特朗普在加密货币倡导中选择卢特尼克担任商务部长

11 月 19 日有报道称，美国当选总统唐纳德·特朗普已选定 Cantor Fitzgerald 首席执行官霍华德·卢特尼克 (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.

据 Cointelegraph 11 月 19 日报道，美国当选总统唐纳德·特朗普已选择 Cantor Fitzgerald 首席执行官霍华德·卢特尼克 (Howard Lutnick) 担任商务部长。一段时间以来，卢特尼克一直是比特币的倡导者。

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.

商务部长的任务是促进美国的国内和国际贸易。作为总统最亲密的顾问之一，国务卿是美国内阁成员。卢特尼克目前担任特朗普过渡团队的联合领导，人们普遍预计他将在政府中担任内阁级别的职务。

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

Lutnick 还因其关于比特币的声明以及他的公司与稳定币发行商 Tether 的关系而引起了加密社区的关注。

Crypto ties and Tether’s role

加密货币关系和 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 的美国国债和债券投资组合分别由 Lutnick 自 1996 年以来主持的华尔街金融服务公司 Cantor Fitzgerald 处理。尽管有人呼吁进行财务审计，但 Tether 的市值为 129 美元十亿——其会计实践继续面临审查。

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 曾多次表示对 Tether 的支持，并声称 Tether 的财务状况良好。众所周知，他是比特币的“忠实粉丝”，但可能对加密货币有有趣的看法。尽管现货 BTC 交易所交易基金 (ETF) 为“美国人购买”比特币提供了一种方式，但他在一月份表示，主要的加密货币“不是美国人的东西”。

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

Lutnick 在 7 月份的比特币 2024 会议上似乎更加看好比特币。

“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) 在此宣布我们将推出比特币融资业务 [...] 我们将推出 20 亿美元的贷款。”

Regulator challenges and Lutnick’s appointment

监管机构的挑战和卢特尼克的任命

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

到目前为止，我们对这一合资企业一无所知。特朗普也出席了这次会议。

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

卢特尼克在 9 月份接受福克斯新闻采访时表示，比特币是一种商品。对于美国监管机构，他是这样说的：

“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.”

“让我们面对现实吧：他们甚至根本不知道如何进行加密和数字化，而且他们不知道；他们仍然不明白把事情做好是多么重要。”

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

卢特尼克将接替罗德岛州前州长吉娜·雷蒙多担任这一职务。