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Cantor Fitzgerald is a global financial services public company (Nasdaq: CEP) that has established one of the industry's most extensive distribution networks and has become a government securities dealer in the market. Cantor Equity Partners is a blank check company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald to conduct corporate mergers and acquisitions through a SPAC mechanism. Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. completed a $200 million initial public offering (IPO) in January 2025, with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. serving as the sole bookrunner.
Strive plans to issue up to $1 billion in SATS preferred shares via ATM.
According to U.S. SEC filings, Strive, Inc. filed a Form 424B5 prospectus supplement on October 26, announcing sales agreements with Cantor Fitzgerald, Barclays, Clear Street, StoneX, B. Riley, Maxim Group, and H.C. Wainwright to issue up to $1 billion in aggregate of 15.00% Series A Perpetual SATS Preferred Stock through an at-the-market (ATM) offering. Agent commissions are capped at 2.0% of gross proceeds. The SATS Preferred Stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market, closing at $94.88 per share on October 23, below the $100 initial liquidation preference. Of the 7 million shares currently outstanding, the newly offered shares will carry identical terms. Based on a $100 par value, the preferred stock carries an annual cumulative dividend rate of 15%. Upon the closing of its IPO on October 20, the company established a dividend reserve by depositing $22.50 per share into an account to cover dividend payments for the first 18 months. Additionally, if the public float falls below 25% of the total shares issued in the initial offering and subsequent additions, or in the event of a "tax event," the company retains the right to redeem all shares. In the event of a "fundamental change," holders have the right to require the company to redeem at par plus accrued
Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back's Multiple Ventures Hit Setbacks: BSTR Ordered to Pay $15 Million Breakup Fee
Odaily News — Multiple Bitcoin ventures associated with Bitcoin pioneer and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back have recently suffered a series of setbacks: the merger between BSTR Holdings, the Bitcoin treasury project he championed, and a SPAC under Cantor Fitzgerald has been terminated, with BSTR ordered to pay a $15 million breakup fee; Blockstream Mining, the Bitcoin mining operation he co-founded and in which he holds a minority stake, along with its partner Exacore, has faced multiple lawsuits following its spin-off from Blockstream, accused of owing equipment payments, electricity bills, and customer deposits, with related financing totaling approximately $2 billion; meanwhile, Liquid Network, the Bitcoin sidechain initiated by Blockstream, suffered a hack in which approximately 4,000 BTC were stolen, of which 3,400 have been returned, with the hacker still retaining approximately $47 million worth of Bitcoin. (Bloomberg)
Securitize Shares Hit All-Time High as Cantor Fitzgerald Initiates with Overweight Rating, $21.2 Price Target
Odaily News: Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated coverage of digital asset securitization company Securitize with an Overweight rating and a price target of $21.2. Securitize shares rose 12% yesterday to $14.57, hitting an all-time high. Cantor Fitzgerald stated that tokenization represents one of the largest overhauls of financial infrastructure in the past century, and believes the stock's current valuation is attractive.
Copper CEO Amar Kuchinad Departs as Sale Talks Enter Fourth Month
Odaily News: Copper has been seeking a buyer since May this year and hired Cantor Fitzgerald to assist with the sale process, with an initial asking price of $500 million. The company has currently received offers of around $200 million, down from a peak valuation of over $2 billion. Amar Kuchinad joined Copper as CEO in October 2024, following the departure of Copper founder and former CEO Dmitry Tokarev. Kuchinad previously worked at Goldman Sachs and served as an advisor to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Copper recently added two new executives, with Elin Cherry as Chief Compliance Officer and Sean Bowen as Chief Operating Officer.
Crypto custody firm Copper potential acquisition bid around $200 million, well below $500 million asking price.
According to CoinDesk, insiders revealed that crypto custodian Copper is attracting interest from potential buyers, but current acquisition offers of two or three are approximately $200 million, significantly below the roughly $500 million valuation that investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald was seeking for the company in May this year.
