川普和梅蘭妮亞在就職典禮前推出迷因幣，引起倫理專家的警惕

即將上任的第一對夫婦在當選總統唐納德·特朗普就職典禮前夕推出了一對表情包硬幣，紙面價值已達數十億美元。

President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, each launched their own cryptocurrency in the final hours of the Trump presidency, a move that has alarmed ethics experts and even some in the crypto industry.

唐納德·特朗普總統和他的妻子梅拉尼婭在特朗普總統任期的最後幾個小時各自推出了自己的加密貨幣，此舉引起了道德專家甚至加密行業的一些人士的警惕。

Trump announced his meme coin, $TRUMP, in a social media post Friday, promising to America the “crypto capital of the planet.” Melania launched her cryptocurrency $MELANIA in a post Sunday.

川普週五在社群媒體上發布了他的迷因幣 $TRUMP，向美國承諾成為「地球的加密之都」。梅蘭妮亞在周日的一篇文章中推出了她的加密貨幣 $MELANIA。

Trump’s meme coin skyrocketed over the weekend and was trading at more than $70 by Sunday afternoon, according to CoinGecko. However, the president’s coin nosedived to $40 after Melania revealed her own coin. It has since recovered some of those losses and was trading around $60 early Monday.

據 CoinGecko 稱，川普的表情包幣在周末飆升，到週日下午交易價格已超過 70 美元。然而，在梅蘭妮亞公開了自己的硬幣後，總統的硬幣暴跌至 40 美元。此後，該公司已收復部分失地，週一早盤交易價格約為 60 美元。

$MELANIA was trading just over $12 early Monday, according to CoinGecko.

據 CoinGecko 稱，週一早些時候，$MELANIA 的交易價格略高於 12 美元。

$TRUMP is the first cryptocurrency endorsed by the president, who once trashed bitcoin as “based on thin air.” But Trump received strong support from the crypto industry this election after he embraced crypto and promised to make America the “crypto capital of the planet.”

$TRUMP 是總統認可的第一種加密貨幣，他曾將比特幣貶為「憑空而來」。但川普在擁抱加密貨幣並承諾讓美國成為「地球加密之都」後，在這次選舉中得到了加密貨幣產業的大力支持。

In July 2024, Trump addressed crypto’s largest convention and has since appointed Howard Lutnick, who supports the cryptocurrency company Tether, to run the US Commerce Department. Lutnick is among other crypto enthusiasts appointed to Trump’s next administration.

2024 年 7 月，川普在加密貨幣最大的大會上發表講話，此後任命支持加密貨幣公司 Tether 的霍華德·盧特尼克 (Howard Lutnick) 負責美國商務部。盧特尼克是被任命為川普下一屆政府的其他加密貨幣愛好者之一。

Now, Trump will not only preside over how the federal government will regulate crypto, he can personally cash in on the outcome.

現在，川普不僅將主持聯邦政府如何監管加密貨幣，他還可以親自從結果中獲利。

“I believe it is very dangerous to have the people who are supposed to oversee regulating financial instruments investing in them at the same time,” Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, told CNN. “There’s no precedent for a head of state to launch a personal cryptocurrency.”

明尼蘇達大學法學教授理查德·佩因特 (Richard Painter) 告訴 CNN，“我認為，讓本應監管金融工具的人同時投資這些金融工具是非常危險的。” “國家元首推出個人加密貨幣是沒有先例的。”

Painter, the top ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush Administration, said the launch of the meme coins just hours before inauguration raises “serious ethical questions about conflicts of interest.”

喬治·W·布希政府的高級道德律師佩因特表示，就職典禮前幾個小時推出迷因幣引發了「有關利益衝突的嚴重道德問題」。

“The coin’s value could be influenced by his actions or policies once in office, particularly as Trump has said he will be more crypto-friendly, which will likely further inflate the coin’s value at least temporarily,” Painter said.

佩因特表示：“硬幣的價值可能會受到他上任後的行動或政策的影響，特別是川普表示他將對加密貨幣更加友好，這可能會至少暫時進一步推高硬幣的價值。”

While executive branch employees must follow conflict of interest criminal statutes that prevent them from participating in matters that impact their own financial interests, the law does not apply to the president or the vice president.

