加密货币行业已经做出选择：唐纳德·特朗普

就在本周于纳什维尔举行为期三天的比特币 2024 会议之前，与双胞胎兄弟卡梅伦共同创立了加密货币交易所 Gemini 的比特币亿万富翁泰勒·文克莱沃斯 (Tyler Winklevoss) 对民主党总统候选人卡马拉·哈里斯 (Kamala Harris) 发表了严厉的言论。

Billionaire bitcoin bros are betting big on Donald Trump.

亿万富翁比特币兄弟在唐纳德·特朗普身上下了大注。

Just before the three-day Bitcoin 2024 conference got underway in Nashville this week, Tyler Winklevoss, the bitcoin billionaire who founded the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini with his twin brother Cameron, had harsh words for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. He was incensed that after years of tension between the Biden administration and the crypto industry — many in the space have complained of a regulatory crackdown — the vice president had declined an invitation to the annual bitcoin extravaganza.

就在本周于纳什维尔举行为期三天的比特币 2024 会议之前，与双胞胎兄弟卡梅伦共同创立了加密货币交易所 Gemini 的比特币亿万富翁泰勒·文克莱沃斯 (Tyler Winklevoss) 对民主党总统候选人卡马拉·哈里斯 (Kamala Harris) 发表了严厉的言论。他感到愤怒的是，在拜登政府和加密货币行业之间多年来关系紧张之后——该领域的许多人抱怨监管打压——副总统拒绝了参加年度比特币盛会的邀请。

“She can’t even take the first step and show up to start mending fences,” Winklevoss tweeted on Wednesday. He added, ominously: “Our industry won’t forget this. We will show no mercy in November.”

“她甚至无法迈出第一步，开始修补栅栏，”温克莱沃斯周三在推特上写道。他不祥地补充道：“我们的行业不会忘记这一点。 11月我们将毫不留情。”

Earlier that day, Bitcoin Magazine CEO David Bailey, the organizer of the event, claimed in a tweet that a Democratic donor had told him Harris privately says that “Bitcoin is money for criminals.” (While the sum of money collected annually through crypto-based crime is in the billions, this represents a relatively small percentage of transactions.)

当天早些时候，该活动的组织者、《比特币杂志》首席执行官大卫·贝利 (David Bailey) 在一条推文中声称，一位民主党捐助者告诉他，哈里斯私下里说“比特币是犯罪分子的钱”。 （虽然每年通过基于加密货币的犯罪收集的资金总额达数十亿美元，但这仅占交易的一小部分。）

Meanwhile, feverish rumors that an increasingly crypto-friendly Donald Trump might use his keynote speech at the conference to announce plans for adopting Bitcoin as a U.S. strategic reserve asset caused the price to surge. It had also soared after he survived an assassination attempt earlier this month, temporarily boosting confidence in his election bid.

与此同时，有关加密货币日益友好的唐纳德·特朗普可能会利用他在会议上的主题演讲宣布采用比特币作为美国战略储备资产的计划的狂热传言导致价格飙升。本月早些时候，他在一次暗杀企图中幸存后，股价也飙升，暂时增强了人们对他竞选的信心。

The Biden-Harris Administration wages all-out war on the crypto industry for 4 years. Despite all of this, Kamala is still invited to the @TheBitcoinConf in Nashville and given a chance to speak to our industry and reset the relationship.

拜登-哈里斯政府对加密货币行业发动了长达四年的全面战争。尽管如此，卡玛拉仍然受邀参加纳什维尔的@TheBitcoinConf，并有机会与我们的行业对话并重置关系。

What does she do? She declines.

她是做什么的？她拒绝了。

She can’t…

她不能……

I’m sorry, but you don’t get to just screw our industry over for 4 years, push operation choke point, enlist Gensler and Warren as your Champions, and then just pretend you’re hip with Bitcoin.

抱歉，你不能把我们的行业搞砸四年，推动运营瓶颈，让 Gensler 和 Warren 作为你的拥护者，然后假装你很喜欢比特币。

Major democrat donor told me Kamala says privately “Bitcoin is money for criminals”

主要民主党捐助者告诉我卡马拉私下说“比特币是犯罪分子的钱”

But Harris had every reason to feel unwelcome at a bitcoin convention. Chief among them is that tech oligarchs and the crypto crowd have already thrown their lot in with Trump as they seek a freer hand in the economy of digital assets. Trump, meanwhile, has aggressively courted the movers and shakers of crypto finance, trying to sell himself as “the crypto president” who can reverse Joe Biden’s attempts to rein in the sector — this despite commenting himself in 2021 that bitcoin “seems like a scam.”

