特朗普反对预测市场,持续了整整两天

marsbitPubblicato 2026-04-28Pubblicato ultima volta 2026-04-28

作者:深潮 TechFlow

白宫记者会上,特朗普一脸愁苦地说:"你知道吗,整个世界不幸地已经变成了某种程度上的赌场。"

他说这话的时候,他的儿子小唐纳德·特朗普,正同时担任 Polymarket 和 Kalshi 这两家最大预测市场平台的顾问,一个有偿职位,一个是投资人兼董事会成员。

48 小时后,特朗普川剧变脸,表态支持预测市场。

这大概是 2026 年最精彩的政治行为艺术。

48 小时内,他换了一个答案

故事的起点,是一名美国陆军特种部队士兵。

今年初,这名士兵参与了抓捕委内瑞拉总统马杜罗的军事行动。在行动期间,他在 Polymarket 上下注,押注马杜罗会在月底前下台、美国会对委内瑞拉动武。前前后后共 13 笔,总计约 3.3 万美元本金,最终获利逾 40 万美元。

事后他试图删除账户、通过加密货币混淆资金流向。没用。联邦检察官以滥用机密政府信息、电信欺诈和商品欺诈罪将其逮捕。

记者拿着这个案子去问特朗普:你怎么看预测市场?

特朗普的第一个答案是:"我从来都不太赞成这个行业。"他说赌博让整个世界变成了赌场,语气里带着一丝道德忧虑。

48 小时后,他改口了。

特朗普改变了立场,声称他认识的"非常聪明"的人认为这个行业值得支持,并表示美国不应该在这个领域落后。

两个答案,来自同一个人,相隔不到两天。

负责说服他的人,是他儿子

特朗普的这次转变,观察人士普遍认为功劳要算在小唐纳德·特朗普头上。

小唐纳德·特朗普同时担任 Kalshi 和 Polymarket 两家平台的顾问,长期以来一直为预测市场发声,尤其是在选举报道中,他认为预测市场比传统媒体更能准确反映选举结果。

但他的利益关系远不止"顾问"两个字。他在 Kalshi 的顾问职位是有偿的,同时他还通过自己的风险投资公司 1789 Capital 向 Polymarket 注入了"两位数百万美元"的投资,并加入了 Polymarket 的顾问委员会。

一个人同时拿着两个竞争对手的钱,这本身已经够奇特。更奇特的是,他的父亲是美国联邦政府的最高行政长官,负责监管这个行业的正是联邦机构 CFTC。

小唐纳德的发言人说,他"不会以任何公司的名义与联邦政府互动"。

这句话让人安心的程度,大约等于一个裁判宣布他不会以球队名义影响判罚。

监管机构,正在缩水

理解这个故事,还需要知道另一条线索。

负责监管预测市场的商品期货交易委员会(CFTC),自特朗普重返白宫以来已裁员 24%,员工总数降至 15 年来的最低点。

与此同时,特朗普的社交媒体公司宣布计划推出自己的预测平台,而小唐纳德·特朗普是 Kalshi 的有偿顾问,也是 Polymarket 的投资人。

一边是自家人在行业里数钱,一边是负责监管这个行业的机构在裁人。CFTC 现任主席 Selig 对此的解释是:人工智能正在弥补人手缺口,"我们的运营效率比以往任何时候都高"。

前 CFTC 高层官员不同意这种说法,他们担忧监管能力已经下滑:"有些裁员并不合逻辑。会有一些事情被搁置,他们无法像满编时那样追查那么多案子。"

马杜罗案只是冰山一角。研究人员已发现多起疑似内幕交易的案例,包括在美国宣布重大对伊政策变化前,有人在油价期货上进行了精准押注。

世界变成赌场,是谁的功劳

让我们回到特朗普那句话:"整个世界不幸地已经变成了某种程度上的赌场。"

他说这话时大概忘了,他本人在 1980 年代曾打造过一个真实的赌场帝国,后来因为一连串破产而关门大吉。他大概也忘了,他发行的 Memecoin,本质也是赌场筹码。

如今,预测市场的月度交易量从 2025 年初的约 12 亿美元,暴涨至 2026 年 1 月的逾 200 亿美元,每月活跃钱包超过 80 万个。

这个赌场,生意很好。

而那位被捕的士兵,只是一个用机密信息在这个赌场里赢了 40 万美元的普通玩家。他触碰了法律。但他只是把一件所有接近权力的人都可能去做的事,做得太明显了而已。

正如一位分析人士所说:特朗普那些直接下属,有多少人已经尝试过同样的事?没人知道。司法部有没有去调查?我们也没有听到任何消息。

特朗普 48 小时后改口,说认识他的"非常聪明"的人支持预测市场。

他说的是谁,大家都心知肚明。

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