川普幣：美國前總統推出自己的加密貨幣——其中 80% 由他的公司擁有

大約 80% 的代幣將由 CIC Digital 持有，該公司隸屬於川普集團和 CIC 共同擁有的一家名為 Fight Fight Fight LLC 的企業

A new cryptocurrency, named after US President-elect Donald Trump, has been launched just hours before his inauguration.

一種以美國當選總統唐納德·川普命名的新加密貨幣在他就職前幾個小時推出。

The Trump coin, which began trading on Saturday, is available for purchase on FTX, a crypto exchange. About 80% of the tokens will be held by CIC Digital, which is affiliated with the Trump Organisation and a CIC co-owned business called Fight Fight Fight LLC, according to the token’s website – a reference to the attempt to assassinate Trump last summer.

川普幣於週六開始交易，可在加密貨幣交易所 FTX 上購買。根據該代幣網站的訊息，大約80% 的代幣將由CIC Digital 持有，該公司隸屬於川普組織和CIC 共同擁有的一家名為Fight Fight Fight LLC 的企業——指的是去年夏天刺殺川普的企圖。

The tokens held by insiders will start to be unlocked for sale over the next three to 12 months and available to be sold during Trump’s four-year term.

內部人士持有的代幣將在未來 3 至 12 個月內開始解鎖出售，並可在川普四年任期內出售。

“Trump owning 80% and timing [the] launch hours before inauguration is predatory and many will probably get hurt by it,” venture capitalist Nick Tomaino wrote on X.

風險投資家 Nick Tomaino 在 X 上寫道：“川普擁有 80% 的股份，並將發佈時間安排在就職典禮之前，這是一種掠奪性行為，許多人可能會因此受到傷害。”

The launch took many in the crypto market by surprise, but Binance, Coinbase and Kraken, three of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, have all since announced plans to trade the Trump coin on their markets.

這次發布令加密貨幣市場的許多人感到驚訝，但幣安、Coinbase 和 Kraken 這三個最大的加密貨幣交易所此後都宣布了在其市場上交易川普幣的計劃。

The Trump family have taken a growing interest in cryptocurrency. The US President-elect and his three sons have been promoting World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture set up by his long-time business partners and others, while Trump’s social media company unsuccessfully tried to buy Bakkt, a cryptocurrency trading venue.

川普家族對加密貨幣越來越感興趣。這位美國當選總統和他的三個兒子一直在推廣由他的長期商業夥伴和其他人建立的加密貨幣企業World Liberty Financial，而川普的社交媒體公司試圖收購加密貨幣交易平台Bakkt，但沒有成功。

On Saturday, Eric Trump described the Trump coin as “the hottest digital meme on Earth” and said World Liberty was “just getting started”.

週六，埃里克·川普將川普硬幣描述為“地球上最熱門的數位模因”，並表示世界自由“才剛剛開始”。

Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s former communications director turned critic, also hit out at the launch. “The Trump memecoin stuff is bad for the [crypto] industry. Don’t delude yourself,” he wrote on X.

川普前通訊總監、後來成為批評者的安東尼·斯卡拉穆奇(Anthony Scaramucci)也對此次發布會進行了猛烈抨擊。 「川普模因幣的東西對[加密]產業不利。不要欺騙自己，」他在 X 上寫道。

A spokesperson for the Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

川普過渡團隊的發言人沒有立即回應置評請求。

Jonathan Bixby, a crypto entrepreneur, said Trump’s memecoin was likely to be “the opening gun in what is called ‘the banana zone’,” a crypto trading term in which prices can suddenly surge.

加密貨幣企業家喬納森·比克斯比 (Jonathan Bixby) 表示，川普的 memecoin 很可能是“所謂‘香蕉區’的開槍”，在這個加密貨幣交易術語中，價格可能會突然飆升。

“It gives legitimacy to these assets and it invites every celebrity to come back in and start promoting. These next couple of months are going to be wild.”

「它賦予了這些資產合法性，並邀請每個名人回來並開始宣傳。接下來的幾個月將會非常瘋狂。

The price of Solana, the blockchain used by the Trump coin and many other memecoins, hit a record high of US$295 on Sunday. US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission is due to make a ruling in the coming months on whether to permit US stock market funds to invest directly in Solana.

川普幣和許多其他 memecoin 使用的區塊鏈 Solana 的價格週日創下 295 美元的歷史新高。美國監管機構證券交易委員會將在未來幾個月內就是否允許美國股市基金直接投資 Solana 做出裁決。

Written by: Philip Stafford in London

作者：菲利普‧斯塔福德 (Philip Stafford) 在倫敦

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