
数周以来,富豪们一直在抢购特朗普家族发行的加密货币,以期积累足够筹码,从而获得与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普共进晚餐的220个席位之一。正如特朗普官网所言:“竞争十分激烈。持有$TRUMP,否则只能沦为看客。”如今,排行榜已定,全球获胜者即将齐聚华盛顿特区,与世界上最有权势的人近距离接触。那么,究竟谁会出席呢?
尽管排行榜信息公开透明,但每位获胜者的真实身份都被匿名的区块链地址所掩盖,无从知晓。不过,《财富》杂志经分析发现,在前25名持有者中,有18人与币安(一家将美国人排除在外的外国加密货币交易所)存在交易关联,这一情况暗示他们极有可能是外国公民。
与此同时,部分获胜者——其中前25名获邀参加“超独家私人贵宾招待会”——已公开表明身份,或被一家加密货币分析公司确认身份。以下是三位受邀参加这场“晚宴”的嘉宾,批评人士称这场晚宴是前所未有的腐败案例。
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中国加密货币亿万富翁孙宇晨
根据周一的价格,位列榜首的钱包地址标注为“SUN”,其持有的特朗普迷因币价值超1800万美元。加密货币分析公司Arkham Intelligence和Nansen表示,该钱包与火币HTX有关,亿万富翁孙宇晨担任火币的全球顾问。
孙宇晨曾在3月向《福布斯》表示,其净资产超过400亿美元。但孙宇晨本人和火币HTX均未回应置评请求。
这位亿万富翁在加密货币领域颇具争议。出生于中国的孙宇晨创立了波场(Tron),据加密货币分析公司TRM Labs报告显示,2024年波场区块链上的非法活动占加密货币非法活动总量的58%。(不过,波场上的非法加密货币交易量较前一年减少了60亿美元。)
孙宇晨卷入了众多加密货币相关的争议事件。最近,有指控称其施压加密货币行业媒体CoinDesk,要求放弃发布关于他豪掷620万美元买下一根香蕉并当场食用的报道。
新加坡加密货币公司MemeCore
依据MemeCore公司的公开声明以及Nansen的数据,在特朗普迷因币持有量排行榜上,位居第二的是新加坡加密货币初创企业MemeCore,其持有的迷因币市值约达1750万美元。
MemeCore公司首席业务发展官许婷(Ting Hsu,音译)向《财富》杂志表示,该公司成立于2024年1月,正致力于为迷因币(这类因玩笑诞生、本身不具内在价值的加密货币)搭建区块链。她还指出,特朗普本人堪称最具“标志性”的迷因之一 。
许婷并未透露公司购置特朗普加密货币的资金来源细节,但她表示,部分资金源自公司“内部资金储备”,以及一位匿名联合创始人,她拒绝透露这位创始人的身份。据许婷称,这位匿名创始人将在5月22日参加与特朗普的晚宴。
这位Memecore高管不知道还有谁计划参加晚宴,她对宾客名单充满好奇。她问道:“你们为何想参加这场晚宴呢?”
澳大利亚投资者凯恩·沃里克
据《纽约时报》报道,澳大利亚加密货币投资者凯恩·沃里克(Kain Warwick)虽未跻身特朗普迷因币持有量排行榜前25名,但位列前220名。(沃里克尚未就《财富》杂志的置评请求作出回应。)
沃里克是加密货币公司Infinex的创始人。根据他在X平台上的账号信息,今年1月的一个周末午后,他正与孩子们打篮球,在社交媒体上获悉第47任美国总统推出了个人迷因币。
起初,他对这种加密货币是否真与特朗普挂钩心存疑虑,因而不遗余力地核实其真实性。最终他确认了此事,随即进行了投资,之后便继续陪伴孩子们玩耍。
然而,在带孩子们前往海滩的途中,他决定加大投资力度。“昨日的机遇千载难逢。”他在特朗普加密货币推出次日发文感慨道。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
数周以来,富豪们一直在抢购特朗普家族发行的加密货币,以期积累足够筹码,从而获得与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普共进晚餐的220个席位之一。正如特朗普官网所言:“竞争十分激烈。持有$TRUMP,否则只能沦为看客。”如今,排行榜已定,全球获胜者即将齐聚华盛顿特区,与世界上最有权势的人近距离接触。那么,究竟谁会出席呢?
尽管排行榜信息公开透明,但每位获胜者的真实身份都被匿名的区块链地址所掩盖,无从知晓。不过,《财富》杂志经分析发现,在前25名持有者中,有18人与币安(一家将美国人排除在外的外国加密货币交易所)存在交易关联,这一情况暗示他们极有可能是外国公民。
与此同时,部分获胜者——其中前25名获邀参加“超独家私人贵宾招待会”——已公开表明身份,或被一家加密货币分析公司确认身份。以下是三位受邀参加这场“晚宴”的嘉宾,批评人士称这场晚宴是前所未有的腐败案例。
白宫没有回应置评请求。
中国加密货币亿万富翁孙宇晨
根据周一的价格,位列榜首的钱包地址标注为“SUN”,其持有的特朗普迷因币价值超1800万美元。加密货币分析公司Arkham Intelligence和Nansen表示,该钱包与火币HTX有关,亿万富翁孙宇晨担任火币的全球顾问。
孙宇晨曾在3月向《福布斯》表示,其净资产超过400亿美元。但孙宇晨本人和火币HTX均未回应置评请求。
这位亿万富翁在加密货币领域颇具争议。出生于中国的孙宇晨创立了波场(Tron),据加密货币分析公司TRM Labs报告显示,2024年波场区块链上的非法活动占加密货币非法活动总量的58%。(不过,波场上的非法加密货币交易量较前一年减少了60亿美元。)
孙宇晨卷入了众多加密货币相关的争议事件。最近,有指控称其施压加密货币行业媒体CoinDesk,要求放弃发布关于他豪掷620万美元买下一根香蕉并当场食用的报道。
新加坡加密货币公司MemeCore
依据MemeCore公司的公开声明以及Nansen的数据,在特朗普迷因币持有量排行榜上,位居第二的是新加坡加密货币初创企业MemeCore,其持有的迷因币市值约达1750万美元。
MemeCore公司首席业务发展官许婷(Ting Hsu,音译)向《财富》杂志表示,该公司成立于2024年1月,正致力于为迷因币(这类因玩笑诞生、本身不具内在价值的加密货币)搭建区块链。她还指出,特朗普本人堪称最具“标志性”的迷因之一 。
许婷并未透露公司购置特朗普加密货币的资金来源细节,但她表示,部分资金源自公司“内部资金储备”,以及一位匿名联合创始人,她拒绝透露这位创始人的身份。据许婷称,这位匿名创始人将在5月22日参加与特朗普的晚宴。
这位Memecore高管不知道还有谁计划参加晚宴,她对宾客名单充满好奇。她问道:“你们为何想参加这场晚宴呢?”
