美國民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人、肯尼迪家族后裔和著名的疫苗懷疑者小羅伯特·F·肯尼迪曾經(jīng)在邁阿密,對2023年比特幣大會(Bitcoin 2023)的觀眾表示,他“將維護比特幣和其他數(shù)字資產(chǎn)的自我托管權(quán)利”。
之后,他滔滔不絕地介紹了比特幣的好處,但他信誓旦旦地稱,他“不是投資者”,而且他登臺并不是“為了提供投資建議”。然而,據(jù)美國消費者新聞與商業(yè)頻道(CNBC)獲得的財務(wù)披露信息顯示,他的家族信托持有的全球規(guī)模最大的加密貨幣,市值達到10萬美元至25萬美元。(但這筆投資帶來的收益不足201美元。)
相比他和他的家族持有的資產(chǎn),其家族信托持有的比特幣顯得微不足道。他的家族擁有數(shù)十萬美元的現(xiàn)金,有價值數(shù)百萬美元的不動產(chǎn),還有一系列股票、債券和貨幣市場產(chǎn)品。
肯尼迪競選團隊的發(fā)言人在一封電子郵件中表示:“肯尼迪先生對比特幣的投資,發(fā)生在他發(fā)言之后和6月30日申報截止日期之前。這并不沖突。”他所說的是,肯尼迪對比特幣的投資和他作為總統(tǒng)候選人鼓吹比特幣,被認為存在明顯的利益沖突。
肯尼迪的比特幣投資最近被曝光之前,公開發(fā)表了一系列支持加密貨幣的言論。
今年5月,正式啟動競選僅僅超過兩周后,他發(fā)推文稱“美國聯(lián)邦存款保險公司(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)和美國證券交易委員會(Securities and Exchange Commission)無權(quán)對加密貨幣發(fā)起一場法律管轄范圍以外的戰(zhàn)爭。”他提到了美國聯(lián)邦存款保險公司要求倒閉的銀行放棄加密貨幣業(yè)務(wù)的主張,以及美國證券交易委員會的訴訟。
不久之后,他以主講嘉賓的身份出席了在邁阿密召開的2023年比特幣大會,這是他作為美國總統(tǒng)候選人的首次公開露面。當(dāng)時,他說自己并不是數(shù)字資產(chǎn)的投資者。
在6月30日提交財務(wù)披露表的前三天,他依舊在鼓吹加密貨幣。他在披露表中公布了其家族的加密貨幣投資。他發(fā)推文稱:“比特幣不只是對抗極權(quán)主義和反對操縱貨幣供應(yīng)的堡壘,它還指明了未來使政府變得更透明、更民主的途徑。”(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
美國民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人、肯尼迪家族后裔和著名的疫苗懷疑者小羅伯特·F·肯尼迪曾經(jīng)在邁阿密,對2023年比特幣大會(Bitcoin 2023)的觀眾表示,他“將維護比特幣和其他數(shù)字資產(chǎn)的自我托管權(quán)利”。
之后,他滔滔不絕地介紹了比特幣的好處,但他信誓旦旦地稱,他“不是投資者”,而且他登臺并不是“為了提供投資建議”。然而,據(jù)美國消費者新聞與商業(yè)頻道(CNBC)獲得的財務(wù)披露信息顯示,他的家族信托持有的全球規(guī)模最大的加密貨幣,市值達到10萬美元至25萬美元。(但這筆投資帶來的收益不足201美元。)
相比他和他的家族持有的資產(chǎn),其家族信托持有的比特幣顯得微不足道。他的家族擁有數(shù)十萬美元的現(xiàn)金,有價值數(shù)百萬美元的不動產(chǎn),還有一系列股票、債券和貨幣市場產(chǎn)品。
肯尼迪競選團隊的發(fā)言人在一封電子郵件中表示:“肯尼迪先生對比特幣的投資,發(fā)生在他發(fā)言之后和6月30日申報截止日期之前。這并不沖突。”他所說的是,肯尼迪對比特幣的投資和他作為總統(tǒng)候選人鼓吹比特幣,被認為存在明顯的利益沖突。
肯尼迪的比特幣投資最近被曝光之前,公開發(fā)表了一系列支持加密貨幣的言論。
今年5月,正式啟動競選僅僅超過兩周后,他發(fā)推文稱“美國聯(lián)邦存款保險公司(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)和美國證券交易委員會(Securities and Exchange Commission)無權(quán)對加密貨幣發(fā)起一場法律管轄范圍以外的戰(zhàn)爭。”他提到了美國聯(lián)邦存款保險公司要求倒閉的銀行放棄加密貨幣業(yè)務(wù)的主張,以及美國證券交易委員會的訴訟。
不久之后,他以主講嘉賓的身份出席了在邁阿密召開的2023年比特幣大會,這是他作為美國總統(tǒng)候選人的首次公開露面。當(dāng)時,他說自己并不是數(shù)字資產(chǎn)的投資者。
在6月30日提交財務(wù)披露表的前三天,他依舊在鼓吹加密貨幣。他在披露表中公布了其家族的加密貨幣投資。他發(fā)推文稱:“比特幣不只是對抗極權(quán)主義和反對操縱貨幣供應(yīng)的堡壘,它還指明了未來使政府變得更透明、更民主的途徑。”(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—Democratic candidate for president, scion of the Kennedy family, and noted vaccine skeptic—told a crowd of onlookers in Miami at the Bitcoin 2023 conference that he “will defend the right of self-custody of Bitcoin and other digital assets.”
He then waxed on about Bitcoin’s benefits but clearly said that he was “not an investor” and that he wasn’t onstage “to give investment advice.” However, according to a financial disclosure obtained by CNBC, his family’s trust holds between $100,000 and $250,000 in the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. (The investment, though, generated an income of less than $201.)
The amount in Bitcoin his family trust owns is relatively minuscule compared to his and his family’s string of assets, which include hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, properties worth millions, and a suite of stocks, bonds, and money-market holdings.
“Mr. Kennedy’s investments in Bitcoin were made AFTER he made his speech and BEFORE the June 30th reporting deadline. There is no conflict,” a spokesperson for Kennedy’s campaign said in an email, referring to any perceived conflict of interest between Kennedy’s Bitcoin investment and his Bitcoin boosterism as a presidential candidate.
Kennedy’s newly revealed investment in Bitcoin follows a string of public comments backing the cryptocurrency.
In May, a little more than two weeks after he officially launched his campaign, he tweeted that the “FDIC and SEC have no authority to wage an extralegal war on crypto,” referring to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s insistence that a failed bank give up its crypto business as well as a storm of litigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Shortly after, he appeared as a keynote speaker at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, where he made his first public appearance as a presidential candidate and said he wasn’t an investor in the digital asset.
And just three days before he filed his financial disclosure form on June 30, in which he revealed his family’s investment in the cryptocurrency, he continued his Bitcoin boosterism. “Bitcoin is not only a bulwark against totalitarianism and the manipulation of our money supply,” he tweeted, “it points the way toward a future in which government institutions are more transparent and more democratic.”