加密舞会：小唐纳德·特朗普、特德·克鲁兹和里克·罗斯与加密货币精英共度良宵

对于拜登政府的大部分成员来说，业界抱怨规则不明确，以及即将离任的主席加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler) 领导下的 SEC 打击行动。但曾嘲笑加密货币“凭空而来”的特朗普已将该行业视为增长机会。

David Sacks was beaming on Friday night onstage between the doric columns of the Andrew W. Mellon auditorium. There was a lot to celebrate in this august hall just across the street from the National Mall. Donald Trump is just days away from making America great again and Sacks — a PayPal mafia member, venture capitalist, and champion podcaster for cryptocurrency — is joining the administration as his artificial intelligence and crypto czar. As a victory lap, Sacks was hosting the Crypto Ball along with a number of industry sponsors. “The reign of terror against crypto is over,” he said in his speech to the black-tie crowd.

周五晚上，大卫·萨克斯 (David Sacks) 在安德鲁·W·梅隆礼堂的多立克柱之间的舞台上笑容满面。在国家广场街对面这个庄严的大厅里，有很多值得庆祝的事情。唐纳德·特朗普距离让美国再次伟大只有几天的时间，而萨克斯——PayPal黑手党成员、风险投资家和加密货币冠军播客——正在加入政府，担任他的人工智能和加密货币沙皇。作为胜利的一圈，萨克斯与许多行业赞助商一起主办了加密舞会。 “针对加密货币的恐怖统治已经结束，”他在对着黑领带的人群的演讲中说道。

That feeling of freedom was shared among many of the VIP members in the building. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was there; two years ago, his crypto exchange was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly operating as an unregistered securities broker. Marathon CEO Fred Thiel was there chatting with House Speaker Mike Johnson; last year, his crypto firm was sued by the SEC for allegedly failing to create policies to prevent the misuse of confidential information. The Winkelvoss twins were also in the house; last year, they settled with the SEC for allegedly offering unregistered securities through their firm Gemini. Later in the night, the rapper Soulja Boy was onstage performing his ringtone hit “Crank That (Soulja Boy).” Even he had a run-in two years ago with the SEC when he was charged with illegally touting a lesser token. Are you getting the picture?

大楼里的许多 VIP 会员都感受到了这种自由的感觉。 Coinbase 首席执行官布莱恩·阿姆斯特朗也在场；两年前，他的加密货币交易所因涉嫌以未注册证券经纪人身份运营而被美国证券交易委员会起诉。马拉松首席执行官 Fred Thiel 在那里与众议院议长 Mike Johnson 交谈；去年，他的加密货币公司因涉嫌未能制定防止滥用机密信息的政策而被美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 起诉。温克尔沃斯双胞胎也在房子里。去年，他们因涉嫌通过其公司 Gemini 提供未注册证券而与 SEC 达成和解。当晚晚些时候，说唱歌手 Soulja Boy 在舞台上表演了他的热门铃声“Crank That (Soulja Boy)”。甚至两年前，他也曾与美国证券交易委员会发生冲突，当时他被指控非法兜售较小的代币。你明白照片了吗？

For much of the Biden administration, the industry complained of unclear rules and SEC crackdowns under outgoing chair Gary Gensler. But Trump — who once clowned on crypto as “based on thin air” — has embraced the sector as an opportunity for growth, while promising clear and crypto-friendly regulation. Industry leaders that were treated by Democratic lawmakers as pariahs post-FTX are now in the halls of power. Crypto’s prodigal sons spent more than $130 million to help elect Trump and put Republicans in Congress. And now that their party technically has trifecta control, expectations are high. (As is the price of Bitcoin, still sitting above $100,000.)

对于拜登政府的大部分成员来说，业界抱怨规则不明确，以及即将离任的主席加里·詹斯勒 (Gary Gensler) 领导下的 SEC 打击行动。但曾嘲笑加密货币“凭空而来”的特朗普已将该行业视为增长机会，同时承诺实施明确且对加密货币友好的监管。 FTX 时代后被民主党立法者视为贱民的行业领袖如今已登上权力殿堂。 Crypto 的浪子们花费了超过 1.3 亿美元来帮助特朗普当选并让共和党进入国会。现在他们的政党在技术上拥有三重控制，人们的期望很高。 （比特币的价格也是如此，仍然高于 100,000 美元。）

“There’s a huge level of confidence,” explains Mike Belshe. “This was a topic a lot of people talked about last night.” Belshe is the CEO of BitGo, a company that boasts of processing eight percent of all Bitcoin transactions by value. He sees the second Trump term as a now-or-never moment for the economy. “If we can’t help change America now, maybe there’s no way to change it,” he said. “Maybe it’s just done.”

