Howard Lutnick is moving to strengthen his alliance with one of the most important and controversial names in the digital-asset business: Tether Holdings Ltd.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick is in talks to deepen his financial ties with the company operating the world's largest stablecoin, Tether, by launching a $2 billion project to lend dollars to clients against bitcoin,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wants Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick — a vocal cryptocurrency enthusiast who has been stablecoin giant Tether's (USDT) Wall Street banker for years — to serve as his Commerce Secretary, not Treasury Secretary.

Bitcoin bull Howard Lutnick might eventually land the Commerce Secretary job Under Donald Trump, ending his alleged lobbying for US SEC role

On Nov. 19, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, as his choice for Secretary of Commerce.

According to reports, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is now in the running to become President-elect Trump's Treasury secretary in 2025.

Howard Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO who’s been tapped to run the US Commerce Department, has in recent years become a prominent cheerleader for Tether, the company behind one of the world’s biggest crypto assets.

Before becoming Donald Trump’s commerce secretary pick, Lutnick deepened Cantor Fitzgerald’s ties with a stablecoin firm being investigated by U.S. authorities.