯準會銀行存款和持有的黃金。

Funding a strategic bitcoin reserve would likely require the approval of Congress and the issuance of new Treasury debt, according to an analysis published this week by Barclays. Given the likely ways such a reserve could be created, “we suspect such a plan would face stiff resistance from the Fed,” Barclays analysts said.

根據巴克萊銀行本週發布的分析，為比特幣戰略儲備提供資金可能需要國會的批准並發行新的國債。巴克萊分析師表示，考慮到建立此類儲備的可能方式，「我們懷疑此類計畫將面臨聯準會的強烈抵制」。

More broadly, Fed officials have been skeptical of assets like bitcoin as they have also backed away from their own efforts to create a fully digital dollar in favor of allowing the private sector to innovate payments technologies.

更廣泛地說，聯準會官員一直對比特幣等資產持懷疑態度，因為他們也放棄了自己創建完全數位美元的努力，轉而支持允許私營部門創新支付技術。

The Fed’s main role regarding cryptocurrencies appears to center on how those assets might affect consumer and banking sector safety.

聯準會在加密貨幣方面的主要作用似乎集中在這些資產如何影響消費者和銀行業的安全。

“We regulate and supervise banks and we would want the interaction between the crypto business and the banks … not to threaten the health and well-being of the banks,” Powell said on Dec. 4. But he also noted at that time that when it comes to crypto assets, “we don’t regulate it directly.”

鮑威爾在 12 月 4 日表示：「我們監管和監督銀行，我們希望加密貨幣業務與銀行之間的互動……不要威脅銀行的健康和福祉。」但他當時也指出，當談到加密資產，「我們不直接對其進行監管。

Trump plans to appoint former PayPal executive David Sacks to the newly-created position of White House AI and Crypto Czar, and pro-crypto consultant Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission.

川普計劃任命PayPal 前高管戴維·薩克斯(David Sacks) 擔任新設立的白宮人工智慧和加密貨幣沙皇職位，並任命支持加密貨幣的顧問保羅·阿特金斯(Paul Atkins) 領導證券交易委員會。