作者：Derek Andersen，CoinTelegraph；编译：白水，金色财经
美国候任总统唐纳德·特朗普已任命康托·菲茨杰拉德（Cantor Fitzgerald）首席执行官霍华德·卢特尼克（Howard Lutnick）为商务部长。卢特尼克长期以来一直是加密货币的支持者。
商务部长负责推动美国在国内外的商业发展。国防部长是美国内阁成员，也是总统最亲密的顾问。卢特尼克目前是特朗普过渡团队的共同负责人，被视为最有可能担任内阁职位的候选人。
卢特尼克因其与稳定币发行商 Tether 的关系以及他对比特币的言论而引起了加密世界的关注。
卢特尼克自 1996 年以来领导的华尔街金融服务公司康托·菲茨杰拉德自 2021 年以来一直管理 Tether 的美国国债投资组合，自 2023 年以来一直管理其债券投资组合，要求进行财务审计。
卢特尼克多次公开表达了对 Tether 财务状况的信心。他也是比特币的“忠实粉丝”，尽管他对比特币的看法可能很独特。他在一月份表示，现货 BTC ETF 是“美国人购买”比特币的一种方式，但比特币“不是美国人的东西”。
卢特尼克在 7 月份出席比特币 2024 大会时对比特币更加热情。 “坎托·菲茨杰拉德在此宣布我们正在推出比特币融资业务。 [...]我们将提供 20 亿美元的贷款。”
该业务的细节尚未披露。特朗普也出席了会议。
资料来源：The Bitcoin Historian
9 月，卢特尼克告诉福克斯新闻，比特币是一种商品。他还批评美国监管机构，称：
“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。”
卢特尼克将接替前罗德岛州州长吉娜·雷蒙多。
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