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Jared Moskowitz and Zeke Faux: Scams Galore

2025/2/19
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Zeke Faux: 我认为加密货币骗局可能是特朗普执政时期最重要的事件之一,但媒体对此关注较少,部分原因是受众群体与加密货币圈的重叠较小,许多记者也不了解或轻视这一领域。加密货币领域人士擅长使用专业术语,使事情看起来比实际复杂得多,从而掩盖其本质上的愚蠢。比特币最初旨在替代传统货币,但这一目标并未实现;如今,大多数加密货币并非作为货币使用,而是代表着各种不同的东西,例如公司股份、网络份额或纯粹的投机工具。与其他加密货币相比,与美元挂钩的稳定币(如Tether)得到了更广泛的应用,其主要原因在于其价格稳定性以及在犯罪活动中的用途。特朗普推出的特朗普币在发布初期价格暴涨,但随后暴跌,尽管如此,特朗普本人仍从中获利约1亿美元。美国证券交易委员会正在调查贾斯廷·孙,他向特朗普的加密货币项目投资了5600万美元,声称这与他的案件无关。霍华德·卢特尼克,现任商务部部长,与Tether稳定币有密切关系,并为其提供资金支持,这引发了争议。美国政府对加密货币的监管存在利益冲突,因为负责监管的人员本身就是加密货币行业的投资者。比特币储备计划是将政府资金投入比特币的计划,这将有利于已经持有比特币的人,并可能导致政府财政风险。阿根廷总统费尔南德斯参与的加密货币Libra项目经历了价格暴涨和暴跌,这引发了争议,但他本人否认其参与其中。许多支持者对这些明显的骗局反应平淡,因为他们相信比特币的价格最终会上涨。 Tim Miller: 我同意你的观点,加密货币骗局应该受到更多关注。

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Crypto should be one of the biggest stories out of the Trump administration, but the crypto guys are really good at making it seem more complicated than it is. Bloomberg's Zeke Faux joins Tim to run down the ins-and-outs, and the players—including the Chinese businessman facing SEC charges who swears the $56 million he gave Trump has absolutely nothing, zero, zilch to do with his case. Meanwhile, we're about to find out how much Republicans really care about the deficit with the coming budget, and the Democrats must not cave. Plus, Elon's crappy math, America would not get anything out of Trump's deal with Russia, and Tuesday's violence in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Zeke Faux join Tim Miller.

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