特朗普支持的世界自由金融项目引发加密货币圈内外的质疑

marsbitPubblicato 2024-09-18Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-09-19

DeFi

在社交媒体平台 X 上由加密货币名人 Farokh 主持的长达两个多小时的 Spaces 直播中,该项目的支持者表示,他们计划推出一种名为 WLFI 的不可转让治理代币。

“唐纳德·特朗普对加密货币的突然热情是显而易见的,也是投机取巧的,”加密货币友好型众议员威利·尼克尔在给 The Block 的一份声明中表示。

本周,加密货币批评者和支持者都一致认为,共和党总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普备受期待的加密货币项目 World Liberty Financial 的启动弊大于利。

“唐纳德·特朗普对加密货币的突然热情显而易见,也充满机会主义,”北卡罗来纳州支持加密货币的民主党众议员威利·尼克尔 (Wiley Nickel) 在发给 The Block 的电子邮件声明中表示。尼克尔在过去一年中支持了多项加密货币法案。“在白宫期间,他没有为加密货币做任何事情,现在才推出 World Liberty Financial,以从他从未支持过的运动中获利。”

在社交媒体平台 X 上由加密货币名人 Farokh 主持的长达两个多小时的直播 Spaces 中,该项目的支持者表示,他们计划推出一种名为 WLFI 的不可转让治理代币。此前,该项目表示希望推动稳定币的采用,并表示 DeFi 将成为其中的一部分。

在直播期间,特朗普表示加密货币“规模很大,但与未来相比,它还处于起步阶段”。后来,小唐纳德·特朗普、埃里克·特朗普、父子房地产投资者史蒂夫和扎克·维特科夫以及 Dough Finance 联合创始人扎卡里·福克曼和蔡斯·赫罗都出席了直播,宣传这项投资。在 Lara 和 Tiffany Trump 的 X 账户均遭到黑客攻击并发布有关据称与 World Liberty Financial 相关的代币的帖子后,该项目也面临挑战。

“这个人触碰的一切都是一种骗局,他新采取的政策立场也不例外,”尼克尔说。“对于我们这些通过真正的两党行动推动加密创新的人来说,特朗普的参与只会损害为数字资产建立安全和受监管未来的认真努力。”

一位因与特朗普竞选团队有联系而不愿透露姓名的加密行业人士告诉 The Block,X 空间“在细节上乏善可陈”。他们补充说,加密圈和政界人士对该项目并不了解,也不太了解参与该项目的人员。他们说,共和党议员对特朗普项目的细节也一无所知。

“华盛顿有些人认为,特朗普和国会山的一些人几乎像邪教一样追随他,”他们说。“据我​​所知,我们没有看到任何人真正跳出来为这个项目辩护,或者为它做宣传,或者做其他任何事情。”

消息人士说,世界自由金融的“陷阱比好处多得多”。

“关于谁参与了这个项目,有很多疑问,”他们说。“关于参与该项目的人的很多故事已经足以让华盛顿的人们警惕起来。”

还有很多不足之处

宾夕法尼亚州立大学迪金森分校法学院教授托尼亚·埃文斯博士认为,此次发布缺乏细节。埃文斯此前曾在 8 月份的 Crypto4Harris 活动上发表过演讲。

“特朗普家族推出 WLFI 无疑是一次备受瞩目的活动,但在透明度(数字资产社区最佳实践的标志)和细节方面,还有很多不足之处,”埃文斯在一封电子邮件声明中表示。“虽然他们成功地吸引了人们对该项目的关注,并引发了马戏团般的好奇心,但缺乏关于 WLFI 治理代币、路线图和实际功能的明确细节,引发的问题远多于答案。”

在周一的 X 空间中,该项目的创建者表示,鉴于监管的不确定性,WLFI 计划将参与人数限制在合格投资者的范围内。埃文斯说,这一限制“严重破坏了金融民主化的叙述”。

“真正的 DeFi 是广泛参与,而不是限制最富有的人的使用,”Evans 说。“如果 WLFI 继续走这条路,它可能会被视为政治精英利用金融产品造福少数特权群体,同时将 DeFi 可以赋权的社区拒之门外的另一个例子。”

Evans 说,该项目的一个好处是它让“DeFi 成为焦点”,从而可以将有关创新和金融包容性的讨论带入主流。

“然而,大多数情况下,支持者会增加对特朗普竞选活动的捐款,并可能获得更多单一问题比特币和加密货币选民的支持,”Evans 说。

加密货币创新委员会的政策顾问帕特里克·柯比 (Patrick Kirby) 表示,世界自由金融的推出表明“加密货币的影响力日益增强”。

“我认为,政策制定者必须尝试技术,尤其是去中心化交易协议,就像我们在这里看到的那样,这样才能真正更好地理解 DeFi 的好处,并通过实践和经验建立起这种理解,”柯比在接受 The Block 采访时表示。

国会的批评

加密货币批评家、伊利诺伊州民主党众议员肖恩·卡斯滕 (Sean Casten) 在周三举行的众议院金融服务数字资产小组委员会听证会上批评了 World Liberty Financial 的分销结构。

创始人周一宣布,63% 的 WLFI 代币将向公众出售,17% 将用于用户奖励,20% 将用于团队薪酬。

卡斯滕似乎暗示,如果共和党领导的一项加密市场法案通过,该法案规定,如果实体的所有权低于 20%,则不受监管,最终将使 World Liberty Financial 受益。

卡斯滕还抨击了特朗普本人。

“我理解为什么有欺诈历史、有洗钱历史的人会觉得这很有吸引力,”卡斯滕说。

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