Ripple 的 XRP 代币（XRP/USD）已成为加密货币领域涨幅最大的货币之一，并可能受益于唐纳德·特朗普赢得 2024 年大选

Ripple Labs 高管也与特朗普会面，引发了对其未来的乐观情绪。让我们回顾一下另一位与瑞波币有联系的总统以及有多少关系

Donald Trump met with Ripple Labs executives at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday evening, according to a post by Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on social media platform X.

根据 Ripple 首席执行官布拉德·加林豪斯 (Brad Garlinghouse) 在社交媒体平台 X 上发布的帖子，唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 周四晚上在海湖庄园会见了 Ripple Labs 高管。

"Great dinner last night with Donald Trump & Stuart Alderoty," wrote Garlinghouse in a post on the platform, which also included a photo of himself, Trump and Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty.

加林豪斯在该平台上的一篇帖子中写道：“昨晚与唐纳德·特朗普和斯图尔特·阿尔德罗蒂共进了丰盛的晚餐。”该帖子还附上了他本人、特朗普和 Ripple 首席法律官斯图尔特·阿尔德罗蒂的照片。

"Strong start to 2025!" the CEO added in the post.

“2025 年开局强劲！”首席执行官在帖子中补充道。

The meeting comes as XRP, the native token of Ripple's XRP Ledger, has soared following Trump's win in the 2024 election. While XRP has not yet returned to all-time highs set back in early 2018, the cryptocurrency is up over 300% in the last year.

这次会议召开之际，随着特朗普在 2024 年大选中获胜，Ripple 的 XRP 账本的原生代币 XRP 飙升。尽管 XRP 尚未恢复到 2018 年初创下的历史高点，但该加密货币在去年已经上涨了 300% 以上。

"We're also seeing 75% of Ripple's job openings based in the U.S. now, which is a stark contrast to where our hiring was over the past four years," Garlinghouse said in a recent interview with Fox Business.

加林豪斯在最近接受福克斯商业频道采访时表示：“我们还看到，Ripple 目前 75% 的职位空缺都在美国，这与我们过去四年的招聘情况形成鲜明对比。”

"And we signed more U.S. deals in the last six weeks of 2024 than we did in the previous six months of the year. So, things are opening up here."

“我们在 2024 年最后六周签署的美国协议比今年前六个月还要多。所以，事情正在开放。”

Ripple executives have been sounding optimistic about the new White House administration and are letting investors and XRP holders know that Trump could be good for the company and its token.

Ripple 高管一直对新任白宫政府表示乐观，并让投资者和 XRP 持有者知道特朗普可能对公司及其代币有利。

"Say what you want, but the ‘Trump effect' is already making crypto great again — through his campaign, and in the administration's day 1 priorities," Garlinghouse said in a recent tweet.

加林豪斯在最近的一条推文中表示：“随你怎么说，但‘特朗普效应’已经让加密货币再次伟大起来——通过他的竞选活动，以及政府第一天的优先事项。”

"And we're just getting started. Pay attention."

“我们才刚刚开始。请注意。”

While Trump becoming president could be good for cryptocurrencies and also help end Ripple's legal battles with the SEC, he's not the first former president to show support for Ripple.

虽然特朗普成为总统可能有利于加密货币，也有助于结束 Ripple 与 SEC 的法律斗争，但他并不是第一个表示支持 Ripple 的前总统。

It may be hard to imagine given the climate for cryptocurrency at the time, but in 2018, Ripple was able to book former President Bill Clinton as a keynote at its Swell Conference.

考虑到当时的加密货币环境，这可能很难想象，但在 2018 年，Ripple 邀请前总统比尔·克林顿作为其 Swell 会议的主题演讲。

"We are thrilled to announce President Bill Clinton will be joining us at Swell to discuss the staggering possibilities of blockchain technology," Ripple announced in a press release in July 2018.

Ripple 在 2018 年 7 月的新闻稿中宣布：“我们很高兴宣布比尔·克林顿总统将加入我们的 Swell，讨论区块链技术的惊人可能性。”

Clinton's speech was given on Oct. 1, 2018, where he talked about numerous topics during his keynote interview with a former advisor, while also highlighting the potential of blockchain.

克林顿于 2018 年 10 月 1 日发表演讲，在与前顾问的主题采访中谈到了许多话题，同时也强调了区块链的潜力。

"This whole blockchain deal has the potential it does only because it is applicable across national borders (and) income groups," Clinton said, according to TechCrunch.

据 TechCrunch 报道，克林顿表示：“整个区块链交易之所以具有潜力，是因为它适用于跨国界（和）收入群体。”

Clinton also warned that the cryptocurrency industry should not get ahead of itself or financial and social inequalities could be magnified.

克林顿还警告说，加密货币行业不应超前，否则金融和社会不平等可能会被放大。

"The more the benefits materialize, the more you have to be careful about it," Clinton said.

“好处越多，你就越要小心，”克林顿说。

"If you don't pay attention to that, you will magnify the financial inequalities and the social inequalities that already exist in our country and around the world."

“如果你不注意这一点，你就会放大我们国家和世界各地已经存在的金融不平等和社会不平等。”

Investing $1,000 in XRP: Clinton's speech may have served as more of a validation for XRP and Ripple than anything, as the former president devoted a minimal amount of his keynote to talking about blockchain.

投资 1,000 美元购买 XRP：克林顿的演讲可能更多地是对 XRP 和 Ripple 的验证，因为这位前总统在他的主题演讲中只用了很少的时间来谈论区块链。

Still, getting a former president to come to a cryptocurrency conference in 2018 was a big deal and could have been a time for investors to recognize how early things were in terms of validation and public adoption.

尽管如此，让一位前总统参加 2018 年的加密货币会议仍然是一件大事，也可能让投资者认识到在验证和公众采用方面事情还处于早期阶段。

XRP traded at a high of $0.6023 on Oct. 1, 2018, when Clinton gave his speech. A $1,000 investment at the time could have purchased 1,660.30 XRP.

2018 年 10 月 1 日克林顿发表演讲时，XRP 交易价格达到 0.6023 美元的高位。当时投资 1,000 美元可以购买 1,660.30 XRP。

Today, the $1,000 investment would be worth $3,785.48, based on a price of $2.28 at the time of writing. This represents a return of 278.5% since Clinton's speech.

如今，基于撰写本文时 2.28 美元的价格，1,000 美元的投资价值 3,785.48 美元。这意味着自克林顿演讲以来回报率为 278.5%。

For comparison, the same $1,000 invested in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY), which tracks the S&P 500 stock index, would have returned less over the same time period.

相比之下，如果将同样的 1,000 美元投资于跟踪 S&P 500 股票指数的 SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY)，则在同一时期内的回报会更少。

The $1,000 investment in the SPY could have purchased 3.79 shares at the time, which would be worth $2,234.17 at the time of writing, up 123.7%.

对 SPY 的 1,000 美元投资当时可以购买 3.79 股，在撰写本文时价值 2,234.17 美元，上涨 123.7%。

While there is no guarantee that XRP will continue going up in 2025, a new White House administration considered to be pro-crypto could continue the momentum and build upon what one former president once said about the "staggering" possibilities of the blockchain.

虽然不能保证 XRP 会在 2025 年继续上涨，但被认为支持加密货币的新一届白宫政府可能会继续保持这一势头，并以一位前总统曾经说过的区块链“令人震惊”的可能性为基础。