Cantor, Bitcoin and Howard Lutnick (Patreon)

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You often hear me talk about "connective tissue", but this one is wild

I didn't have time to put together one of my elaborate mind maps, but I did jot down some notes that I am aware of and it's pretty incredible.

When somebody like Howard indirectly through his subordinates start saying they have absolute commitment to bitcoin, it means they know something is up.

IA 2025

Howard Lutnick (U.S. Commerce Secretary)

│ ├── Cantor Fitzgerald

│ ├── *Tether*

│ │ ├── Custodian for 99% of $132B reserves

│ │ └── 5% equity stake ($600M)

│

│ ├── Howard Investments

│ │ ├── MicroStrategy (3.58M shares/$1.04B)

│ │ └── Bitcoin lending ($2B initiative)

│ │

│ └── Howard Subsidiaries

│ └── Cantor Equity Partners (CEP)

│ ├── Merging with Twenty One Capital

│ └── Partners: SoftBank, Tether, Bitfinex

│

├── Howard Lutnick Family

│ ├── Brandon Lutnick (Cantor Chairman)

│ │ ├── Leads Twenty One Capital merger

│ │ └── Verified Tether reserves personally

│ │ └── Kyle Lutnick (Executive Committee)

│

├── Howard and Trump Administration

│ ├── Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

│ └── 2024 campaign co-chair

│

└── Howard and Michael Saylor

├── 538,200 BTC holdings

└── Trump crypto advisor

Howard and Key Third Parties

├── SoftBank: $900M in Twenty One Capital

├── Bitfinex: $600M in Twenty One Capital

└── Anchorage Digital/Copper: Custodians