Говард Лютник, банкир Tether на Уолл-стрит, является кандидатом Трампа на пост главы министерства торговли, а не министра финансов, сообщают СМИ

cryptonews.ruPubblicato 2022-05-19Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-11-19

Избранный президент США Дональд Трамп хочет, чтобы генеральный директор Cantor Fitzgerald Говард Лютник — активный энтузиаст Криптовалюта , который на протяжении многих лет был банкиром гиганта стейблкоинов Tether (USDT) на Уолл-стрит — стал его министром торговли, а не министром финансов, сообщили во вторник Punchbowl News и The Wall Street Journal .

Лютник был ONE из многих, кто претендовал на влиятельную должность министра финансов, но сообщения за последние несколько дней намекали на то, что его акции упали в глазах Трампа. Сообщение во вторник о том, что он будет номинирован на должность министра торговли, вместо этого подтверждает это, несмотря на роль Лютника в составе переходной команды Трампа.

Фирма Лютника, Cantor Fitzgerald, является стойким приверженцем Финансы, особенно известна своей влиятельной ролью на рынке BOND . Это включает в себя работу в качестве первичного дилера, эксклюзивной группы фирм, которым разрешено торговать напрямую с Федеральным резервом. Она также пробовала себя в Криптo. С 2021 года она помогла Tether управлять гигантским запасом казначейских облигаций США, которые поддерживают ее стейблкоин USDT . Cantor Fitzgerald также недавно объявила о бизнесе по финансированию Bitcoin , направленном на предоставление кредитного плеча инвесторам в Bitcoin , с первоначальным финансированием в размере 2 миллиардов долларов.

«Я поклонник Криптo, но позвольте мне быть предельно конкретным: Bitcoin, просто Bitcoin. Все эти другие монеты — они просто не существуют», — сказал он CNBC в подкасте в прошлом году, добавив: «Я большой поклонник этой стабильной монеты под названием Tether».

Лютник утверждает, что Bitcoin следует рассматривать как товар, то есть он будет подвергаться меньшему регулированию, чем, скажем, акции или облигации, и превосходит другие криптовалюты, учитывая отсутствие у него централизованного управления и устойчивость к цензуре.

63-летний мужчина — давний друг Трампа, тоже житель Нью-Йорка. Лютник уже является сопредседателем переходной команды Трампа.

История Cantor Fitzgerald омрачена трагедией: 658 ее сотрудников погибли 11 сентября, почти треть ее глобальной команды. Поскольку она потеряла так много сотрудников, компания была вынуждена перейти на электронную торговлю вместо того, как все работало традиционно на рынке казначейских обязательств: Human брокеры звонили или посещали клиентов. Сегодня Уолл-стрит принимает Криптo и блокчейны как способ разрушить старые способы ведения бизнеса и ведения учета.

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