美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）又找到了另一種製造“加密”銀行的方式

1月29日，華爾街金融服務公司Cantor Fitzgerald（NASDAQ：ZCFITX）的老闆霍華德·盧特尼克（Howard Lutnick）和特朗普的商務部長提名人

U.S. President Donald Trump has found yet another way to make ‘crypto’ bank while Tether’s biggest Wall Street fan says artificial intelligence (AI) will scrub away its crypto crime stains.

美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）又找到了另一種製造“加密”銀行的方式，而泰瑟（Tether）最大的華爾街球迷表示，人工智能（AI）將擦洗其加密犯罪污漬。

On January 29, Howard Lutnick, the boss of Wall Street financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald (NASDAQ: ZCFITX) and Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Commerce, sat for a Senate confirmation grilling that only briefly questioned his ties to Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin by market cap (USDT).

1月29日，華爾街金融服務公司Cantor Fitzgerald（NASDAQ：ZCFITX）的老闆霍華德·盧特尼克（Howard Lutnick）和特朗普的商務部長提名人坐在參議院確認燒烤中，只是簡要質疑了他的聯繫，他與最大的發行人，最大的發行人，是最大的發行人穩定的市值（USDT）。

On January 27, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent Lutnick a letter demanding answers on his Tether ties. Warren expressed “serious concern” regarding Lutnick’s “deep involvement with and support for Tether, a known facilitator of criminal activity.” Warren said Lutnick’s Tether link “raises concerns about your judgment and ability to put the interests of the American people ahead of your own financial interests.”

1月27日，參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫（Elizabeth Warren）（D-MA）向盧特尼克（Lutnick）發送了一封信，要求對他的束帶紐帶進行答案。沃倫（Warren）對盧特尼克（Lutnick）的“對犯罪活動的促進者蒂瑟（Tether）的深刻參與和支持”表示“嚴重關注”。沃倫說，盧特尼克（Lutnick）的束縛鏈接“引起了您對您的判斷和能夠在您自己的財務利益之前將美國人民利益的能力的擔憂。”

But Warren doesn’t have a seat on the Commerce committee, leaving it up to her colleagues to shoulder this load. In her opening remarks, ranking member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) described herself as a blockchain fan—and yet she holds an ‘F’ rating from the astroturf group Stand With Crypto—but referenced Tether as among her concerns regarding Lutnick’s private sector ties.

但是沃倫在商業委員會上沒有席位，讓她的同事們承擔著這一負擔。在她的開幕詞中，排名成員瑪麗亞·坎特韋爾（Maria Cantwell）（D-wa）將自己描述為區塊鏈粉絲，但她與crypto一起獲得了Astroturf Group的“ F”評級，但在對Lutnick私營部門的擔憂中提到了Tether 。

During her five minutes of interrogating Lutnick, Cantwell addressed Tether’s history of being repeatedly fined by state and federal regulators for failing to ensure that each of its tokens was backed 1:1 with dollars. Cantwell asked Lutnick, whose company allegedly custodies Tether’s alleged $100+ billion in U.S. Treasury bills if he agreed that stablecoins should submit to regular independent audits, something Tether has steadfastly refused to do.

在詢問盧特尼克（Lutnick）的五分鐘內，坎特韋爾（Cantwell）談到了特特威爾（Tether）的歷史，該歷史被州和聯邦監管機構一再罰款，因為他們未能確保其每個令牌都以美元為單位。坎特韋爾問盧特尼克（Lutnick），據稱其公司據稱托瑟（Tether）據稱在美國國庫券中涉嫌100億美元，如果他同意穩定幣應接受常規的獨立審計，這是Tether堅定拒絕做的。

Lutnick said he believes dollar-denominated stablecoins “should be audited, should be completely backed by U.S. Treasuries 100%.” And yet Tether’s quarterly attestations—which aren’t audits—show tens of billions in assets other than T-bills, including gold, the BTC (CRYPTO: BTC) token and even loans to unidentified third parties, some of which may not be unrelated parties.

盧特尼克說，他認為以美元為基礎的穩定股幣“應該受到審核，應完全得到美國國債的完全支持。”然而，Tether的季度證明（不是審計）顯示了除T-Bills以外的數十億美元的資產，包括黃金，BTC（Crypto：BTC）令牌，甚至向身份不明的第三方貸款，其中一些可能並不相關聚會。

Cantwell then addressed reports that Lutnick and/or Cantor had taken a 5% ownership stake at some undetermined point. Asked if he owned Tether, Lutnick played cute, saying, “A Tether? [As in, a single USDT token.] No.” Pressed for clarity, Lutnick denied that he had any personal ownership stake in Tether and similarly claimed Cantor “has no equity in Tether.”

