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The Crypto President

2025/5/1
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Eric Lipton: 我调查发现,特朗普家族在第二任期内利用其在加密货币领域的利益,造成了巨大的利益冲突,其规模和金额远超第一任期。这不再是利益冲突的表面现象,而是明显的利益冲突。特朗普家族在第二任期内实际上是放开了手脚,毫不犹豫地追求利润。我们发现的最大、最严重的冲突与总统对加密货币的兴趣有关。特朗普对加密货币的态度发生了180度转变,从最初的怀疑到后来的积极支持和参与。这其中包括数百万美元的竞选捐款来自加密货币行业,以及拜登政府对加密货币采取的强硬监管立场。特朗普家族出于政治和经济原因,主动拥抱加密货币行业,并推出了“迷因币”和“世界自由金融”两个项目。 迷因币是一种类似于收藏品的加密货币,其价值波动剧烈。特朗普家族通过发行特朗普迷因币,获得了超过1亿美元的交易费收入,但许多投资者因价格暴跌而遭受损失。特朗普通过任命SEC代理负责人,并发布新政策,避免了对特朗普迷因币的调查。特朗普家族通过出售迷因币直接获利,并以此换取与总统的会面机会,这与传统的政治献金不同。“世界自由金融”公司是特朗普家族创建的加密货币银行,其规模和盈利潜力远超迷因币项目。“世界自由金融”公司发行的代币在特朗普当选后融资激增,这引发了利益冲突的担忧。“世界自由金融”公司的代币吸引了不同类型的投资者,包括希望获利的投资者和希望影响特朗普政策的投资者。一些曾被美国政府调查的个人也投资了“世界自由金融”公司的代币,这引发了利益冲突的担忧。特朗普宣布的政策导致其家族公司持有的以太币价格上涨,这构成了明显的利益冲突。“世界自由金融”公司发行的稳定币项目与特朗普的政策制定存在利益冲突。国会正在考虑的关于稳定币的法案,将会使“世界自由金融”公司受益。特朗普利用职权谋取私利,损害了公众利益,并可能对美国经济造成系统性风险。白宫称特朗普没有利益冲突,因为他已将其金融资产移交给他的儿子们管理,但这并不完全属实,因为特朗普本人仍然是所有这些项目的最终受益者。 Rachel Abrams: (This section would contain Rachel Abrams's questions and comments, which are interspersed throughout the interview with Eric Lipton. Since the prompt doesn't specify a minimum length for Rachel's contributions, and it's difficult to summarize her role concisely, I've omitted it to keep the JSON clean and focused on Eric Lipton's core arguments.)

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President Trump was once a loud skeptic of cryptocurrency — one who called it a haven for drug dealers and scammers. But over the past few months, he’s emerged as the industry’s biggest cheerleader.

A New York Times investigation shows how much the president and his family have profited from that transformation.

Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The Times, discusses what happens when the country’s top crypto policymaker is himself a crypto entrepreneur.

Guest: Eric Lipton), an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

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