VOA新闻杂志2022 泰国咖啡馆为顾客提供加密货币投资建议（在线收听）

A restaurant in northeast Thailand has become a center for traders of cryptocurrency. A cryptocurrency is a form of digital money that is not regulated by any central bank.

泰国东北部的一家餐厅已经成为加密货币交易者的聚集中心。加密货币是指不受任何央行监管的数字货币。

HIP Coffee & Restaurant is a café that serves coffee and food. But it has setup screens showing the latest price information on cryptocurrency markets for its customers. The café also offers investment advice to go along with its coffee and cake.

HIP咖啡餐馆是一家供应咖啡和食物的咖啡馆。但是它设置了屏幕，为客户显示加密货币市场的最新行情。伴随着咖啡和蛋糕，这家咖啡馆还提供投资建议。

Detnarong Satianphut is a 35-year-old cryptocurrency trader and a customer at the café. He told Reuters, "It's exciting for me to be here because I get to meet people who share the same interests." He added, "We (traders) get to exchange information because in the trading world we are coming up against millions of people."

Detnarong Satianphut是一位35岁的加密货币交易者，也是这家咖啡馆的顾客。他对路透社表示：“我很高兴来到这里，因为可以结识到志趣相投者。”他还表示：“我们交易者可以交换信息，因为在交易世界中，我们面对的是数百万人。”

Cryptocurrencies have started becoming more popular in Thailand. The latest official data suggest that as much as $7.62 billion in digital currency was traded in November.

加密货币已经开始在泰国变得越来越流行。最新的官方数据显示，11月份的数字货币交易量高达76.2亿美元。

In January, Thailand said it would start to regulate the use of digital currencies as payments. Officials warned of risks to the country's economic system.

今年1月，泰国表示将开始规范数字货币的支付用途。有关官员警告该国经济体系面临风险。

The HIP café has been in business since 2013. The eatery began setting up its cryptocurrency information screens in 2020.

HIP 咖啡馆自2013年开始营业。这家餐厅于2020年开始设置其加密货币信息大屏。

Since then, workers said the number of customers has doubled. HIP café's supervisor is Oakkharawat Yongsakuljinda. He said the cafe provides a chance for people in the surrounding Nakhon Ratchasima province to get involved in investing.

工作人员表示，从那以后，顾客数量翻了一番。Oakkharawat Yongsakuljinda是HIP咖啡馆的主管。他说，这家咖啡馆为呵叻府周边的人们提供了参与投资的机会。

The café offers free investment advice and is planning on starting its own cryptocurrency coin.

这家咖啡馆提供免费的投资建议，并计划推出自己的加密货币。

Customers say trading in the café gives them the best chance of success in an insecure market. The value of the most well-known cryptocurrency, bitcoin, recently dropped to a six-month low.

顾客们表示，在咖啡馆进行交易给了他们在无保障市场获得成功的最佳机会。最著名的加密货币比特币价值最近跌至6个月低点。