Cantor Fitzgerald: Bullish on MSTR and BTC Correlation Recovery, STRC Key to Restarting Capital Engine
Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald stated that the key to Strategy restarting its capital expansion cycle lies in restoring its preferred stock STRC back to the $100 par value level. The bank pointed out that repairing the STRC price is a core prerequisite for restarting the company's Bitcoin accumulation "capital engine" and will help stabilize the overall capital structure.After a meeting with Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Cantor Fitzgerald expressed increased confidence in management's plans to stabilize the balance sheet and restore financing capabilities. In the current market, STRC is trading at approximately $87.79, Strategy's stock price fell 3.4% to $97.34, while Bitcoin is trading around $61,800.Cantor believes that STRC is the foundational tool of Strategy's financing system, and its repair will drive benefits for both preferred and common shares, further enhancing the company's ability to continue accumulating Bitcoin. Currently, Strategy has raised approximately $216 million through Bitcoin sales to fund preferred stock dividends and is expected to continue increasing its cash reserves to support dividend stability. (CoinDesk)
US Senator Richard Blumenthal Investigates Cantor Fitzgerald's Relationship with Tether
Odaily News: Senator Richard Blumenthal, a senior Democrat on the U.S. Senate investigation panel, is continuing to investigate the financial relationship of stablecoin issuer Tether, and has sent a letter to Brandon Lutnick, CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, requesting information about the relationship between the two companies.Brandon Lutnick is the son of U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. After Howard Lutnick joined the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Brandon Lutnick took over his leadership role at Cantor Fitzgerald.Cantor Fitzgerald holds and manages Tether's reserve assets in the United States, and the two parties have multiple other business interests. (CoinDesk)
Senator Blumenthal Sends Letter of Inquiry Regarding Tether's Partnership with Cantor Fitzgerald
US Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote to the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, launching an investigative inquiry into the two companies’ ties regarding Tether reserve management and compliance.
Copper CEO Amar Kuchinad Departs as Sale Talks Enter Fourth Month
Odaily News: Copper has been seeking a buyer since May this year and hired Cantor Fitzgerald to assist with the sale process, with an initial asking price of $500 million. The company has currently received offers of around $200 million, down from a peak valuation of over $2 billion. Amar Kuchinad joined Copper as CEO in October 2024, following the departure of Copper founder and former CEO Dmitry Tokarev. Kuchinad previously worked at Goldman Sachs and served as an advisor to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Copper recently added two new executives, with Elin Cherry as Chief Compliance Officer and Sean Bowen as Chief Operating Officer.
Cantor Fitzgerald opens Kalshi prediction market to hedge funds
Odaily News: Cantor Fitzgerald has announced that it will open access to the prediction market platform Kalshi for institutional investors, providing event contract trading services to its approximately 3,000 institutional clients, including family offices and hedge funds.According to The Wall Street Journal, Cantor Fitzgerald will act as a broker arranging block trades for institutional clients, enabling them to participate in "yes/no" contract trading based on real-world event outcomes offered by Kalshi. The trading instruments cover multiple areas, including weather forecasts, commodity price trends, and corporate performance.This partnership marks the further entry of traditional financial institutions into the prediction market space. Kalshi is an event trading platform regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where users can bet via contracts on whether specific events will occur, such as economic data releases, policy changes, weather conditions, and business events.In recent years, prediction markets have drawn attention from investors, with proponents arguing that they can reflect collective expectations through market prices and provide risk hedging tools for businesses and investment institutions. However, regulators and some market participants have also continued to scrutinize the boundary between these markets and gambling. (WSJ)
Securitize 联手 Cantor 推进代币化 IPO
Securitize partners with Cantor Fitzgerald to develop a blockchain-based IPO framework, enabling tokenized securities issuance within the existing U.S. securities regulatory framework.
Cantor Fitzgerald: Bitcoin Bear Market May Be Nearing the End, Expected to Bottom Out Around October
According to CoinDesk, Wall Street bank Cantor Fitzgerald issued a research report indicating that the crypto market is entering the final phase of the current bear cycle. As of June 10, Bitcoin has declined approximately 51% from its 2025 peak, with 252 days having passed since the peak. Synthesizing the past three market cycles, BTC bottoms on average 384 days after the peak; based on this, the low point of this cycle is projected to appear around the end of October. Analysts also noted that the model is not a precise timing tool, and macro, regulatory, and geopolitical risks remain. Regarding network value assessment, Cantor believes Hyperliquid is the prime example of fee-driven token economics, Bitcoin remains the benchmark monetary asset, and Ethereum serves as the primary collateral layer for on-chain finance; Solana, Sui, XRP, and Zcash each possess differentiated advantages, but still need to prove that their ecosystem growth can translate into sustained token demand.
