川普在加密貨幣倡議中選擇盧特尼克擔任商務部長

11 月 19 日有報道稱，美國當選總統唐納德·特朗普已選定 Cantor Fitzgerald 首席執行官霍華德·盧特尼克 (Howard Lutnick)

United States President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, to serve as his Secretary of Commerce, reports Cointelegraph on November 19. Lutnick has been an advocate for Bitcoin for some time now.

根據Cointelegraph 11 月19 日報道，美國當選總統唐納德·川普已選擇Cantor Fitzgerald 執行長霍華德·盧特尼克(Howard Lutnick) 擔任商務部長。 。

The Secretary of Commerce is tasked with promoting American trade, both domestically and internationally. As one of the president’s closest advisers, the secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. Lutnick, who is now serving as co-lead of the Trump transition team, was widely expected to be tapped for a Cabinet-level role in the administration.

商務部長的任務是促進美國的國內和國際貿易。作為總統最親密的顧問之一，國務卿是美國內閣成員。盧特尼克目前擔任川普過渡團隊的聯合領導，人們普遍預期他將在政府中擔任內閣級的職位。

Lutnick has also drawn attention within the crypto community for his statements on Bitcoin and his firm’s ties to stablecoin issuer Tether.

Lutnick 也因其關於比特幣的聲明以及他的公司與穩定幣發行商 Tether 的關係而引起了加密社群的關注。

Crypto ties and Tether’s role

加密貨幣關係和 Tether 的角色

Since 2021 and 2023, respectively, Tether’s U.S. Treasury and bond portfolios have been handled by Cantor Fitzgerald, the Wall Street financial services firm that Lutnick has presided over since 1996. Despite calls for a financial audit, Tether — which has a market capitalization of $129 billion — has continued to face scrutiny over its accounting practices.

自 2021 年和 2023 年起，Tether 的美國國債和債券投資組合分別由 Lutnick 自 1996 年以來主持的華爾街金融服務公司 Cantor Fitzgerald 處理。 儘管有人呼籲進行財務審計，但 Tether 的市值為 129 美元十億— —其會計實務繼續面臨審查。

On several occasions, Lutnick has voiced his support for Tether, which he claims to be financially sound. He is also known to be a “big fan” of Bitcoin but may have an interesting take on the cryptocurrency. Despite the fact that spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer “a way for Americans to buy” Bitcoin, he stated in January that the primary cryptocurrency “isn’t an American thing.”

Lutnick 曾多次表達對 Tether 的支持，並聲稱 Tether 的財務狀況良好。眾所周知，他是比特幣的“忠實粉絲”，但可能對加密貨幣有有趣的看法。儘管現貨 BTC 交易所交易基金 (ETF) 為「美國人購買」比特幣提供了一種方式，但他在一月份表示，主要的加密貨幣「不是美國人的東西」。

Lutnick appeared to be more bullish on Bitcoin at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in July.

Lutnick 在 7 月的比特幣 2024 會議上似乎更加看好比特幣。

“Cantor Fitzgerald is here to announce that we are launching a Bitcoin financing business […] We are going to launch with $2 billion of lending.”

“坎托·菲茨杰拉德 (Cantor Fitzgerald) 在此宣布我們將推出比特幣融資業務 [...] 我們將推出 20 億美元的貸款。”

Regulator challenges and Lutnick’s appointment

監管機構的挑戰和盧特尼克的任命

As of yet, nothing is known about this venture. Trump also made an appearance at the conference.

到目前為止，我們對這項合資企業一無所知。川普也出席了這次會議。

In an interview with Fox News in September, Lutnick stated that Bitcoin is a commodity. Regarding U.S. regulators, he had this to say:

盧特尼克在 9 月接受福斯新聞採訪時表示，比特幣是一種商品。對於美國監管機構，他是這麼說的：

“Let’s face it: they don’t even know how to do crypto and digital at all, and they have no idea; they still don’t understand how important it is to get it right.”

「讓我們面對現實：他們甚至根本不知道如何進行加密和數位化，而且他們不知道；他們仍然不明白把事情做好是多麼重要。

Lutnick will be succeeding Gina Raimondo, the former governor of Rhode Island, in this role.

盧特尼克將接替羅德島州前州長吉娜·雷蒙多擔任此職位。