雖然行政部門員工必須遵守利益衝突刑事法規，防止他們參與影響其自身經濟利益的事務，但該法律不適用於總統或副總統。

The Trump coin was announced on Friday, the final business day before the resignation of Gary Gensler, the outgoing chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and an enemy of the crypto industry. Trump had vowed to replace Gensler, who announced in November he would step down at noon on Inauguration Day.

川普幣於週五宣布，這是即將離任的美國證券交易委員會主席、加密行業的敵人加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler) 辭職前的最後一個工作日。川普曾發誓要接替詹斯勒，後者於 11 月宣布將於就職日中午辭職。

Walter Shaub, the ethics watchdog who clashed with Trump during his first term before stepping down, sounded the alarm about Trump’s second term.

道德監管機構沃爾特·肖布(Walter Shaub)在川普第一個任期內與川普發生衝突，隨後辭職，他對川普的第二個任期敲響了警鐘。

“America voted for corruption, and that’s what Trump is delivering,” Shaub told CNN in an email. “Trump’s corruption and naked profiteering is so open, extreme and pervasive this time around that to comment on any one aspect of it would be to lose the forest for the trees. The very idea of government ethics is now a smoldering crater.”

「美國投票支持腐敗，這就是川普所要傳達的，」肖佈在一封電子郵件中告訴美國有線電視新聞網。 「這次川普的腐敗和赤裸裸的暴利行為如此公開、極端和普遍，對它的任何一個方面進行評論都將是只見樹木不見森林。政府道德的理念現在已經成為一個悶燒的火山口。

California Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat, said in a post on X that elected officials “must be barred from having meme coins by law,” describing them as “highly speculative and like gambling.”

加州民主黨眾議員羅·卡納 (Ro Khanna) 在 X 上發帖稱，“法律必須禁止民選官員擁有模因幣”，並將其描述為“高度投機性，就像賭博”。

The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

川普過渡團隊沒有立即回應置評請求。

Earlier this month, the Trump Organization announced Trump will not be involved in managing his real estate and branding empire during his first term in office and appointed an outside ethics monitor to keep an eye on company actions. Previous presidents have taken more significant steps to avoid conflicts of interest and the appearance of self-dealing, including by putting their businesses in blind trusts.

本月早些時候，川普集團宣布川普在第一個任期內不會參與管理他的房地產和品牌帝國，並任命了一名外部道德監察員來密切關注公司的行為。歷任總統都採取了更重要的措施來避免利益衝突和自我交易的出現，包括將他們的企業置於盲目信託之下。

Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump official turned critic, said in a post on X that the “most dangerous thing” about the Trump coin is that now “anyone in the world can essentially deposit money” into the bank account of the president of the United States with just a few clicks.

前川普官員、後來成為批評者的安東尼·斯卡拉穆奇(Anthony Scaramucci)在X上發表的一篇文章中表示，川普硬幣的「最危險的事情」是，現在「世界上任何人基本上都可以將錢存入」美國總統的銀行帳戶。只需點擊幾下即可獲得狀態。

“Every favor – geopolitical, corporate or personal – is now on sale, right out in the open,” said Scaramucci, who is a supporter of the crypto industry.

加密貨幣行業的支持者斯卡拉穆奇表示：“一切恩惠——地緣政治、企業或個人——現在都在公開出售。”

Some others in the crypto industry were startled by the timing of the Trump move.

加密行業的其他一些人對川普此舉的時機感到震驚。

“Trump owning 80% and timing launch hours before inauguration is predatory and many will likely get hurt by it,” Nick Tomaino, a former Coinbase executive, said in a post on X. “Trump should be airdropping to the people rather than enriching himself or his team on this.”

Coinbase 前高層尼克·托馬諾(Nick Tomaino) 在X 上的一篇貼文中表示：「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。

Crypto investor Nic Carter, who has described himself as a Trump supporter, told Politico it is “absolutely preposterous” Trump would do this.

自稱川普支持者的加密貨幣投資者尼克卡特 (Nic Carter) 告訴 Politico，川普這樣做「絕對是荒謬的」。

The Trump coin’s market capitalization, which is based on the 200 million coins circulating, is capped at $13 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. The meme coin’s

根據 CoinMarketCap 的數據，川普幣的市值以流通的 2 億枚硬幣為基礎，上限為 130 億美元。模因幣的