Three Wall Street Firms Recommend Buying Crypto Stocks on the Dip, Say Binance Hack Unlikely to Derail Market Recovery
Odaily report: Analysts from three Wall Street firms—Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen, and Compass Point—all believe that despite Binance suffering an approximately $6.3 billion hack, there is currently insufficient evidence to suggest the incident will threaten the broader crypto market, and the market's prior recovery trend is unlikely to be interrupted as a result.Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Ramsey El-Assal noted that Tether has frozen over $1.5 billion in stolen assets, Circle has frozen approximately $800 million, and Ripple has frozen about $200 million, with Binance stating that the total frozen stolen funds currently amount to roughly $3 billion. He believes the crypto industry is gradually improving its ability to respond to such security incidents and expects crypto-related stocks such as Coinbase, Robinhood, and Strategy to rebound once market panic subsides, recommending that investors buy on the dip.TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza believes the attack exposed security weaknesses in Binance's own transaction signing infrastructure rather than flaws in the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and that the market sell-off may present an opportunity to accumulate Bitcoin and shares of listed companies holding Bitcoin.Compass Point analysts believe Binance has sufficient liquidity to cover the funding gap, and expect its excess USDT reserves, BTC reserves, and USDC funds to be adequate to absorb the losses. However, the firm also warned that Binance compensating customers could put pressure on stablecoin supply and may drive users to migrate from centralized exchanges to competing platforms such as Coinbase, Bullish, and Hyperliquid. (CoinDesk)
Cantor Fitzgerald: Bitcoin Bear Market May Be Nearing the End, Expected to Bottom Out Around October
According to CoinDesk, Wall Street bank Cantor Fitzgerald issued a research report indicating that the crypto market is entering the final phase of the current bear cycle. As of June 10, Bitcoin has declined approximately 51% from its 2025 peak, with 252 days having passed since the peak. Synthesizing the past three market cycles, BTC bottoms on average 384 days after the peak; based on this, the low point of this cycle is projected to appear around the end of October. Analysts also noted that the model is not a precise timing tool, and macro, regulatory, and geopolitical risks remain. Regarding network value assessment, Cantor believes Hyperliquid is the prime example of fee-driven token economics, Bitcoin remains the benchmark monetary asset, and Ethereum serves as the primary collateral layer for on-chain finance; Solana, Sui, XRP, and Zcash each possess differentiated advantages, but still need to prove that their ecosystem growth can translate into sustained token demand.
Cantor Bullish on Coinbase and Robinhood, Raises Price Targets, Predicts Market-Driven New Growth Cycle
Odaily News According to analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, investors are shifting their focus to new businesses such as prediction markets, which are also key drivers for the next phase of growth for Coinbase and Robinhood. The analysts currently maintain an "Overweight" rating for both exchanges and have raised their price targets to $250 and $110, respectively. They believe that as product expansion (including prediction markets, tokenization, and access to private markets) progresses, the medium-to-long-term growth prospects for both companies will improve. (CoinDesk)
Three Wall Street Firms Recommend Buying Crypto Stocks on the Dip, Say Binance Hack Unlikely to Derail Market Recovery
Odaily report: Analysts from three Wall Street firms—Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen, and Compass Point—all believe that despite Binance suffering an approximately $6.3 billion hack, there is currently insufficient evidence to suggest the incident will threaten the broader crypto market, and the market's prior recovery trend is unlikely to be interrupted as a result.Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Ramsey El-Assal noted that Tether has frozen over $1.5 billion in stolen assets, Circle has frozen approximately $800 million, and Ripple has frozen about $200 million, with Binance stating that the total frozen stolen funds currently amount to roughly $3 billion. He believes the crypto industry is gradually improving its ability to respond to such security incidents and expects crypto-related stocks such as Coinbase, Robinhood, and Strategy to rebound once market panic subsides, recommending that investors buy on the dip.TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza believes the attack exposed security weaknesses in Binance's own transaction signing infrastructure rather than flaws in the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and that the market sell-off may present an opportunity to accumulate Bitcoin and shares of listed companies holding Bitcoin.Compass Point analysts believe Binance has sufficient liquidity to cover the funding gap, and expect its excess USDT reserves, BTC reserves, and USDC funds to be adequate to absorb the losses. However, the firm also warned that Binance compensating customers could put pressure on stablecoin supply and may drive users to migrate from centralized exchanges to competing platforms such as Coinbase, Bullish, and Hyperliquid. (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back's Multiple Ventures Hit Setbacks: BSTR Ordered to Pay $15 Million Breakup Fee
