双语热点:50万亿!以太坊创始人向印度捐赠柴犬币:致其闪崩

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近期,加密货币几乎可以用疯狂来形容,随着狗狗币价格疯涨,不断有各种山寨币冒出来,而柴犬币(SHIB)就是山寨了的狗狗币。以太坊区块链创始人维塔利克·布特林12日向印度一基金捐赠了包括柴犬币在内大量的山寨币,导致柴犬币的价格一度暴跌30%。

Ethereum co-founder donates $1.2bn of shiba inu coin to India Covid fight – and currency instantly crashes to make it worth less
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated $1 billion worth of shiba inu coin — a dogecoin spinoff — to a Covid-19 relief fund in India.
以太坊联合创始人维塔利克·布特林(Vitalik Buterin)向印度的一个新冠救助基金捐赠了价值10亿美元的shiba inu硬币(狗狗币衍生品)。
The 27-year-old Russian-Canadian programmer transferred more than 50 trillion shiba inu coins on Wednesday to the India Covid-Crypto Relief Fund. He also transferred 500 ether (or about $1.9 million) to the relief fund.
这位程序员出身的27岁俄罗斯裔加拿大创始人在周三向印度新冠加密救助基金捐赠了超过50万亿的柴犬币。他还向该基金捐赠了500以太币(约合190万美元)。
At the time of the transfer, the shiba coin was valued at $1 billion, but cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile. Its value plunged after Buterin's donation and was off about 30% on Thursday, according to Coinbase.
布特林实施捐赠时,这些柴犬币价值10亿美元,但众所周知,加密货币最大的特性就是不稳定性。随着布特林捐赠柴犬币的消息传开,柴犬币价格大幅跳水。据Coinbase交易平台的数据,柴犬币在周四暴跌了30%。

What is Shiba coin?
Shiba Inu coin (code: SHIB), also known as Shiba Token, is a decentralized cryptocurrency created in August 2020 by an anonymous person known as "Ryoshi" The coin, dubbed the "DOGE killer", was modeled after Dogecoin and has a market capitalization of over $7 billion as of May 2021.
柴犬币是什么?
柴犬币 (代号: SHIB),也被称为Shiba Token,是一种去中心化的加密货币,由匿名人士“Ryoshi”于2020年8月创建。该代币以狗狗币为蓝本,被戏称为“狗狗杀手”。截至2021年5月,其市值超过70亿美元。
Buterin, who was just 19 when he created ethereum in 2013, was a billionaire as of May 4 when the digital currency hit $3,500. Ether was on a tear, and hit a new record of $4,385 earlier this week. One ether coin is now worth around $3,700.
布特林在2013年创建以太坊时年仅19岁,截至5月4日,当以太币价格达到3500美元一枚时,他已经成为亿万富翁。随后以太币一飞冲天,并在本周早些时候创下了4,385美元的新纪录。如今一枚以太币价值约3,700美元。

【相关词汇】
spinoff:分拆;派生
例句:While several scripts have been finished, Neame says there are no definite plans for a movie or spinoff. 目前第六季有几集的剧本已经完成,不过目前还没有确定的电影或者衍生剧的计划。
Cryptocurrencies:加密货币(英文:Cryptocurrency,常常用复数Cryptocurrencies)是一种使用密码学原理来确保交易安全及控制交易单位创造的交易媒介。 加密货币是数字货币(或称虚拟货币)的一种 。比特币在2009年成为第一个去中心化的加密货币,这之后加密货币一词多指此类设计。 自此之后数种类似的加密货币被创造,它们通常被称作altcoins。 加密货币基于去中心化的共识机制 ,与依赖中心化监管体系的银行金融系统相对。
notoriously:恶名昭彰地;声名狼藉地
例句:Mountain weather is notoriously difficult to predict.
山地气候难以预料是人所共知的。
volatile:易变的;无定性的;无常性的;可能急剧波动的
plunge:使突然前冲(或下落);暴跌;骤降
例句:The stock plunged in heavy trading volume yesterday.
昨天该股放量跳水。
on a tear:是个俚语,主要在美国使用。最近的几十年来,体育记者用这个词来形容一个球队连胜;商人用这个词来表示维持了成功的利润,即持续盈利。有时候也做go on a tear。