特朗普就职前几天推出新模因币，批评者称其为“伊迪·阿明级腐败”

特朗普将新的金融产品描述为“胜利！”一位批评家将其描述为“伊迪·阿明级别的腐败”。

On Friday night, just days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social to celebrate…the launch of his new meme coin.

周五晚上，就职典礼前几天，当选总统唐纳德·特朗普在 Truth Social 上庆祝……他的新模因币的推出。

“It’s time to celebrate everything we stand for,” he wrote, adding: “WINNING!” It’s a move that, at least on paper, seemed to inflate Trump’s personal wealth by billions ahead of ushering in the most crypto-friendly administration in history.

“是时候庆祝我们所代表的一切了，”他写道，并补充道：“胜利！”至少从表面上看，此举似乎使特朗普的个人财富膨胀了数十亿美元，从而迎来了历史上对加密货币最友好的政府。

With this launch, Trump joins the ranks of celebrities like Iggy Azalea, Caitlyn Jenner, and more recently, Haliey Welch, better known as the “Hawk Tuah” girl, all of whom have launched their own meme coins in the last year. Wired describes these currencies as “a type of cryptocurrency that generally has no utility beyond financial speculation.”

通过这次发行，特朗普加入了伊基·阿塞莉亚 (Iggy Azalea)、凯特琳·詹纳 (Caitlyn Jenner) 以及最近的哈莉·韦尔奇 (Haliey Welch) 等名人的行列，他们更出名的是“Hawk Tuah”女孩，他们都在去年推出了自己的模因币。 《连线》将这些货币描述为“一种除了金融投机之外通常没有任何用处的加密货币”。

Trump’s coin has recently reached a market capitalization of $5.2 billion and a fully diluted valuation of $26 billion, referring to the theoretical value if all possible coins were in circulation. Trump’s new pal Elon Musk is known for being a big proponent of one of the most famous meme coins, the dogecoin, named for the same meme that inspired his newly created Department of Government Efficiency.

特朗普的硬币最近市值达到 52 亿美元，完全摊薄后的估值为 260 亿美元，指的是所有可能的硬币流通时的理论价值。特朗普的新朋友埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 因大力支持最著名的模因币之一——狗狗币而闻名，该币的名字来源于激发他新成立的政府效率部的同一个模因。

“It is literally cashing in on the presidency.”

“这实际上是在利用总统职位赚钱。”

Though the website for the coin states that it “is not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign or any political office or governmental agency,” some critics argue that there are serious ethical concerns. “Unlike traditional Trump-branded ventures, cryptocurrency’s pseudonymous nature means anyone globally can invest without identity checks, potentially creating concerns about undue influence on a sitting president,” Boaz Sobrado, a fintech analyst, wrote in Forbes. Adav Noti, the executive director of Campaign Legal Center, noted in the New York Times that, “it is literally cashing in on the presidency—creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office.”

尽管该硬币的网站声称它“不是政治性的，与任何政治运动或任何政治办公室或政府机构无关”，但一些批评者认为存在严重的道德问题。金融科技分析师 Boaz Sobrado 在《福布斯》上写道：“与传统的特朗普品牌企业不同，加密货币的匿名性质意味着全球任何人都可以在没有身份检查的情况下进行投资，这可能会引发对现任总统不当影响的担忧。”竞选法律中心执行主任阿达夫·诺蒂（Adav Noti）在《纽约时报》上指出，“这实际上是在利用总统职位兑现——创造一种金融工具，这样人们就可以向总统的家人转账与他的办公室有关的钱。”

“We now have a president-elect who, the weekend before inauguration, is launching new businesses along with promises to deregulate,” Jordan Libowitz, vice president for communications at the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told Politico.

“我们现在有了一位当选总统，他在就职前的周末推出了新业务，并承诺放松管制，”华盛顿非营利组织“公民责任与道德”负责通讯的副总裁乔丹·利博维茨告诉《政客》杂志。

Trump’s own former spokesperson, now a staunch critic, Anthony Scaramucci posted that $TRUMP is “Idi Amin level corruption,” and “mocks the industry we are working so hard to build.”

特朗普自己的前发言人、现在的坚定批评者安东尼·斯卡拉穆奇 (Anthony Scaramucci) 发帖称 $TRUMP 是“伊迪·阿明级别的腐败”，并且“嘲笑我们正在努力建设的行业”。

The meme coin is just the latest in a bizarre line of grifty, super-weird takes on “merch.” Last February, Trump showed off gold “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 at Sneaker Con, which had Fox News applauding his appeal to Black voters. In March, he began endorsing the $59.99 “God Bless the USA Bible,” which includes the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and handwritten lyrics to the chorus of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” (Trump’s inaugural committee has confirmed that he will not be using one of these Bibles to swear the presidential oath of office on Monday.) In August, Trump released a new round of his “baseball card” NFTs. “These cards show me dancing and even holding some Bitcoins,” Trump explained in a video on Truth Social. Maybe in the next round, he’ll be holding his own meme coins.

这款模因硬币只是一系列怪诞、超怪异的“商品”中的最新一个。去年 2 月，特朗普在 Sneaker Con 上展示了售价 399 美元的金色“Never Surrender 高帮”鞋，福克斯新闻对他对黑人选民的吸引力表示赞赏。 3 月份，他开始认可价值 59.99 美元的《上帝保佑美国圣经》，其中包括宪法、权利法案以及李·格林伍德 (Lee Greenwood) 的《上帝保佑美国》合唱团的手写歌词。 （特朗普的就职委员会已确认，他周一不会使用其中一本圣经来宣誓就职。）8 月，特朗普发布了新一轮的“棒球卡”NFT。 “这些卡片上我跳舞，甚至拿着一些比特币，”特朗普在 Truth Social 的视频中解释道。也许在下一轮中，他将持有自己的模因币。