坎特韋爾隨後談到了盧特尼克（Lutnick）和/或坎托（Cantor）在某個不確定的地方佔據了5％的所有權股份。當被問到他是否擁有繫繩時，盧特尼克（Lutnick）扮演可愛，說：“繫繩？ [如一個單個USDT令牌。]不。”為了清楚起見，盧特尼克（Lutnick）否認他在系特特（Tether）有任何個人所有權股份，同樣聲稱坎托（Cantor）“在特特（Tether）沒有股權”。

Growing frustrated, Cantwell pressed Lutnick harder, asking if he, as an investor or Cantor, owned a piece of Tether. Following a pregnant pause, Lutnick said, “Cantor Fitzgerald owns a convertible bond with Tether.”

坎特威爾（Cantwell）越來越沮喪，敦促盧特尼克（Lutnick）更努力地，問他作為投資者還是康托爾（Cantor）是否擁有一塊束縛。在懷孕的停頓之後，盧特尼克說：“坎托·菲茨杰拉德（Cantor Fitzgerald）擁有與繫帶的可轉換債券。”

Moving on, Cantwell wondered how legislators/regulators might address the $19 billion or so in annual illicit activity that Tether facilitates.

坎特韋爾繼續前進，想知道立法者/監管機構如何在促進的年度非法活動中解決190億美元左右的問題。

Lutnick played his moral relativity card, saying that the “number one instrument of criminals is the U.S. dollar, number two is the Euro … Tether is the largest stablecoin so criminals use it more than Circle [issuer of USDT rival USDC] … It’s like blaming Apple because criminals use Apple phones. [Tether’s] just a product. We don’t pick on the U.S. Treasury because criminals use dollars.”

盧特尼克（Lutnick）演奏了他的道德相對卡，說“犯罪分子的第一工具是美元，第二名是歐元……系tether是最大的stablecoin，因此罪犯使用它比圈子（USDT競爭對手的發行人）所使用的更多……就像blike一樣。蘋果是因為罪犯使用蘋果手機。 [繫繩]只是一種產品。我們不選擇美國財政部，因為罪犯使用美元。”

Lutnick added that he’d “asked [Tether] to and they are signed up with all U.S. federal law enforcement. They follow all federal law enforcement [requests to freeze individual USDT digital wallets] instantly.”

盧特尼克（Lutnick）補充說，他“要求[束縛），並與美國所有聯邦執法部門簽約。他們立即遵循所有聯邦執法部門[要求凍結USDT數字錢包的要求]。”

Cantwell said she was more interested in the big picture of “Why aren’t we taking more seriously a potential $19 billion illicit market that’s going against the United States? … What do you recommend we do to get a handle on that?”

坎特韋爾說，她對“為什麼我們不更認真對待與美國相抵觸的190億美元的非法市場？ …您建議我們做什麼來解決這個問題？”

Lutnick claimed his and Cantor’s due diligence concluded that “Tether did no business with anyone who wasn’t KYC [know your customer] appropriate.” Lutnick was referring to crypto market-makers like Tether’s biggest customer, Cumberland DRW, as Tether doesn’t sell to retail customers.

盧特尼克（Lutnick）聲稱他和康托爾（Cantor）的盡職調查得出的結論是：“束縛與不適合KYC（知道您的客戶）的任何人沒有任何業務。”盧特尼克（Lutnick）指的是Tether的最大客戶Cumberland DRW等加密市政機構，因為Tether不向零售客戶出售。

Pressed as to whether secondary crypto markets needed tighter regulations vis-à-vis Tether, Lutnick basically said not to worry, that “AI tools used by the U.S. government running through the blockchain of stablecoin issuers will rid the world of criminals using blockchain for illicit activity.”

盧特尼克（Lutnick）對二級加密市場是否需要更嚴格的法規，基本上表示不必擔心，“美國政府使用的AI工具通過Statablecoin發行人的區塊鏈運行將擺脫犯罪分子的世界，使用Blockchain進行非法的犯罪分子，活動。”

The next Tether reference didn’t come until nearly three hours into the hearing when Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)—another ‘F-rated’ pol—referenced Russia and Iran using USDT to bypass economic sanctions. Hickenlooper also detailed Americans falling victim to ‘pig butchering’ scams before asking how to crack down on

下一個繫繩參考直到聽證會結束了將近三個小時，當時參議員John Hickenlooper（D-CO）（另一個“ F-CO）是“ F級” POL，引用了俄羅斯和伊朗使用USDT繞過經濟制裁。 Hickenlooper還詳細介紹了美國人在詢問如何打擊之前成為“豬屠殺”騙局的受害者