川普迷因硬幣價值飆升，可能會增加當選總統的淨資產

美國當選總統唐納德·川普在就職前推出了一種新的加密貨幣代幣，該代幣的價值正在飆升，並有可能增加他的淨資產。

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has launched a new cryptocurrency token that is quickly rising in value, potentially boosting his net worth just before his inauguration. It’s the latest norm-defying promotion by Mr. Trump, who has also helped sell branded bibles, gold sneakers and diamond-encrusted watches.

美國當選總統唐納德·川普推出了一種新的加密貨幣代幣，該代幣的價值正在迅速上漲，可能會在他就職前夕增加他的淨資產。這是川普最新的一項違反常規的促銷活動，他還幫助銷售了品牌聖經、金色運動鞋和鑲鑽手錶。

“It’s time to celebrate everything we stand for: WINNING! Join my very special Trump Community,” Mr. Trump said in a social post late Friday promoting the new tokens. They are marketed with a picture of Mr. Trump holding a fist up superimposed over the words “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT,” a reference to Mr. Trump’s response to an assassination attempt at a political rally in July.

「是時候慶祝我們所代表的一切了：勝利！加入我非常特別的川普社區，」川普先生在周五晚些時候推廣新代幣的社交貼文中說道。它們的行銷方式是一張川普舉起拳頭的照片，上面疊加了「FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT」字樣，指的是川普對 7 月一次政治集會上發生的暗殺企圖的回應。

In promoting the meme coin, Mr. Trump told supporters to “Have Fun!” The website selling the tokens says they are meant as expressions of support and not an investment opportunity.

在推廣模因幣時，川普告訴支持者“玩得開心！”銷售代幣的網站表示，它們是為了表達支持，而不是投資機會。

That didn’t stop people from trying to make money. The Trump meme coins started selling for US$10 each before soaring to as high as about US$70 as of Sunday morning. It fell sharply later Sunday after Mr. Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, posted about a meme coin for her. The Melania coin was trading for around US$5 Sunday afternoon.

這並沒有阻止人們努力賺錢。川普迷因硬幣的售價最初為每枚 10 美元，隨後截至週日上午飆升至約 70 美元。週日晚些時候，川普先生和他的妻子梅拉尼婭·川普(Melania Trump)發布了有關為她設計的表情包硬幣後，股價大幅下跌。週日下午，梅蘭妮亞幣的交易價格約為 5 美元。

Meme coins are a strange and highly volatile corner of the crypto industry that often start as a joke with no real value but can surge in price if enough people are willing to buy them. Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency whose mascot is a super-cute dog that muses things like “much wow,” is perhaps the most well known. Meme coins can be used by scammers looking to make a quick fortune at the expense of unwary investors.

Meme 幣是加密貨幣行業中一個奇怪且高度不穩定的角落，它通常作為一個沒有實際價值的笑話開始，但如果有足夠多的人願意購買它們，價格可能會飆升。狗狗幣（Dogecoin）是一種加密貨幣，它的吉祥物是一隻超級可愛的狗，它會發出「哇」之類的聲音，這也許是最著名的。騙子可以利用 Meme 幣來快速發財，而犧牲粗心的投資者的利益。

Some crypto enthusiasts hailed the Trump meme coin’s release, saying it’s symbolic of the incoming president’s support for an industry that felt unfairly targeted by the Biden administration. Mr. Trump has promised to usher in crypto-friendly regulations and picked crypto cheerleaders for key government positions.

一些加密貨幣愛好者對川普迷因硬幣的發布表示歡迎，稱這象徵著即將上任的總統對這個被拜登政府不公平對待的行業的支持。川普先生承諾引入有利於加密貨幣的法規，並挑選加密貨幣啦啦隊擔任關鍵政府職位。

Critics said the Trump meme coin could be a dangerous way for special interests and foreign governments to try and buy influence with the president.

批評者表示，川普迷因硬幣可能是特殊利益團體和外國政府試圖向總統購買影響力的危險方式。

“Now anyone in world can essentially deposit money into bank account of President of USA with a couple clicks,” Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump White House communications director, said on X.

「現在世界上任何人都可以透過點擊幾下滑鼠將錢存入美國總統的銀行帳戶，」前川普白宮通訊主管安東尼·斯卡拉穆奇 (Anthony Scaramucci) 在 X 上表示。

The sale of Trump meme coin was organized by CIC Digital, an affiliate of the Trump Organization. The coin’s website said 200 million Trump meme coins are currently available, with plans to issue one billion over the next three years. CIC Digital and another company collectively own 80 per cent of the Trump meme coins and will receive “trading revenue derived from trading activities,” according to the token’s website.

川普模因幣的銷售是由川普集團的附屬機構 CIC Digital 組織的。該幣的網站稱，目前有 2 億枚川普迷因幣可供使用，並計劃在未來三年內發行 10 億枚。據該代幣網站稱，CIC Digital 和另一家公司總共擁有 80% 的川普表情包代幣，並將獲得「來自交易活動的交易收入」。

The Trump family business recently released an ethics agreement that prohibits Mr. Trump from “day-to-day” decision-making at the Trump Organization when he’s president and limits financial information about the business shared with him.

川普家族企業最近發布了一項道德協議，禁止川普在擔任總統期間參與川普集團的「日常」決策，並限制與他分享有關該企業的財務資訊。

Mr. Trump and his family previously helped launch a new venture to trade cryptocurrencies last year. The president-elect has also dabbled in NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, and last year reported earning between US$100,000 and US$1-million from a series of digital trading cards that portrayed him in cartoon-like images, including as an astronaut, a cowboy and a superhero.

川普先生和他的家人去年曾幫助創辦了一家新的加密貨幣交易企業。這位候任總統還涉足了NFT（即不可替代代幣），去年報道稱，他從一系列以卡通形象描繪的數字交易卡（包括宇航員、牛仔）中賺取了10 萬美元到100 萬美元之間的收入。

Mr. Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, has also defied traditional notions of value. Despite struggling to raise revenue, the company is currently valued at more than US$8-billion as Mr. Trump’s supporters help boost the stock price and his net worth along with it.

川普的社群媒體公司 Truth Social 也挑戰了傳統的價值觀念。儘管在增加收入方面舉步維艱，但由於川普的支持者幫助推高了股價和他的淨資產，該公司目前的估值已超過 80 億美元。