特朗普發起了自己的加密貨幣，即“ $ trump”硬幣，承諾使美國成為“地球的加密貨幣”

矽谷Glitterati，社交媒體的“影響者”和金融家在周五的總統就職典禮上聚集在華盛頓特區的加密舞會上，VIP門票的價格為100,000美元。

Guests at a pre-inauguration ball in Washington DC toasted the coming reign of Donald Trump as they nibbled on miniature lobster rolls and sipped mezcal cocktails.

在華盛頓特區的就職舞會上的客人敬酒了唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）即將到來的統治，因為他們在微型龍蝦卷上ni咬了梅斯卡爾雞尾酒。

The Silicon Valley glitterati, social media 'influencers' and financiers had gathered on the Friday before the presidential inauguration for the Crypto Ball, where VIP tickets cost a cool $100,000. They had much to celebrate.

矽谷Glitterati，社交媒體的“影響者”和金融家在總統就職典禮之前的星期五聚集在加密賽舞會上，VIP門票的價格為100,000美元。他們有很多要慶祝的。

Cryptocurrencies (digital 'tokens' that can be traded and are designed to be used as payment methods) were going mainstream and those who'd backed them were set to make their fortunes.

加密貨幣（可以交易並被設計為用作付款方式的數字“代幣”）是主流的，而支持它們的人則將賺錢。

Back in July, Trump had promised to make America the 'crypto capital of the planet' by enacting new laws to pave the way for financial institutions and pension funds to invest in these controversial and risky assets, bringing them the respectability that has so far eluded them.

早在7月，特朗普曾承諾通過制定新法律來為金融機構和養老基金投資這些有爭議和風險的資產，從而使他們成為迄今為止的尊重，這使美國成為“地球的加密之都”他們。

But then news started to filter out that night which horrified guests. Far from making crypto respectable, the new President had just opportunistically unveiled his own cryptocurrency, dubbed '$TRUMP', that couldっそも驚くべきことに、新しい大統領は、この暗号通貨を品位のあるものにするどころか、驚くべきことに、自分の暗号通貨を立ち上げるというまたとない機会を逃さなかったのです。この暗号通貨は「$TRUMP」と名付けられ、彼らがこれまで一生懸命取り組んできたすべてを台無しにする可能性がありました。 

但是，萊利（Lly）宣布了自己的加密貨幣，而不是使這種加密貨幣尊嚴，他並沒有錯過發射加密貨幣的機會。這種加密貨幣被命名為“ $ trump”，可能會破壞他們到目前為止所做的一切。

The Trump 'coin' was just created in digital code out of nothing – but suddenly it was worth billions.

特朗普的“硬幣”剛剛用數字代碼創建，但突然之間價值數十億美元。

President Donald Trump with wife Melania at the Commander-in-Chief Ball following his inauguration this month

唐納德·特朗普總統與妻子梅拉尼亞在本月就職後在總司令上

In a get-rich-quick scheme seemingly without parallel, the new 'currency' – with no intrinsic value, no utility and no purpose seemingly beyond adding to the President's wealth – soon made Trump and his companies $58billion richer, at least in theory, with its 200 million available coins trading at $75 a piece.

在一個富裕的計劃中，新的“貨幣”似乎沒有任何固有價值，沒有實用性和目的似乎不僅增加了總統的財富- 很快就使特朗普及其公司變得更加富裕，至少從理論上講， ，其2億枚硬幣的交易價格為每塊$ 75。

That is about twice the market capitalisation of Britain's largest supermarket chain Tesco – making him, briefly, one of the 25 richest people in the world.

這大約是英國最大的超市鏈特易購（Tesco）的市值的兩倍，使他短暫地成為了世界上25個最富有的人之一。

Almost at a stroke, Trump increased his personal fortune nearly tenfold. It looked like the most sensational scheme for personal enrichment that the political world had even seen.

幾乎在中風，特朗普增加了他的個人財富近十倍。它看起來像是政治世界甚至看到的最具轟動性的計劃。

This vast fortune was, alas, only on paper, and predicated on the value of the horde of remaining coins that Trump holds, which are admittedly unlikely to retain their value.

