Son Of Lutnick Nears $3bn Crypto Venture With SoftBank And Tether

Financial Times2025-04-23

Brandon Lutnick, son of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is partnering with SoftBank, Tether and Bitfinex to capitalise on a cryptocurrency revival under US President Donald Trump.The consortium ...

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Eventually, SoftBank, Tether and Bitfinex would see their investment of bitcoin converted into shares in 21 Capital at $10 per share and value the digital currency at $85,000 per coin.While the deal was likely to be announced in the coming weeks, it could still fail to materialise, and the numbers could change, the people cautioned.In 2021, Tether and Bitfinex settled large regulatory investigations with the New York state attorney-general and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.The Trump administration has promised a more accommodative stance to cryptocurrency trading.Cantor Fitzgerald has already been a beneficiary, advising on Tether’s $775mn investment in rightwing video-sharing company Rumble.Bitcoin’s price peaked at about $106,000 in the month after Trump’s election win in November and has seesawed in the following months but remains near all-time highs at $92,000 a coin. MicroStrategy has fallen by a fifth in value from record highs reached in November.The crypto tie-up is the first in a potential wave of Spac deals led by Cantor Fitzgerald. In addition to its Cantor Equity Partners Spac, it has created two other such vehicles led by the younger Lutnick that are hunting for deals.The brokerage has also underwritten a handful of Spacs in recent months issued by third parties.Cantor and SoftBank declined to comment. 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