Market news: U.S. Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick's son may take over Cantor's Tether business

ChainCatcher message, cryptocurrency supporter Howard Lutnick, who has been nominated by Trump as Secretary of Commerce, previously stated that he would resign from his positions at Cantor, BGC, and Newmark after Senate approval. Howard Lutnick currently serves as CEO of Cantor, and he plans to transfer the company's Tether business relationships to a colleague, who is reportedly likely to be his son Brandon Lutnick. Brandon Lutnick previously interned in Tether's Swiss operations and is currently working at Cantor. It is said that during his internship in Lugano, he counted the gold bars backing Tether Gold, which supports Tether's value of $660 million.