可惜的是，這筆巨大的財富僅在紙上，並以特朗普擁有的剩餘硬幣的價值為基礎，而這些硬幣的價值不太可能保留其價值。

When Trump promoted his coin to his 99 million followers on X that Friday, it was trading at $7, having risen from just a few cents.

當特朗普在周五在X上將他的硬幣推廣到他的9900萬追隨者時，它的交易價格為7美元，僅從幾美分開始。

By Sunday, it had soared to more than $75, although it later lost more than half its value before levelling out at a value of $27. There were unverified claims that one mysterious investor had bought more than $1million in coins just seconds after Trump's announcement on social media – standing to make a gargantuan profit.

到週日，它已經飆升至75美元以上，儘管後來損失了一半以上的價值，然後以27美元的價格縮放。有未經證實的說法，一位神秘的投資者在特朗普在社交媒體上宣布這一消息後僅幾秒鐘就購買了超過100萬美元的硬幣 - 代表賺錢。

Could that have been a member of the Trump clan? Who knows?

那是特朗普家族的成員嗎？誰知道？

After its fall in value, Trump said of his cryptocurrency on Tuesday: 'I don't know much about it other than I launched it, other than it was very successful.'

特朗普在價值之後，談到他週二的加密貨幣時說：“除了推出它，除了非常成功之外，我對此一無所知。”

So what was Trump doing? Why does he believe that having his own 'currency' is a good idea? And what happens next?

那特朗普在做什麼？他為什麼認為擁有自己的“貨幣”是個好主意？接下來會發生什麼？

The President's former adviser Anthony Scaramucci accused his ex-boss of 'Idi Amin level corruption', a reference to the notoriously corrupt Ugandan dictator and kleptocrat.

總統的前顧問安東尼·斯卡拉穆奇（Anthony Scaramucci）指責他的前任“ idi amin級腐敗”，這是對臭名昭著的腐敗烏干達獨裁者和克萊托克拉特（Kleptocrat）的提法。

Even his supporters were dismayed by what this signified – just days before his inauguration as President, Trump was jumping on the bandwagon of a scandal-plagued industry that he has previously dismissed as a 'scam'.

即使是他的支持者也對此表示沮喪 - 在擔任總統就職典禮前幾天，特朗普也跳上了一個醜聞困擾的行業的潮流，他以前被視為“騙局”。

The Melania Trump meme coin is now available to buy, with the price charts revealing its worth

Melania Trump Meme Coin現在可以購買，價格表揭示了其價值

Once upon a time, The Donald shared Wall Street's widespread scepticism about cryptocurrencies, insisting in 2019 that they 'are not money' and 'based on thin air', and – without regulation – 'can facilitate unlawful behaviour, including drug trade and other illegal activity'.

曾幾何時，唐納德（Donald）分享了華爾街對加密貨幣的廣泛懷疑，並在2019年堅持認為他們“不是錢”和“基於稀薄的空氣”，並且- 沒有管制，可以促進非法行為，包括毒品交易和其他非法行為活動'。

But more recently, and after $130million of election campaign funding from the crypto world, he had promised to dismantle the regulatory hurdles holding the industry back.

但是最近，在加密貨幣世界中獲得了1.3億美元的競選活動資金之後，他承諾將拆除阻礙行業的監管障礙。

Certainly, in creating his own coin he showed breathtaking chutzpah.

當然，在製作自己的硬幣時，他表現出令人嘆為觀止的chutzpah。

While some well-established digital currencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum (with a total valuation of more than $2trillion and $400billion respectively) can be used to buy some goods and services including Tesla cars, $Trump is of a far lesser category, a so-called 'meme coin'. These, almost by definition, are a joke – even if fortunes can be made and, more often, lost on them.

儘管一些公認的數字貨幣，例如比特幣和以太坊（總估值分別超過200萬億美元和4億美元）可用於購買包括特斯拉汽車在內的某些商品和服務，但特朗普的類別卻少得多，較少的類別是所謂的“模因硬幣”。從定義上講，這些幾乎是一個玩笑 - 即使可以賺錢，而且更常見於他們。

There are hundreds of different meme coins, whose names are often inspired by popular internet characters or events.

有數百種不同的模因硬幣，其名稱通常受到流行的互聯網字符或事件的啟發。

The first, launched in

第一個發射