美联储主席鲍威尔削弱比特币涨势，称央行“无意”储存加密资产

美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔周三表示，美国央行无意参与政府储存大量比特币的任何行动。

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank has no interest in participating in any government effort to build a large bitcoin reserve.

美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔周三表示，美国央行没有兴趣参与任何政府建立大规模比特币储备的努力。

“We’re not permitted to own bitcoin,” Powell said at a press conference following the Fed’s latest two-day policy meeting, in which policymakers cut rates as expected while signaling a less certain path for monetary policy in the months to come. On the legal issues around holding bitcoin, “that’s the kind of thing for Congress to consider, but we are not looking for a law change at the Fed,” Powell said.

“我们不被允许拥有比特币，”鲍威尔在美联储最新的为期两天的政策会议后的新闻发布会上表示，政策制定者按预期降息，同时暗示未来几个月货币政策的路径不太确定。关于持有比特币的法律问题，“这是国会需要考虑的事情，但我们并不寻求美联储修改法律，”鲍威尔说。

The Fed chief was addressing the prospect of central bank involvement in the idea of the government building a so-called Strategic Bitcoin Reserve once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

这位美联储主席正在讨论一旦当选总统唐纳德·特朗普就职后央行参与政府建立所谓的战略比特币储备的想法的前景。

Powell’s comments weighed on the value of bitcoin, which has rallied sharply along with other crypto assets since Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 election on the prospect of a more hands-off government approach to a class of assets that rarely functions as actual money, but is instead largely used as a vehicle for speculation.

鲍威尔的言论打压了比特币的价值，自特朗普在 11 月 5 日大选中获胜以来，比特币与其他加密资产一起大幅上涨，原因是政府对一类很少充当实际货币的资产采取更加放手的态度。但主要被用作投机的工具。

Trump has suggested he will create a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve.

特朗普暗示他将建立美国比特币战略储备。

But the incoming president has not provided details on what such a reserve would entail, beyond saying its initial holdings could include bitcoin seized from criminals, a stockpile of about 200,000 tokens worth about $21 billion at current prices.

但这位即将上任的总统并未提供有关此类储备的详细信息，只是表示其最初持有的资产可能包括从犯罪分子手中缴获的比特币，即约 20 万枚代币的库存，按当前价格计算价值约 210 亿美元。

Bitcoin has more than doubled this year to over $100,000 on optimism over Trump’s pro-crypto stance. The asset has been volatile in its 15 years of existence, which analysts say reduces its utility as a store of value or a unit of exchange, key attributes of a reserve currency.

由于对特朗普支持加密货币的立场持乐观态度，比特币今年已经上涨了一倍多，达到 10 万美元以上。该资产在其存在的 15 年中一直波动较大，分析师表示，这降低了其作为储备货币的关键属性——价值储存或交换单位的效用。

Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has introduced a bill to create such a reserve, under which the U.S. Treasury would buy 200,000 bitcoins annually until the stockpile reaches one million tokens. The purchases would be funded by Fed bank deposits and gold holdings.

共和党参议员 Cynthia Lummis 提出了一项设立此类储备的法案，根据该法案，美国财政部将每年购买 20 万枚比特币，直到储备达到 100 万枚。购买的资金将来自美联储银行存款和持有的黄金。

Funding a strategic bitcoin reserve would likely require the approval of Congress and the issuance of new Treasury debt, according to an analysis published this week by Barclays. Given the likely ways such a reserve could be created, “we suspect such a plan would face stiff resistance from the Fed,” Barclays analysts said.

根据巴克莱银行本周发布的分析，为比特币战略储备提供资金可能需要国会的批准并发行新的国债。巴克莱分析师表示，考虑到建立此类储备的可能方式，“我们怀疑此类计划将面临美联储的强烈抵制”。

More broadly, Fed officials have been skeptical of assets like bitcoin as they have also backed away from their own efforts to create a fully digital dollar in favor of allowing the private sector to innovate payments technologies.

更广泛地说，美联储官员一直对比特币等资产持怀疑态度，因为他们也放弃了自己创建完全数字美元的努力，转而支持允许私营部门创新支付技术。

The Fed’s main role regarding cryptocurrencies appears to center on how those assets might affect consumer and banking sector safety.

美联储在加密货币方面的主要作用似乎集中在这些资产如何影响消费者和银行业的安全。

“We regulate and supervise banks and we would want the interaction between the crypto business and the banks … not to threaten the health and well-being of the banks,” Powell said on Dec. 4. But he also noted at that time that when it comes to crypto assets, “we don’t regulate it directly.”

鲍威尔在 12 月 4 日表示：“我们监管和监督银行，我们希望加密货币业务与银行之间的互动……不要威胁银行的健康和福祉。”但他当时也指出，当谈到加密资产，“我们不直接对其进行监管。”

Trump plans to appoint former PayPal executive David Sacks to the newly-created position of White House AI and Crypto Czar, and pro-crypto consultant Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission.

特朗普计划任命 PayPal 前高管戴维·萨克斯 (David Sacks) 担任新设立的白宫人工智能和加密货币沙皇职位，并任命支持加密货币的顾问保罗·阿特金斯 (Paul Atkins) 领导证券交易委员会。