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There is a growing movement to make bitcoin a reserve digital currency.
让比特币成为储备数字货币的运动越来越多。
One cryptocurrency platform is hoping to own $10 billion worth of bitcoin to back its own "stablecoin."
一个加密货币平台希望拥有价值100亿美元的比特币，以支持自己的“稳定币”。
Stablecoins are a growing group of cryptocurrencies that aim to lessen price changes and are usually backed by U.S. dollar reserves.
稳定币是一种不断壮大的加密货币，旨在减少价格变化，通常由美元储备支持。
The platform is called Terraform Labs.
这个平台叫Terraform Labs。
It is based in Seoul, South Korea.
它的总部设在韩国首尔。
So far, it has built up nearly 40,000 bitcoin worth $1.7 billion in a series of purchases through a non-profit called Luna Foundation Guard.
到目前为止，它已经通过一个名为露娜基金会的非营利组织进行的一系列购买活动积累了近4万枚比特币，价值17亿美元。
Do Kwon is Terraform's co-founder.
杜权是Terraform的联合创始人。
Last month, he announced on Twitter that the company would buy $10 billion worth of bitcoin reserves to back TerraUSD.
上个月，他在推特上宣布，该公司将购买价值100亿美元的比特币储备，以支持TerraUSD。
These purchases -- and the possibility of more to come -- are helping raise the price of bitcoin, now worth $48,000.
购买这些比特币——以及未来可能会购买更多的比特币——有助于推高比特币的价格，目前比特币的价值为4.8美元。
It is unclear, however, if others will follow Terraform's lead.
然而，目前还不清楚其他公司是否会效仿Terraform的做法。
"Buying $10 billion worth can move the price in the short term," said Sid Powell, CEO of Sydney-based crypto lender Maple Finance.
总部位于悉尼的加密货币贷款机构枫叶金融的首席执行官希德·鲍威尔表示：“购买价值100亿美元的比特币可以在短期内改变价格。”
"But over the longer period, it's more what it signals--that bitcoin has been introduced as the hottest form of collateral backing for currencies."
“但从更长远的角度来看，它所发出的信号更重要——比特币已成为最热门的货币抵押品支持形式。”
Yet other market experts said that a closer relationship between bitcoin and stablecoins like TerraUSD could introduce a new risk for crypto markets.
然而，其他市场专家表示，比特币与TerraUSD等稳定币之间的更密切的关系可能会给加密货币市场带来新的风险。
"There is a danger some people are trying to position long ahead of the buying which could exaggerate a fall if the price starts to” decrease, said Richard Usher.
理查德·亚瑟表示：“有一种危险是，一些人试图在买入之前建立仓位，如果价格开始下跌，这可能会加剧跌幅。”
He is with the crypto company BCB Group in London.
他在伦敦的加密支付服务公司BCB集团工作。
Stablecoins are quickly gaining popularity.
稳定币正在迅速流行起来。
They are a common form of exchange.
它们是一种常见的兑换形式。
They are often used by traders seeking to move funds around and predict the value of other cryptocurrencies.
交易员经常使用它们来转移资金，并预测其他加密货币的价值。
For example, it is much easier to spend tether -- the biggest stablecoin -- for bitcoin or other crypto, than it is to spend U.S. dollars for bitcoin.
例如，使用最大的稳定币tether购买比特币或其他加密货币比使用美元购买比特币要容易得多。
TerraUSD is now the fourth-largest stablecoin.
TerraUSD现在是第四大稳定币。
Like other stablecoins, it is attached to the dollar.
与其他稳定币一样，它与美元挂钩。
The bitcoin reserves add another level of security, while keeping the Terra project decentralized.
比特币储备增加了另一层安全性，同时保持了Terra项目的分散化。
Matthew Sigel is a market researcher.
马修·西格尔是一名市场研究员。
He said he expected other stablecoins to follow Terra's lead and back up their coins with reserves of bitcoin.
他说，他预计其他稳定币将会效仿Terra的做法，用比特币储备来支持他们的货币。
They could even back it with other cryptocurrencies, if the experiment succeeds.
如果实验成功，他们甚至可以用其他加密货币来支持它。
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