比特幣愛好者團結起來支持川普入主白宮，川普青睞加密現金

美國許多領先的加密貨幣公司、高管、投資者和狂熱分子開始團結在前總統川普入主白宮的周圍

As the 2024 presidential election heats up, Republican candidate Donald Trump is courting the cryptocurrency industry with promises of favorable policies, while Democrats are seeking to avoid alienating the sector amid a heavy-handed regulatory crackdown by the Biden administration.

隨著 2024 年總統選舉的白熱化，共和黨候選人唐納德·川普 (Donald Trump) 正在承諾提供優惠政策來討好加密貨幣行業，而民主黨則在拜登政府嚴厲的監管打壓下尋求避免疏遠該行業。

Many leading crypto companies, executives, and investors are rallying behind Trump, hoping that his presidency will spare the industry from federal regulation. Under President Biden, the U.S. government has aggressively cracked down on crypto, seeking to protect average Americans from scams and ensure the largely anonymous tokens do not enable illicit activities. But the fierce oversight has chafed crypto advocates and angered wealthy political benefactors in Silicon Valley. To ward off new federal probes, environmental protections, and financial safeguards, they have gravitated toward Trump — even if they don’t always like him — in the hopes he can win and deliver them relief in Washington.

許多領先的加密貨幣公司、高管和投資者都在支持川普，希望他的總統任期將使該行業免受聯邦監管。在拜登總統的領導下，美國政府積極打擊加密貨幣，尋求保護普通美國人免受詐騙，並確保大部分匿名代幣不會助長非法活動。但嚴厲的監管激怒了加密貨幣倡議者，並激怒了矽谷的富有政治捐助者。為了避開新的聯邦調查、環境保護和金融保障措施，他們傾向於川普——即使他們並不總是喜歡他——希望他能在華盛頓獲勝並為他們帶來救濟。

“I think what people are excited about is, if Trump comes in with a new circle, and Cabinet members, and people, that it’s going to change, and change for the better,” said Marshall Beard, the chief operating officer at Gemini, a crypto trading platform and banking service. He described himself as apolitical, but his company’s founders, billionaire investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, have donated heavily in support of Trump.

雙子座首席營運長馬歇爾·比爾德(Marshall Beard) 表示：「我認為人們感到興奮的是，如果川普帶著新的圈子、內閣成員和人民上台，情況就會發生變化，而且會變得更好。他稱自己不關心政治，但其公司的創始人、億萬富翁投資者泰勒和卡梅倫·文克萊沃斯為支持川普提供了大量捐款。

Trump has gladly accepted the entreaties: Newly awash in crypto cash, he has celebrated bitcoin and other digital tokens, marking a stunning shift from his time in office, when Trump proclaimed he was “not a fan” of bitcoin and linked such assets to drug sales. The early uptick in fundraising support has troubled some Democrats, who have scrambled to show they are not hostile to the industry.

川普很高興地接受了這些懇求：剛剛充斥著加密貨幣的他對比特幣和其他數位代幣表示讚賞，這標誌著他在任期間發生了驚人的轉變，當時川普宣稱自己「不喜歡「比特幣，並將這些資產與毒品聯繫起來。銷售量。籌款支持的早期上升讓一些民主黨人感到不安，他們爭先恐後地表明自己並不對該行業懷有敵意。

But Trump’s conversion will be on stark display Saturday, when he speaks directly to the thousands of bitcoin owners, traders, and investors who have descended this year on Nashville. Many in attendance expect the former president to announce he wants the U.S. government to stockpile its own reserves of the currency, a radical idea that is bound to send the price of bitcoin skyrocketing — just hours after Trump holds a high-dollar fundraiser with the nation’s crypto elite.

但川普的轉變將在周六得到明顯體現，屆時他將直接向今年來到納許維爾的數千名比特幣所有者、交易員和投資者發表演說。許多出席者預計這位前總統會宣布他希望美國政府儲備自己的貨幣儲備，這是一個激進的想法，勢必會導致比特幣價格飆升——就在川普與美國政府舉行高額籌款活動幾個小時後。

Even before Trump arrived, there were hints of his growing support across the sprawling Music City Center, the site of this year’s bitcoin Conference. A smattering of “Make bitcoin Great Again” hats — some in Trump’s signature style, others in bitcoin orange — dotted the rows of booths where crypto entrepreneurs hawked new tokens, investing tips, and “tax avoidance strategies,” in the words of one firm, which parked near its kiosk a ruby-red motorcycle adorned with the play on Trump’s slogan. (Staff there declined to be interviewed.)

