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企业家双胞胎泰勒·温克莱沃斯（左二）和卡梅伦·温克莱沃斯（左三）于2025年7月18日在华盛顿特区白宫东厅出席《GENIUS法案》（美国稳定币引导与国家创新法案）签署仪式，该法案将稳定币——即与美元或美国国债等稳定资产挂钩的加密货币——的使用写入法律。
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内容摘要
- 美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）正请求法官撤销对双子信托公司（Gemini Trust Company）的500万美元罚款，该公司由泰勒和卡梅伦·温克莱沃斯兄弟运营。
- 在2025年特朗普就职前，温克莱沃斯双胞胎兄弟累计向总统唐纳德·特朗普的超级政治行动委员会捐赠了超过100万美元。
- 特朗普政府时期的CFTC如今辩称，该调查由拜登政府时期完成，其依据的举报人证词现已被认定不可信。
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美国商品期货交易委员会正请求法官撤销拜登政府时期对泰勒和卡梅伦·温克莱沃斯兄弟运营的加密货币交易所处以的去年罚款，该交易所是特朗普2024年竞选活动的重要捐助方。
周三晚提交的这一请求标志着该监管机构立场出现罕见反转：该机构曾在2022年指控温克莱沃斯双胞胎旗下的双子信托公司就其拟推出的比特币期货业务作出虚假陈述。
双子信托公司在特朗普就职数周前就达成了和解协议，其中包括支付500万美元罚款。
但如今特朗普政府时期的CFTC突然转变立场，支持双子信托公司，辩称该机构本就不该提起诉讼。新提交的文件指出，拜登政府时期的调查依据的举报人证词现已被认定不可信，双子信托实际上是欺诈行为的受害者而非施害方。
“这些调查结果不仅让人质疑CFTC此次的执法程序，还证明了联邦政府修订执法方式和标准的必要性，包括在数字资产领域，”CFTC在声明中表示。
该机构表示，其撤销此前和解协议的努力也反映出特朗普政府时期加密货币政策的转向：与前总统乔·拜登政府时期相比，该机构对这一新兴行业的态度要宽松得多。目前尚不清楚如果CFTC的撤销申请获得成功，政府是否会退还已收缴的500万美元罚款。
温克莱沃斯兄弟最为人熟知的事迹是与马克·扎克伯格就扎克伯格窃取其Facebook创意的指控展开过纠纷，他们一直直言支持特朗普及其对加密货币行业的政策。在2024年大选前，兄弟二人每人都试图向特朗普的竞选活动捐赠100万美元比特币，但因超过法律规定的最高限额而被退款。
两人后来在去年1月特朗普就职前，累计向特朗普的主要超级政治行动委员会“Maga Inc.”捐赠了超过100万美元。
特朗普最初提名的CFTC负责人布莱恩·昆滕茨后来指责这对双胞胎在他拒绝承诺对拜登政府时期的双子信托和解方案采取行动后，游说白宫撤销他的提名。昆滕茨在特朗普第一任期内担任该机构委员。
去年9月，特朗普撤销了昆滕茨的提名，转而提名迈克尔·塞利格，后者目前担任CFTC主席。
US regulator tries to withdraw $5 million penalty against Trump donors’ crypto company
2026-05-28 10:59 AM ET / CNN
By Adam Cancryn
30 min ago
PUBLISHED May 28, 2026, 10:59 AM ET
Entrepreneur twins Tyler Winklevoss (2nd L) and Cameron Winklevoss (3rd L) attend the signing of the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act), which codifies the use of stablecoins — cryptocurrencies pegged to stable assets like the US dollar or US bonds — in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2025.
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Summary
- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking a judge to vacate a $5 million penalty against Gemini Trust Company, which is run by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.
- The Winklevoss twins collectively donated over $1 million to President Donald Trump’s super PAC before his inauguration in 2025.
- The Trump-era CFTC now argues the investigation, concluded during the Biden administration, relied on a whistleblower account it has concluded was not credible.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking a judge to vacate the Biden-era penalty that it imposed last year on a cryptocurrency exchange run by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss — prominent donors to President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.
The request, filed late Wednesday, marks an extraordinary reversal for the regulatory agency, which had originally accused the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini Trust Company in 2022 of making false statements tied to a bitcoin futures business it had sought to launch.
Gemini settled the charges weeks before Trump took office, including paying a $5 million penalty as part of the agreement.
Yet the CFTC under Trump is now abruptly shifting its stance, siding with Gemini in arguing that the agency should have never filed a complaint in the first place. The new filing argues that the Biden-era investigation was underpinned by a whistleblower account that it has since concluded was not credible, and that Gemini was actually the victim of fraud rather than a perpetrator.
“These findings not only call into question the CFTC’s enforcement process in this instance but also demonstrate the necessity of the federal government’s revised enforcement approach and standards, including in the digital asset space,” the CFTC said in its statement.
The agency said that its effort to vacate its prior settlement also reflects its Trump-era shift in approach to cryptocurrency policy, which has been far more permissive toward the burgeoning industry than it was under former President Joe Biden’s administration. It remains unclear whether the government would pay back the $5 million penalty if the CFTC’s effort to vacate it succeeds.
The Winklevoss brothers, who are best known for their dispute with Mark Zuckerberg over claims he stole their idea for Facebook, have been vocal supporters of Trump and his approach to the cryptocurrency industry. They each sought to donate $1 million in bitcoin to Trump’s campaign ahead of the 2024 election, though those were refunded for exceeding the maximum amount allowed by law.
The two later collectively contributed more than $1 million to Trump’s main super PAC, Maga Inc., just prior to his inauguration last January.
Trump’s original pick to run the CFTC, Brian Quintenz, later accused the twins of lobbying the White House to pull his nomination after he declined to commit to taking action on the Biden-era Gemini settlement. Quintenz served as commissioner of the agency during Trump’s first term.
The president in September withdrew Quintenz’ candidacy in favor of Michael Selig, who now chairs the CFTC.
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