美联储宣布加息后，比特币价格从历史高位下跌 12%

比特币价格较本周早些时候创下的历史新高已下跌约 12%。在周二首次突破 108,000 美元之后，全球最大的加密货币在周五早盘交易中跌至 93,000 美元以下。

The price of bitcoin has tumbled about 12% from a record high reached earlier this week.

比特币价格较本周早些时候创下的历史新高已下跌约 12%。

After topping $108,000 for the first time on Tuesday, the world's largest cryptocurrency dropped to a price below $93,000 in early trading on Friday. Bitcoin soon recovered some of those losses, settling around $95,000 at 9:30 a.m. ET.

在周二首次突破 108,000 美元之后，全球最大的加密货币在周五早盘交易中跌至 93,000 美元以下。比特币很快就收复了部分损失，截至东部时间上午 9:30 收于 95,000 美元左右。

The selloff rippled through the wider cryptocurrency market. Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, ticked down about 1%. Lesser-known dogecoin fell 4% and crypto-trading exchange Coinbase fell nearly 2%.

这次抛售波及了更广泛的加密货币市场。第二大加密货币以太币下跌约 1%。不太知名的狗狗币下跌 4%，加密货币交易交易所 Coinbase 下跌近 2%。

The slide for bitcoin has largely come after the Federal Reserve announced late Wednesday that it expects fewer interest rate cuts next year.

比特币的下跌主要是在美联储周三晚间宣布预计明年降息幅度较小之后发生的。

Lower interest rates typically stimulate economic activity, drive up corporate profits and lift the value of forward-looking assets like stocks and cryptocurrencies. In theory, a longer-than-expected period of high interest rates could diminish those returns.

较低的利率通常会刺激经济活动，提高企业利润并提升股票和加密货币等前瞻性资产的价值。从理论上讲，比预期更长的高利率时期可能会减少这些回报。

The Fed's forecast sent stocks falling within minutes and helped push bitcoin to its lowest level in weeks.

美联储的预测导致股市在几分钟内下跌，并帮助比特币跌至几周来的最低水平。

The recent slide for bitcoin erases some of the gains enjoyed since the election of former President Donald Trump, who is widely viewed as friendly toward cryptocurrency. Still, the price has climbed about 36% since Election Day.

比特币最近的下跌抹去了自前总统唐纳德·特朗普当选以来所取得的一些收益，人们普遍认为特朗普对加密货币持友好态度。尽管如此，自选举日以来，价格已上涨约 36%。

Bitcoin had climbed to a new high earlier this week after Trump reaffirmed support for a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve.

在特朗普重申支持美国比特币战略储备后，比特币本周早些时候攀升至新高。

A U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve would amount to a substantial government holding of bitcoin similar to the country's stockpile of oil or gold. Bitcoin bulls expect such a potentially large acquisition of bitcoin to drive up demand and hike the price.

美国的比特币战略储备相当于政府持有大量比特币，类似于该国的石油或黄金库存。比特币多头预计，如此大规模的比特币收购将推高需求并推高价格。

Supporters of a bitcoin strategic reserve also say the asset would help diversify the nation's financial holdings, protecting it from the possible decline in value of other assets, such as the U.S. dollar.

比特币战略储备的支持者还表示，该资产将有助于实现国家金融资产的多元化，保护其免受美元等其他资产可能贬值的影响。

Since the price of bitcoin is highly volatile, a large purchase of the asset could end up threatening the nation's financial stability rather than safeguarding it, some critics say.

一些批评者表示，由于比特币的价格波动很大，大量购买该资产最终可能会威胁而不是维护国家的金融稳定。

The major stock indexes rebounded on Thursday, recovering some of the losses they took after the Fed's unwelcome forecast.

主要股指周四反弹，收复了美联储不受欢迎的预测后的部分跌幅。