但哈里斯有充分的理由在比特币大会上感到不受欢迎。其中最主要的是，科技寡头和加密货币人群已经与特朗普站在一起，寻求在数字资产经济中更自由地发展。与此同时，特朗普积极讨好加密货币金融的推动者和撼动者，试图将自己推销为“加密货币总统”，他可以扭转乔·拜登控制该行业的企图——尽管他自己在 2021 年评论称比特币“似乎是一个骗局” ”。

In Saturday’s speech, Trump said that if he wins, “the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the bitcoin superpower of the world,” adding: “If crypto is going to define the future, I want to be mined, minted, and made in the USA. It’s not going to be made anywhere else. And if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say … I want America to be the nation that leads the way, and that’s what’s going to happen. So you’re going to be very happy with me.”

特朗普在周六的演讲中表示，如果他获胜，“美国将成为地球的加密之都和世界的比特币超级大国”，并补充道：“如果加密将定义未来，我希望被开采，美国铸造和制造。它不会在其他任何地方制造。如果比特币要登上月球，正如我们所说……我希望美国成为引领潮流的国家，而这就是将会发生的事情。所以你和我在一起一定会很开心。”

Trump outlined several steps he would take to aid the crypto industry. “The day I take the oath of office, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ anti-crypto crusade will be over,” he said. Trump pledged, to great applause, that he would immediately fire Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler, and replace him with an industry-friendly regulator. He said he would create a presidential crypto advisory council to create a new regulatory framework that would “benefit” the industry. And he warned the audience that if Democrats win in November, “every one of you will be gone. They will be vicious. They will be ruthless. They will do things that you wouldn’t believe.”

特朗普概述了他将采取的几项援助加密货币行业的措施。 “在我宣誓就职的那一天，乔·拜登和卡马拉·哈里斯的反加密运动将结束，”他说。特朗普承诺，他将立即解雇美国证券交易委员会主席加里·詹斯勒，并以一位对行业友好的监管机构取而代之，赢得了热烈的掌声。他表示，他将成立一个总统加密咨询委员会，以创建一个新的监管框架，以“造福”该行业。他警告观众，如果民主党在 11 月获胜，“你们每个人都会消失。他们会很恶毒。他们将是无情的。他们会做出你不敢相信的事情。”

The remarks should fuel even more donations from crypto bulls already betting on Trump. Bitcoin Magazine’s Bailey, for his part, committed to a goal of raising $15 million for Trump’s campaign during the Nashville event.

这些言论应该会推动已经押注特朗普的加密货币多头提供更多捐款。比特币杂志的贝利则承诺在纳什维尔活动期间为特朗普的竞选活动筹集 1500 万美元的目标。

Last month, the Winklevoss brothers — whose Gemini this year settled a lawsuit from the state of New York over a frozen crypto lending program, returning $2.2 billion to customers and paying a $37 million fine — pledged $1 million in bitcoin each to Trump’s campaign. The amounts exceeded the $844,600 maximum that the Trump 47 Committee, the joint fundraising group to which they donated, can legally accept from an individual, and the Winklevosses had the difference refunded. (Among other spending on GOP campaigns, the committee funnels money toward covering Trump’s legal bills.) They also each chipped in $250,000 for America PAC, the super PAC through which Elon Musk and allies are backing Trump.

上个月，Winklevoss 兄弟承诺向特朗普的竞选团队每人捐赠 100 万美元的比特币。今年，Winklevoss 兄弟的 Gemini 解决了纽约州关于冻结加密货币贷款计划的诉讼，向客户返还 22 亿美元，并支付了 3700 万美元的罚款。这些金额超出了特朗普 47 委员会（他们向其捐赠的联合筹款团体）可以合法接受个人捐赠的 844,600 美元的最高限额，温克莱沃斯夫妇已退还差额。 （除了共和党竞选活动的其他支出外，该委员会还将资金用于支付特朗普的法律费用。）他们还每人为美国政治行动委员会（America PAC）捐款 25 万美元，这是埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）及其盟友支持特朗普的超级政治行动委员会。

Other America PAC donors include Shaun Maguire of VC firm Sequoia Capital, who has expressed interest in “legitimizing” crypto and announced a $300,

美国 PAC 的其他捐助者包括风险投资公司红杉资本的肖恩·马奎尔 (Shaun Maguire)，他表示有兴趣使加密货币“合法化”，并宣布捐赠 300 美元，