Recent events
2026-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
In the 2025-2026 FEC reporting cycle (January 2025 through March 2026), Defend American Jobs received $9,000,000 in transfers from affiliated committees and $350,000 in itemized individual contributions, with zero…
2026-02-24
Stated positions
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The Congressional Record explicitly noted during the February 24, 2026 Senate session that 'during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee in 2025 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick' addressed…
2026-01-26
Transactions
PRIMARY
The Commerce Department conditionally agreed to a $1.577 billion investment in USA Rare Earth (USAR) on January 26, 2026, a deal for which Cantor Fitzgerald served as the lead placement agent.
2025-10-07
Other facts
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Tether’s loan to the Lutnick family is secured by 'more than half the equity in Cantor Fitzgerald,' establishing Tether as a senior creditor to its own reserve custodian.
2025-10-07
Other facts
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Howard Lutnick's children's trust, Dynasty Trust A, received an undisclosed loan from Tether on October 7, 2025, one day after his divestiture from Cantor Fitzgerald.
2025-10-07
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The loan to Dynasty Trust A is secured by 'more than half the equity in Cantor Fitzgerald,' effectively making Tether a senior creditor to its own custodian's parent company.
2025-10-07
Transactions
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Howard Lutnick's children's trust, Dynasty Trust A, received a loan of an undisclosed amount from Tether on October 7, 2025, to facilitate the purchase of Lutnick's equity in Cantor Fitzgerald.
2025-09-12
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SECONDARY
Tether announced in September 2025 that Cantor Fitzgerald would serve as the 'designated reserve custodian and preferred primary dealer' for USA₮ — a new stablecoin product explicitly positioned for U.S. regulatory…
2025-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
Brandon Lutnick, Howard Lutnick's son, was appointed Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald upon Howard's entry into government. Brandon Lutnick had previously served in an investment role at the firm. The father-to-son…
2025-06-15
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SECONDARY
Howard Lutnick's ethics agreement filed with the Office of Government Ethics upon his Commerce Secretary confirmation required him to recuse himself from matters directly affecting Cantor Fitzgerald for a period…
2025-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
Tether became the 17th largest U.S. debt holder with approximately $135 billion in Treasury holdings as of 2025, per AMBCrypto — meaning Cantor Fitzgerald, as primary custodian, holds and manages an extraordinary…
2025-04-15
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SECONDARY
Cantor Fitzgerald is a co-founder and financial backer of Twenty One Capital, a Bitcoin holding company structured similarly to MicroStrategy, announced in April 2025. Twenty One Capital was co-founded with Tether and…
2025-04-15
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Cantor Fitzgerald and Tether co-founded the Bitcoin holding company Twenty One Capital (NASDAQ: XXI) with SoftBank in April 2025.
2025-02-05
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Howard Lutnick served as Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald from 1992 until his confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Commerce on February 5, 2025. He was one of the largest individual donors to Donald Trump's 2024…
2024-11-15
Transactions
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Cantor Fitzgerald led Tether's $600 million investment round in November 2024, per Sacra — a financial relationship that predated Lutnick's Commerce confirmation and positions Cantor as both Tether's primary custodian…
2024-06-15
Transactions
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FEC records show Howard Lutnick personally donated $1 million to the Trump 47 Committee (Trump's 2024 general election committee) and additional amounts to Trump-affiliated PACs in the 2024 election cycle, making him…
2024-06-15
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Cantor Fitzgerald is a designated primary dealer with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — one of approximately 24 institutions authorized to trade directly with the Fed in open market operations and U.S. Treasury…
2024-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
The FEC's electronic database systematically double-counts crypto-to-cash conversion transactions for Fairshake and likely its affiliated PACs, meaning published receipt totals for the Fairshake network overstate…
2024-06-15
Transactions
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Cantor Fitzgerald's broker-dealer subsidiary, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., is registered with the SEC and FINRA and files annual FOCUS reports. Its investment banking subsidiary has advised on mergers, acquisitions, and…
2024-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
Over the 2023-2024 cycle, Defend American Jobs made approximately $57 million in total independent expenditures, of which more than $40 million was concentrated on the Ohio Republican Senate primary and general…
2024-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
In September 2024, Fairshake transferred $15 million to Defend American Jobs and $5 million to Protect Progress in the same reporting window while receiving only approximately $1.1 million in new donor receipts in that…
2024-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
Cantor Fitzgerald donated $10 million to a super PAC led by a Tether executive in 2024, per The Block — representing a financial relationship between Tether-linked political operations and Cantor that post-dates…
2024-06-15
Other facts
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Cantor's role as Tether reserve custodian gives it exposure to the operational fees, repo financing, and securities lending economics associated with managing tens of billions of dollars in T-Bills on behalf of a…
2024-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
Defend American Jobs disbursed independent expenditures to Main Street Media Group (PO Box 25093, Alexandria, VA 22313) totaling at least $1,507,944 in the 2024 cycle for media buys in Utah Senate races, per FEC filing…
2024-06-15
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Cantor Fitzgerald serves as a custodian for U.S. Treasury holdings backing the Tether stablecoin, creating a documented financial linkage between the largest stablecoin issuer and a U.S. primary dealer.
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