“人们信心十足，”Mike Belshe 解释道。 “这是昨晚很多人谈论的话题。” Belshe 是 BitGo 的首席执行官，该公司自称处理的比特币交易量占所有比特币交易额的 8%。他认为特朗普的第二个任期对于经济来说是一个机不可失的时刻。 “如果我们现在不能帮助改变美国，也许就没有办法改变它，”他说。 “也许刚刚完成。”

“Last night the crypto community wanted to come out and show the political community that this is a really important thing,” says Belshe, who held a fundraiser for the Trump campaign last summer. “It’s not just a bunch of renegades, it is serious people from traditional Wall Street, all walks of the United States.”

“昨晚，加密货币社区想站出来向政治界表明，这是一件非常重要的事情，”去年夏天为特朗普竞选活动举办筹款活动的贝尔谢说。 “这不仅仅是一群叛徒，而是来自传统华尔街、美国各行各业的严肃人士。”

That includes an extremely successful investor known as Snoop Dogg. The rapper — who once shot a toy gun at a Trump caricature in one of his videos — says he is OK with the president-elect now and had no problem performing Friday night for an undisclosed sum. After all, he’s long been a fan of crypto. “They let a real crip up in the Crypto Ball,” he said, in a video standing next to Rick Ross, who also performed Friday night.

其中包括一位非常成功的投资者，名叫史努比狗狗 (Snoop Dogg)。这位说唱歌手曾在他的一段视频中用玩具枪向特朗普的漫画人物开枪，他表示，他现在对当选总统的态度很好，并且对周五晚上的演出没有任何问题，费用不详。毕竟，他长期以来一直是加密货币的粉丝。 “他们在加密舞会上搞砸了，”他在一段视频中站在里克·罗斯旁边说道，里克·罗斯也在周五晚上表演。

Rick Ross & Snoop Dogg performing at Donald Trump’s crypto ball event in DC

里克·罗斯 (Rick Ross) 和史努比狗狗 (Snoop Dogg) 在唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 在华盛顿举办的加密舞会上表演

The ball began around 8 p.m. Attendees paid $2,500 to get into the building, a price tag that included an open bar but no dinner. Videos from the party suggest that gender parity was not achieved. But there was a wide range of ages of men at least. Rushi Manche, a 22-year-old dropout and crypto founder in attendance says there is a “crypto brain drain” right now and that he looks forward to the U.S. becoming more of a hub for the industry when Trump establishes clear rules. “A lot of my peers are saying. ‘Hey, I want to build my company in Singapore. I want to build my company in the Cayman Islands because I don’t feel comfortable in the U.S.,” he said.

舞会于晚上 8 点左右开始，与会者支付 2,500 美元进入大楼，这个价格包括一个开放的酒吧，但不包括晚餐。来自该党的视频显示，性别平等并未实现。但至少男性的年龄范围很广。出席会议的 22 岁辍学者、加密货币创始人 Rushi Manche 表示，目前存在“加密货币人才外流”，他期待特朗普制定明确规则时，美国成为该行业的中心。 “很多同行都这么说。 “嘿，我想在新加坡建立我的公司。我想在开曼群岛建立我的公司，因为我在美国感觉不舒服，”他说。

For $100,000, Crypto Ball attendees could pay for a VIP ticket and gain access to a roped-off area overlooking the main crowd, where D.C. and BTC figures mingled with the likes of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Jr., Michael Saylor, Scott Bessent, Peter Thiel, and Howard Lutnick. Or they could just sneak right in. Nick O’Neill — who runs an NFT company and went viral last year for parodying the crypto-bro lifestyle — says that he saw people ducking security to get with the stars. “Someone told me that they met multiple disgraced congressman,” said

只需花费 10 万美元，加密舞会的与会者就可以购买 VIP 门票，并进入一个用绳子围起来的区域，俯瞰主要人群，那里有 DC 和 BTC 人物，还有 Ted Cruz、Donald Trump Jr.、Michael Saylor、Scott Bessent、彼得·泰尔和霍华德·勒特尼克。或者他们可以直接潜入。尼克·奥尼尔（Nick O'Neill）经营着一家 NFT 公司，去年因模仿加密货币兄弟的生活方式而走红，他说他看到人们为了与明星交往而躲避安检。 “有人告诉我，他们遇到了多名丢脸的国会议员，”说