澳大利亚投资者凯恩·沃里克
据《纽约时报》报道,澳大利亚加密货币投资者凯恩·沃里克(Kain Warwick)虽未跻身特朗普迷因币持有量排行榜前25名,但位列前220名。(沃里克尚未就《财富》杂志的置评请求作出回应。)
沃里克是加密货币公司Infinex的创始人。根据他在X平台上的账号信息,今年1月的一个周末午后,他正与孩子们打篮球,在社交媒体上获悉第47任美国总统推出了个人迷因币。
起初,他对这种加密货币是否真与特朗普挂钩心存疑虑,因而不遗余力地核实其真实性。最终他确认了此事,随即进行了投资,之后便继续陪伴孩子们玩耍。
然而,在带孩子们前往海滩的途中,他决定加大投资力度。“昨日的机遇千载难逢。”他在特朗普加密货币推出次日发文感慨道。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
For weeks, wealthy individuals have been scooping up the Trump family’s cryptocurrency in hopes of amassing enough to qualify for one of 220 seats at a dinner with President Donald Trump himself. In the words of Trump’s own website: “The competition is fierce. Own $TRUMP—or watch from the sidelines.” Now, the leaderboard is final and the winners from around the world are set to descend on Washington, D.C., to rub shoulders with the world’s most powerful man. So, who is going?
While the leaderboard is public, the identity of each winner—obscured by pseudonymous blockchain addresses—is not. But an analysis by Fortune revealed that 18 out of these top 25 holders have interacted with Binance, a foreign crypto exchange that excludes Americans, meaning they are likely foreign nationals.
Meanwhile, some of the winners—the top 25 of whom are entitled to attend an “ultra-exclusive private VIP Reception”—have publicly identified themselves or been identified by a crypto analytics firm. Here are three guests slated to go to the “Gala Dinner,” which critics have lambasted as an unprecedented example of corruption.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun
With more than $18 million in Trump’s memecoin, according to Monday prices, the top spot on the leaderboard is identified simply by the name “SUN.” The crypto analytics firms Arkham Intelligence and Nansen have said that the wallet is linked to HTX, a crypto exchange for which the billionaire Justin Sun serves as global adviser.
Neither Sun, who told Forbes in March that his net worth exceeds $40 billion, nor HTX responded to requests for comment.
The billionaire is a controversial figure in the crypto industry. Born in China, Sun founded Tron, a blockchain that hosted 58% of all illicit activity in crypto in 2024, according to a report from crypto analytics firm TRM Labs. (Illicit crypto volumes on Tron, however, declined by $6 billion from the year prior.)
Sun has found himself in the midst of numerous crypto debacles. Most recently, he allegedly pushed crypto trade outlet CoinDesk to spike a story on how the crypto billionaire bought and ate a $6.2 million banana.
Singapore crypto firm MemeCore
With about $17.5 million in Trump’s memecoin, the second largest holder on the leaderboard is the Singaporean crypto startup MemeCore, according to public posts from the firm and Nansen.
Founded in January 2024, the firm is building a blockchain for memecoins, or cryptocurrencies created as jokes without any inherent value, Ting Hsu, MemeCore’s chief business development officer, told Fortune. Trump himself is one of the most “iconic” memes, she said.
Hsu didn’t share exactly how the company is funding its Trump crypto investments, but she did say some of the money came from the company’s “internal treasuries” as well as from one of the startup’s anonymous cofounders, whose identity she declined to share. That anonymous founder will attend the dinner with Trump on May 22, according to Hsu.
The Memecore executive didn’t know who else was planning to attend the dinner and was also curious to see the guest list. “Why [do] you guys want to join this?” she asked.
Australian investor Kain Warwick
While he’s not one of the top 25 largest Trump memecoin holders, Kain Warwick, an Australian crypto investor, has made the top 220, according to The New York Times. (Warick did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fortune.)
The founder of the crypto company Infinex, Warwick was playing basketball with his kids on a weekend afternoon in January when he saw on social media that the 47th president had apparently launched his own memecoin, according to his X account.
He didn’t know whether the cryptocurrency was legitimately Trump’s and worked feverishly to verify that it was real. He eventually did, invested some money, and went back to playing with his children.
But, as he was taking his kids to the beach, he doubled his bet. “Yesterday was a once-in-a-career opportunity,” he wrote, reflecting one day later on Trump’s cryptocurrency launch.