川普就職前幾天推出新模因幣，批評者稱其為“伊迪·阿明級腐敗”

川普將新的金融產品描述為“勝利！”一位批評家將其描述為「伊迪·阿明級別的腐敗」。

On Friday night, just days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social to celebrate…the launch of his new meme coin.

週五晚上，就職典禮前幾天，當選總統唐納德·特朗普在 Truth Social 上慶祝……他的新模因幣的推出。

“It’s time to celebrate everything we stand for,” he wrote, adding: “WINNING!” It’s a move that, at least on paper, seemed to inflate Trump’s personal wealth by billions ahead of ushering in the most crypto-friendly administration in history.

“是時候慶祝我們所代表的一切了，”他寫道，並補充道：“勝利！”至少從表面上看，此舉似乎使川普的個人財富膨脹了數十億美元，從而迎來了歷史上對加密貨幣最友善的政府。

With this launch, Trump joins the ranks of celebrities like Iggy Azalea, Caitlyn Jenner, and more recently, Haliey Welch, better known as the “Hawk Tuah” girl, all of whom have launched their own meme coins in the last year. Wired describes these currencies as “a type of cryptocurrency that generally has no utility beyond financial speculation.”

透過這次發行，川普加入了伊基·阿塞莉亞(Iggy Azalea)、凱特琳·詹納(Caitlyn Jenner) 以及最近的哈莉·韋爾奇(Haliey Welch) 等名人的行列，他們更出名的是“Hawk Tuah”女孩，他們都在去年推出了自己的模因幣。 《連線》將這些貨幣描述為「一種除了金融投機之外通常沒有任何用處的加密貨幣」。

Trump’s coin has recently reached a market capitalization of $5.2 billion and a fully diluted valuation of $26 billion, referring to the theoretical value if all possible coins were in circulation. Trump’s new pal Elon Musk is known for being a big proponent of one of the most famous meme coins, the dogecoin, named for the same meme that inspired his newly created Department of Government Efficiency.

川普的硬幣最近市值達到 52 億美元，完全攤薄後的估值為 260 億美元，指的是所有可能的硬幣流通時的理論價值。川普的新朋友 Elon Musk 以大力支持最著名的迷因幣之一——狗狗幣而聞名，該幣的名字來自激發他新成立的政府效率部的同一個模因。

“It is literally cashing in on the presidency.”

“這實際上是在利用總統職位賺錢。”

Though the website for the coin states that it “is not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign or any political office or governmental agency,” some critics argue that there are serious ethical concerns. “Unlike traditional Trump-branded ventures, cryptocurrency’s pseudonymous nature means anyone globally can invest without identity checks, potentially creating concerns about undue influence on a sitting president,” Boaz Sobrado, a fintech analyst, wrote in Forbes. Adav Noti, the executive director of Campaign Legal Center, noted in the New York Times that, “it is literally cashing in on the presidency—creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office.”

儘管該硬幣的網站聲稱它“不是政治性的，與任何政治運動或任何政治辦公室或政府機構無關”，但一些批評者認為存在嚴重的道德問題。金融科技分析師Boaz Sobrado 在《富比士》上寫道：「與傳統的川普品牌企業不同，加密貨幣的匿名性質意味著全球任何人都可以在沒有身份檢查的情況下進行投資，這可能會引發對現任總統不當影響的擔憂。競選法律中心執行董事阿達夫·諾蒂（Adav Noti）在《紐約時報》上指出，「這實際上是在利用總統職位兌現——創造一種金融工具，讓人們可以向總統的家人轉帳與他的辦公室有關的錢。

“We now have a president-elect who, the weekend before inauguration, is launching new businesses along with promises to deregulate,” Jordan Libowitz, vice president for communications at the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told Politico.

「我們現在有了一位當選總統，他在就職前的周末推出了新業務，並承諾放鬆管制，」華盛頓非營利組織「公民責任與道德」負責通訊的副總裁喬丹·利博維茨告訴《政客》雜誌。

Trump’s own former spokesperson, now a staunch critic, Anthony Scaramucci posted that $TRUMP is “Idi Amin level corruption,” and “mocks the industry we are working so hard to build.”

川普自己的前發言人、現在的堅定批評者安東尼·斯卡拉穆奇(Anthony Scaramucci) 發帖稱$TRUMP 是“伊迪·阿明級別的腐敗”，並且“嘲笑我們正在努力建設的行業” 。

The meme coin is just the latest in a bizarre line of grifty, super-weird takes on “merch.” Last February, Trump showed off gold “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 at Sneaker Con, which had Fox News applauding his appeal to Black voters. In March, he began endorsing the $59.99 “God Bless the USA Bible,” which includes the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and handwritten lyrics to the chorus of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” (Trump’s inaugural committee has confirmed that he will not be using one of these Bibles to swear the presidential oath of office on Monday.) In August, Trump released a new round of his “baseball card” NFTs. “These cards show me dancing and even holding some Bitcoins,” Trump explained in a video on Truth Social. Maybe in the next round, he’ll be holding his own meme coins.

這款迷因硬幣只是一系列怪誕、超級怪異的「商品」中的最新一個。去年 2 月，川普在 Sneaker Con 上展示了售價 399 美元的金色「Never Surrender 高筒」鞋，福克斯新聞對他對黑人選民的吸引力表示讚賞。 3 月份，他開始認可價值 59.99 美元的《上帝保佑美國聖經》，其中包括憲法、權利法案以及李·格林伍德 (Lee Greenwood) 的《上帝保佑美國》合唱團的手寫歌詞。 （川普的就職委員會已確認，他週一不會使用其中一本聖經來宣誓就職。）8 月，川普發布了新一輪的「棒球卡」NFT。 「這些卡片上我跳舞，甚至拿著一些比特幣，」川普在 Truth Social 的影片中解釋道。也許在下一輪中，他將持有自己的迷因幣。