Tether 也赢得了美国大选

据估计，Tether 是世界上人均利润最高的公司之一。 Tether 自称的资产基础超过 $120B，赚取利息、股息和资本增值，每位员工可以赚取数千万甚至数亿美元的利润。

While bitcoin stole the show among the top 10 crypto assets following Donald Trump’s resounding election victory, another digital asset also secured a massive victory — albeit quietly and without fanfare.

在唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)赢得大选后，比特币在十大加密资产中抢尽风头，而另一种数字资产也取得了巨大的胜利——尽管是悄悄地、没有大张旗鼓的。

As the Associated Press, NBC, Fox, and other news sources progressively called battleground states in Trump’s favor, traders watched bitcoin rally to a series of all-time highs. The tether between bitcoin and Trump was evident on real-time charts and displayed for the entire world to see.

随着美联社、NBC、福克斯和其他新闻来源逐渐称战场州对特朗普有利，交易员们目睹了比特币涨至一系列历史新高。比特币和特朗普之间的联系在实时图表上显而易见，并向全世界展示。

But another top-10 digital asset didn’t rally at all — despite securing a massive victory. Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, was trading at $1 yesterday and is at $1 today.

但另一种排名前十的数字资产却根本没有上涨——尽管取得了巨大的胜利。全球最大的稳定币 Tether (USDT) 昨天的交易价格为 1 美元，今天的交易价格为 1 美元。

Despite its unchanged price, careful market observers were in no doubt it had scored a significant victory.

尽管其价格没有变化，但仔细的市场观察者毫无疑问它取得了重大胜利。

Why Tether won as well as Trump

为什么 Tether 和特朗普一样获胜

By some estimates, Tether is one of the most profitable companies per employee in the world. Earning interest, dividends, and capital appreciation on its self-professed asset base in excess of $120 billion, Tether could be earning tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars in profit per employee.

据估计，Tether 是世界上人均利润最高的公司之一。 Tether 自称的资产基础超过 1200 亿美元，赚取利息、股息和资本增值，每位员工可以赚取数千万甚至数亿美元的利润。

Comfortably operating one of the most lucrative enterprises in the world, Tether’s biggest risk is governmental intervention. Because its source of assets is opaque and it has refused to audit its capital inflows, governments around the world have often threatened to investigate the company for failure to register, disclose, and comply with information-sharing requirements.

Tether 舒适地经营着世界上最赚钱的企业之一，最大的风险是政府干预。由于其资产来源不透明，并且拒绝审计其资本流入，世界各国政府经常威胁要调查该公司未能注册、披露和遵守信息共享要求的情况。

Carefully managing its governmental relations to avoid any shutdown has been Tether’s delicate dance since its inception a decade ago.

自十年前成立以来，谨慎管理政府关系以避免任何关闭一直是 Tether 的微妙之举。

To help with managing this effort, Tether has gained a prominent ally in the largest government in the world today: Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald.

为了帮助管理这项工作，Tether 在当今世界上最大的政府中获得了一位重要盟友：Cantor Fitzgerald 首席执行官霍华德·卢特尼克 (Howard Lutnick)。

Lutnick is Co-Chair of Trump’s transition team

卢特尼克是特朗普过渡团队的联合主席

Endorsed by Trump and co-chairing his presidential transition committee, Lutnick has expansive powers to help Tether manage its US government relations for years to come. As co-chair of Trump’s transition team, Lutnick is uniquely able to suggest a list of appointments to various government posts at departments like the US Treasury.

Lutnick 得到特朗普的支持并担任总统过渡委员会的联合主席，拥有广泛的权力来帮助 Tether 在未来几年管理其美国政府关系。作为特朗普过渡团队的联合主席，卢特尼克拥有独特的能力，能够为美国财政部等部门的各个政府职位提出任命清单。

Lutnick has personally vouched for Tether in the past because, in his view, his role at Cantor Fitzgerald granted him unique visibility into Tether’s asset base. He publicly assured skeptics about Tether’s reserves backing its stablecoin on several occasions, noting “I manage many, many of their assets.” Lest there be any doubt, he continued, “they have the money they say they have.”

Lutnick 过去曾亲自为 Tether 提供担保，因为在他看来，他在 Cantor Fitzgerald 的职位使他能够对 Tether 的资产基础有独特的了解。他多次公开向质疑 Tether 储备支持其稳定币的人保证，并指出“我管理着他们很多很多的资产。”为了避免出现任何疑问，他继续说道，“他们有他们所说的钱。”

Cantor Fitzgerald manages billions of dollars worth of the assets backing USDT, including interest-earning US Treasury bonds.

Cantor Fitzgerald 管理着价值数十亿美元的支持 USDT 的资产，其中包括生息美国国债。

Lutnick is also a top contender for a presidential Cabinet position or even Secretary of the US Treasury.

卢特尼克也是总统内阁职位甚至美国财政部长的顶级竞争者。

In addition to Lutnick and his upcoming recommendations for presidential appointments of government workers who could be sympathetic to Tether, he is also friendly with the pro-stablecoin Bitcoin Policy Institute. As a leading think tank that will shape Trump’s policies for regulatory oversight of Tether, the Bitcoin Policy Institute has published lengthy policy recommendations that would favor Tether for years to come.

除了 Lutnick 和他即将提出的关于总统任命可能同情 Tether 的政府工作人员的建议之外，他还与支持稳定币的比特币政策研究所保持着友好关系。作为将制定特朗普对 Tether 监管政策的领先智囊团，比特币政策研究所发布了冗长的政策建议，这些建议在未来几年将有利于 Tether。