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What Trump Means for Tech: Crypto Gets a Seat at the Table

2025/2/3
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Telis Demos: 我认为特朗普对加密货币的立场目前尚不明确。虽然他和梅拉尼娅都持有所谓的meme coin,但这并没有转化为太多官方行动。他签署了一项行政命令,其中一些关键点包括指示政府放弃开发官方美国数字货币,这在拜登政府时期曾被探索过;同时,该命令还指示政府机构简化加密货币公司开设银行账户的流程。此外,该命令还成立了一个工作组,负责研究稳定币和加密市场结构的监管和立法提案,旨在解决美国证券交易委员会(SEC)此前对加密交易所提出的质疑,例如Coinbase和Ripple等公司被指控运营未经授权的交易所,并列出不符合规定的证券。 我认为,特朗普政府可能会通过更换SEC领导层,以及停止或撤销针对Coinbase和Ripple等公司的诉讼,来改变加密货币的监管方向。Coinbase的首席执行官最近表示,鉴于涌现出大量的加密货币,对所有加密货币进行逐一审查是不现实的,他建议了一种新的上市方式:先上市,再根据用户反馈移除有问题的币种。这与Gensler领导下的SEC政策截然不同。 如果银行认为加密货币在监管方面更加安全,它们仍然需要仔细衡量加密货币存款的风险,因为这些存款随时可能消失。此外,稳定币的兴起也可能对银行构成竞争,因为人们可能会选择将资金存入稳定币而不是银行。如果取消对加密公司的限制,银行可能会担心失去业务。当然,从华尔街投资银行的角度来看,如果更多加密公司上市、合并或融资,这对银行家来说是有利的。但从日常存款和贷款的角度来看,我不确定这对银行是否有利。如果银行确信不会触犯反洗钱规定,它们可能会通过交易部门进行更多加密货币交易。 放松加密货币监管的风险在于,散户投资者可能会面临更多风险,但对押注加密货币的公司来说,这可能是一个增长机会。例如,Visa、PayPal和Block等支付公司,以及Coinbase和Robinhood等加密交易平台,其业务风险可能会降低。然而,如果每个人每天都有机会投资成千上万种不同的meme coin,那么选择到劣质币种的风险也会增加。 特朗普对加密货币的立场可能介于支持者和投机者之间,这取决于共和党内部对加密货币监管的不同观点。加密货币领域存在两种对立的观点:一种是去中心化,反对政府干预;另一种是支持监管,促进加密货币作为金融服务工具的发展。特朗普的立场将取决于未来几年哪一派在共和党内更有影响力。特朗普政府的政策存在矛盾:一方面支持去中心化,另一方面又想支持华尔街。这在加密货币领域也同样存在。

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This chapter explores President Trump's apparent support for cryptocurrency, his meme coin, and the impact of his executive order on crypto regulation. It discusses the potential changes in leadership at agencies like the SEC and the implications for companies like Coinbase and Ripple.
  • Trump's executive order directs the government to abandon work on a US digital currency and makes it easier for crypto companies to get bank accounts.
  • The order establishes a working group to examine regulatory and legislative proposals for stablecoins and market structure.
  • The potential change in SEC leadership could lead to a less stringent approach to crypto regulation, potentially allowing for a more lenient approach to listing coins on exchanges.

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Cryptocurrency was strictly regulated during the Biden administration, but President Trump may be looking to change) all that. On this encore presentation of our series exploring what Trump’s second term means for tech, WSJ Heard on the Street writer and WSJ’s Take On the Week co-host Telis Demos joins host Belle Lin to discuss the future of crypto, and what Trump’s meme coin) has to do with all of it.

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