來自房地產和股票：前英超球員對比特幣的新熱愛

足球員 George Boyd 出賽 100 多場英超聯賽，現已加入加密 ETF 發行人 Jacobi Asset Management 擔任大使。

Former Premier League soccer player George Boyd has joined crypto ETF issuer Jacobi Asset Management as an ambassador.

前英超足球員 George Boyd 已加入加密 ETF 發行人 Jacobi Asset Management 擔任大使。

Fresh out of the academy at Stevenage in 2004, Boyd was told by his agent to put his cash into real estate and stocks. At the time, bitcoin (BTC) was trading at just $1,800 and, like most people, he dismissed it. He was happy to follow the advice he'd received at the start of his career.

2004 年，博伊德剛從史蒂夫尼奇學院畢業，他的經紀人告訴他將現金投入房地產和股票。當時，比特幣 (BTC) 的交易價格僅為 1,800 美元，和大多數人一樣，他對此不以為然。他很高興遵循他在職業生涯初期收到的建議。

However, the more Boyd learned, the more his outlook changed. The 39-year-old, who appeared in more than 100 games for Burnley FC and Hull City, went on to play in the final of the FA Cup — the U.K.'s most prestigious domestic football competition. He is now an ambassador for Jacobi Asset Management and sees bitcoin as a great source of generating generational wealth.

然而，博伊德了解得越多，他的觀點就越改變。這位39歲的球員為伯恩利足球俱樂部和赫爾城出場超過100場比賽，隨後參加了英國最負盛名的國內足球賽事——足總杯的決賽。他現在是雅可比資產管理公司的大使，並將比特幣視為創造一代財富的重要來源。

“I had a really good agent who looked after me well. His mentality was to start me in property, so I bought into the property market and I've also got a stock portfolio. So that was our sort of general thesis. Now, I try to sell them all and then buy more bitcoin.”

「我有一個非常好的經紀人，他把我照顧得很好。他的想法是讓我從房地產開始，所以我買了房地產市場，也擁有股票投資組合。這就是我們的一般論點。現在，我嘗試把它們全部賣掉，然後購買更多的比特幣。

Premier League players have a shorter career span than the average person who works until they retire in their mid-60s. For professionals like Boyd, it's not just a case of accumulating wealth, but also preserving it.

英超球員的職業生涯比一般人工作到 60 多歲退休的時間要短。對博伊德這樣的專業人士來說，這不僅是累積財富的問題，也是保護財富的問題。

“So I had a really good agent who looked after me well. His mentality was to start me in property, so I bought into the property market and I've also got a stock portfolio. So that was our sort of general thesis. Now, I try to sell them all and then buy more bitcoin.”

「所以我有一個非常好的經紀人，他把我照顧得很好。他的想法是讓我從房地產開始，所以我買了房地產市場，也擁有股票投資組合。這就是我們的一般論點。現在，我嘗試把它們全部賣掉，然後購買更多的比特幣。

His journey into bitcoin began in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, although he was initially skeptical of the token and its value. Later, he learned how the current monetary system is driving up inflation and how the old-school mentality of investing through property or savings in a bank doesn't work anymore.

他的比特幣之旅始於 2020 年新冠疫情期間，儘管他最初對這種代幣及其價值持懷疑態度。後來，他了解到目前的貨幣體系如何推高通貨膨脹，以及透過房地產或銀行儲蓄進行投資的老派心態如何不再運作。

“I think that happened with COVID. Your eyes open even more … I think the monetary system, once you do go around it and with inflation, how it's stealing from us. I've tried to tell friends, and they're still not listening. But bitcoin just fits today. It's more of a store of value.”

「我認為新冠疫情就是這樣。你的眼睛睜得更大……我認為貨幣體系，一旦你繞過它，隨著通貨膨脹，它是如何從我們那裡偷竊的。我試著告訴朋友們，但他們仍然不聽。但比特幣正好適合今天。它更像是一種價值儲存手段。

After learning about bitcoin, Boyd realized the importance of understanding the difference between bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as well as the benefits of self-custody. He also criticized the traditional financial advice given to soccer players and advocated using bitcoin as a means of creating sustainable wealth.

在了解了比特幣之後，博伊德意識到了解比特幣和其他加密貨幣之間的差異以及自我託管的好處的重要性。他也批評了向足球員提供的傳統財務建議，並主張使用比特幣作為創造永續財富的手段。

“We're not talking [profits], we're talking generational wealth, if you get it right and correct, we're talking about, generations of families being set up for life. I think that's how big it is.”

「我們不是在談論[利潤]，我們是在談論代際財富，如果你說得正確且正確，我們談論的是，幾代人的家庭將終身受益。我想這就是它的規模。

Some sports personalities have come out in support of bitcoin. A few, like the National Football League's (NFL) Russell Okung, decided to be paid in bitcoin. Others include the NFL's Odell Beckham Jr. and Premier League's Kieran Gibbs, who sat down on the Peter McCormack podcast “What Bitcoin Did.”

一些體育界人士也站出來支持比特幣。有些人，例如美國國家橄欖球聯盟 (NFL) 的拉塞爾·奧孔 (Russell Okung)，決定以比特幣支付。其他人包括美國國家橄欖球聯盟(NFL) 的奧德爾·貝克漢姆(Odell Beckham Jr.) 和英超聯賽(Premier League) 的基蘭·吉布斯(Kieran Gibbs)，後者參加了彼得·麥考馬克(Peter McCormack) 播客「比特幣做了什麼」。

“Sports people have a very unique earning window in that their capacity to earn is high yet the window in which to do this is low, unlike most careers,” said Peter Lane, co-founder of Jacobi Asset Management, which listed Europe's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 2023.

上市歐洲第一個比特幣的Jacobi 資產管理公司聯合創始人Peter Lane 表示：「與大多數職業不同，運動員有一個非常獨特的賺錢窗口，因為他們的賺錢能力很高，但實現這一目標的窗口卻很低。

"Retiring in your 30’s means that you need to make the wealth you've accumulated last possibly another 60 years unlike most people who work 40 years to retire for 20 years or so. These guys need an asset that will keep them wealthy for a very long retirement and we feel that bitcoin is in an ideal position to offer that.”

「30 多歲退休意味著你需要讓自己累積的財富再維持60 年，這與大多數工作40 年才能退休20 年左右的人不同。這些人需要一項資產，讓他們在很長一段時間內保持富裕。