“加密公敌”Gensler要提名财长了?政治造势还是选举策略?

Odaily星球日报Опубліковано о 2024-08-20Востаннє оновлено о 2024-08-20

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华盛顿媒体曝出“猛料”,多方信源求证结果如何?

原文作者 | Matthew Foldi(Washington Reporter)

编译|Odaily星球日报(@OdailyChina

译者|Azuma(@azuma_eth

编者按:上个月,随着特朗普的获选呼声因枪击事件而被推向峰值,关于“加密货币的头号公敌”、SEC 现任主席 Gary Gensler 即将退位的猜测也越来越多(详情可见Gary Gensler 下台倒计时?谁会是下一届 SEC 掌舵者?》)。

然而,随着哈里斯接替拜登作为民主党的总统候选人,其获选概率过去一个月内逐步攀升,近期甚至已有盖过特朗普的势头。与此同时,Gensler 的政治生涯似乎也将迎来“转机”。美国当地时间 8 月 19 日,聚焦华盛顿政治走向的互联网媒体 Washington Reporter 发文表示,若哈里斯获选,Gensler 有可能会被提名为美国财政部长。

以下为 Washington Reporter 原文内容,由 Odaily 星球日报编译。

“加密公敌”Gensler要提名财长了?政治造势还是选举策略?

Washington Reporter 原文内容

尽管 SEC 现任主席 Gary Gensler 已公开表示不愿离开现任职位,但多位资深参议院工作人员已向 Washington Reporter 透露,如果副总统哈里斯(Kamala Harris)在 11 月的总统大选中获胜,她计划提名 Gensler 为新任财政部长。这一传闻已得到了一些头部共和党人士的实名确认。

在接受 Washington Reporter 采访时,明尼苏达州共和党众议员 Tom Emmer 曾预警表示,哈里斯可能会选择 Gensler 或马萨诸塞州民主党参议员 Elizabeth Warren 出任其财政部长。Emmer 警告称,这一决定将是对经济的灾难。

Emmer 表示:“Gensler 曾四处提起诉讼,而且屡战屡败。那个时代已经过去了,Gensler 需要向前看,他的政府生涯需要结束了。”

资深共和党参议院人士预测,如果哈里斯获胜,Gensler 会遭到“全面的共和党反对”,但他很可能会依靠广泛的民主党支持上位。支持 Gensler 的两张潜在投票来自于密歇根州民主党众议员 Elissa Slotkin 和亚利桑那州民主党众议员 Ruben Gallego —— 讽刺的是他们曾从支持加密货币的 PAC 组织 Fairshake 处接收了数百万美元的资金。

  • Odaily 星球日报注:本月早些时候,美国共和党曾对 Fairshake 在关键参议院竞选中支持反对加密货币的民主党候选人表示强烈不满。该组织在亚利桑那州和密歇根州支持了 Gallego 和 Slotkin,共和党候选人 Kari Lake 和 Mike Rogers 对此行为提出了抗议,认为这将破坏共和党与加密货币行业的合作关系,并质疑 Fairshake 的动机。

Slotkin 和 Gallego 在国会都曾有过反加密货币的行动记录,但两人均未直接回应是否会投票支持 Gensler 的询问,而共和党方面预计则可能会阻挠 Gensler 的提名过程。

除了在哈里斯内阁中担任财政部长的可能性外,还有传言称 Gensler 可能会辞去 SEC 主席职位,允许拜登(Joe Biden)在 11 月的大选之前提名一位新主席。

Paradigm 的首席法律官 Katie Biber 将这一可能性描述为所谓的“Gensler 计划”(Gensler plan),这将确保民主党在 SEC 多数席位,即便是特朗普获选后选择解雇 Gensler。在该计划下,Gensler 将转为普通委员,而拜登在总统任期内则可以指定一名新的接班人,比如 Caroline Crenshaw —— Crenshaw 此前曾多次表露对加密行业的敌意。

  • Odaily 星球日报注:“Gensler 计划”本质上可以理解为民主党在 SEC 这一权利枢纽上的防御计划,此举可以确保民主党在 2025 年之前于 SEC 中占据多数席位,即便是共和党赢得了总统大选。

一位负责 SEC 事务的国会消息人士向 Washington Reporter 表示,“Gensler 计划”的可能性不大,但并非绝不可能,Gensler 同意该计划的唯一可能性是哈里斯已承诺获选后会任命他为财政部长。

多方求证结果

Washington Reporter 的报道在加密货币社区中引发了轩然大波。在该报道流出后,多家媒体及专业人士也基于自己的信源进行了求证或分析。

“加密公敌”Gensler要提名财长了?政治造势还是选举策略?

Custodia Bank 首席执行官 Caitlyn Long 在社交媒体上表示多名民主党人均就此回复她表示该传言(Gensler 提名财政部长)不实。Long 还提到,一名民主党人甚至认为谣言的来源是 Gensler 本人,这只是他的政治策略。

此外,彭博 ETF 分析师 Eric Balchunas 也就此评论表示,虽然 Gensler 确实曾在克林顿内阁中为财政部长工作,但他仍然认为这完全是被捏造的谣言。

“加密公敌”Gensler要提名财长了?政治造势还是选举策略?

Balchunas 认为此事的源头为前文曾提到的共和党众议员 Emmer:“如果你是共和党人,且想要帮助巩固来自加密货币群体的选择,很难想到有什么事会比 Gensler 获得更多权力更可怕了。即使这件事不是真的,它也很有杀伤力。”

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