For those countries that traditionally do a fair bit of business with the Kremlin—from Turkey to Turkmenistan—gold offers an alternative, if clunky, means of exchange.

对于那些传统上与克里姆林宫有相当多业务往来的国家— — 从土耳其到土库曼斯坦—— 黄金提供了另一种交换方式， 虽然笨重。

But he warns that the technology involved is being co-opted by big corporations, such as Facebook; with their billions of users and financial clout, they could make private currencies an attractive means of exchange and store of value.

但他警告称，其中所涉及的技术正被Facebook等大公司所利用；凭借它们数十亿的用户和金融影响力，大公司可以使私人货币成为一种诱人的交易和保值手段。