甚至在川普到來之前，就已經有跡象表明，他在今年比特幣會議舉辦地點、規模龐大的音樂城中心的支持不斷增加。幾頂「讓比特幣再次偉大」的帽子——有些是川普的標誌性風格，有些是比特幣橙色——點綴在一排排的攤位上，加密貨幣企業家在其中兜售新代幣、投資技巧和用一家公司的話說「避稅策略」 ，它的售貨亭附近停著一輛紅寶石色的摩托車，上面裝飾著川普的口號。 （那裡的工作人員拒絕接受採訪。）

Outside, a digital sign truck periodically circled, flashing photos of Trump and his new running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), a longtime crypto advocate who has reported owning as much as $250,000 in bitcoin. The vehicle pitched passersby on “MAGA VP,” a type of “memecoin” — unaffiliated with the campaign — that aims to help the former president’s most fervent supporters earn money. It teased that customers who purchased $50 of the token would “win a special prize.”

外面，一輛數位看闆卡車定期盤旋，上面閃著川普和他的新競選夥伴參議員JD Vance（俄亥俄州共和黨人）的照片。高達25 萬美元的比特幣。這輛車向路人推銷“MAGA VP”，這是一種與競選活動無關的“模因​​幣”，旨在幫助前總統最狂熱的支持者賺錢。它開玩笑說，購買 50 美元代幣的客戶將「贏得特別獎」。

“At this party, today, it seems like there’s a leaning toward Trump, and I think it’s an appreciation for the first major presidential candidate to come along and say this might be actually a really good idea,” said Mike Belshe, the chief executive of BitGo, which offers a crypto wallet service. He plans to host a fundraiser reception for Vance in Palo Alto, Calif., next week, according to an invite later obtained by The Washington Post.

執行長 Mike Belshe 表示：「今天，在這個聚會上，人們似乎傾向於川普，我認為這是對第一位出現並表示這實際上可能是一個非常好的主意的主要總統候選人的讚賞。據《華盛頓郵報》後來獲得的邀請函顯示，他計劃下週在加州帕洛阿爾託為萬斯舉辦籌款招待會。

The support for Trump underscored the rapid political awakening underway in the crypto industry. Stung by a series of major scandals — and facing the prospect of tough regulation in Washington — crypto companies, executives, and investors have shelled out $121 million this election in a bid to defeat potential foes and elect new friends in Washington, according to the money-in-politics watchdog OpenSecrets.

對川普的支持凸顯了加密貨幣產業正在迅速發生的政治覺醒。據財報稱，受到一系列重大醜聞的影響，並面臨華盛頓嚴厲監管的前景，加密貨幣公司、高管和投資者在這次選舉中花費了1.21 億美元，以擊敗潛在的敵人並在華盛頓選出新朋友。

“We’ve seen tens of millions of dollars pouring in, in an attempt to make sure anti-regulation politicians are the ones who take power,” said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, a left-leaning watchdog group.

「我們已經看到數千萬美元湧入，試圖確保反監管政客掌權，」左傾監督組織公共公民聯合主席麗莎·吉爾伯特說。

For many crypto titans, the catalyst for action came two years ago, after the downfall of FTX, previously the world’s third-largest crypto marketplace. Many Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), immediately demanded stringent new rules, while the Securities and Exchange Commission, led by Chairman Gary Gensler, filed a battery of lawsuits alleging the best-known crypto firms had failed to follow basic federal investor protections.

對許多加密巨頭來說，行動的催化劑出現在兩年前，當時全球第三大加密市場 FTX 垮台後。包括馬薩諸塞州參議員伊麗莎白沃倫(Elizabeth Warren) 在內的許多民主黨人立即要求制定嚴格的新規則，而由主席加里詹斯勒(Gary Gensler) 領導的證券交易委員會提起了一系列訴訟，指控最著名的加密貨幣公司未能遵循基本的聯邦法規。

Often, the targets of SEC scrutiny — including Coinbase, a digital asset marketplace, and Ripple, which offers the popular XRP token — blasted the cases as evidence of Gensler’s bias against the industry. They coupled their court battles with an

通常，SEC 審查的目標——包括數位資產市場 Coinbase 和提供流行 XRP 代幣的 Ripple——會猛烈抨擊這些案件，將其視為 Gensler 對該行業的偏見證據。他們將法庭鬥爭與