Odaily News — Multiple Bitcoin ventures associated with Bitcoin pioneer and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back have recently suffered a series of setbacks: the merger between BSTR Holdings, the Bitcoin treasury project he championed, and a SPAC under Cantor Fitzgerald has been terminated, with BSTR ordered to pay a $15 million breakup fee; Blockstream Mining, the Bitcoin mining operation he co-founded and in which he holds a minority stake, along with its partner Exacore, has faced multiple lawsuits following its spin-off from Blockstream, accused of owing equipment payments, electricity bills, and customer deposits, with related financing totaling approximately $2 billion; meanwhile, Liquid Network, the Bitcoin sidechain initiated by Blockstream, suffered a hack in which approximately 4,000 BTC were stolen, of which 3,400 have been returned, with the hacker still retaining approximately $47 million worth of Bitcoin. (Bloomberg)
Cantor Fitzgerald opens Kalshi prediction market to hedge funds
Odaily News: Cantor Fitzgerald has announced that it will open access to the prediction market platform Kalshi for institutional investors, providing event contract trading services to its approximately 3,000 institutional clients, including family offices and hedge funds.According to The Wall Street Journal, Cantor Fitzgerald will act as a broker arranging block trades for institutional clients, enabling them to participate in "yes/no" contract trading based on real-world event outcomes offered by Kalshi. The trading instruments cover multiple areas, including weather forecasts, commodity price trends, and corporate performance.This partnership marks the further entry of traditional financial institutions into the prediction market space. Kalshi is an event trading platform regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where users can bet via contracts on whether specific events will occur, such as economic data releases, policy changes, weather conditions, and business events.In recent years, prediction markets have drawn attention from investors, with proponents arguing that they can reflect collective expectations through market prices and provide risk hedging tools for businesses and investment institutions. However, regulators and some market participants have also continued to scrutinize the boundary between these markets and gambling. (WSJ)
Fairshake-affiliated PAC spends over $986,000 in Michigan Democratic primary race
documents filed by Protect Progress PAC, an affiliate of the crypto-focused political action committee Fairshake, with the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) show that as of Tuesday, it has spent over $986,000 to support current Democratic Representative Shri Thanedar in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District and oppose challenger Donavan McKinney. The expenditure occurs two weeks before the August 4 Democratic primary, which will determine the party’s nominee for the November general election. Protect Progress PAC spent approximately $1 million in 2024 to support Thanedar, who received 54.9% of the vote in that year’s Democratic primary and went on to secure 68.6% of the vote in the November general election. Fairshake and its affiliated organizations report having a $191 million war chest to influence key elections. Other crypto industry-related political action committees include the Fellowship, backed by Cantor Fitzgerald and Anchorage Digital, and the Blockchain Leadership Fund, supported by Anchorage and Chainlink Labs. Protect Progress PAC has also spent over $100,000 to support Arizona Representative Greg Stanton’s re-election. Meanwhile, Defend American Jobs PAC has spent over $65,000 to support Amanda McKinney, the Republican candidate in Washington’s 4th Congressional District.
Securitize 联手 Cantor 推进代币化 IPO
Securitize partners with Cantor Fitzgerald to develop a blockchain-based IPO framework, enabling tokenized securities issuance within the existing U.S. securities regulatory framework.
Securitize Plans $400M Acquisition Push to Strengthen Institutional Tokenization Platform
: Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo stated that after its NYSE listing, the company will utilize approximately $400 million in capital reserves to pursue mergers and acquisitions, aiming to expand its institutional-grade asset tokenization business. By completing its listing through a merger with Cantor Fitzgerald's SPAC, the company retained about 70% of its trust funds, providing sufficient cash reserves to support the next phase of expansion.Carlos Domingo noted that the acquisition targets will primarily focus on areas complementary to the tokenization business, rather than direct competitors, with the goal of building a "full-stack tokenization service platform" for institutional clients.Securitize currently serves institutions including BlackRock, KKR, Apollo, and VanEck, having issued approximately $4.4 billion in tokenized assets, including products such as BlackRock's BUIDL fund. (CoinDesk)
Cantor Fitzgerald: Bitcoin Bear Market May Be Nearing the End, Expected to Bottom Out Around October
According to CoinDesk, Wall Street bank Cantor Fitzgerald issued a research report indicating that the crypto market is entering the final phase of the current bear cycle. As of June 10, Bitcoin has declined approximately 51% from its 2025 peak, with 252 days having passed since the peak. Synthesizing the past three market cycles, BTC bottoms on average 384 days after the peak; based on this, the low point of this cycle is projected to appear around the end of October. Analysts also noted that the model is not a precise timing tool, and macro, regulatory, and geopolitical risks remain. Regarding network value assessment, Cantor believes Hyperliquid is the prime example of fee-driven token economics, Bitcoin remains the benchmark monetary asset, and Ethereum serves as the primary collateral layer for on-chain finance; Solana, Sui, XRP, and Zcash each possess differentiated advantages, but still need to prove that their ecosystem growth can translate into sustained token demand.
Cryptocurrency custody firm Copper is seeking to sell the company at a valuation of approximately $500 million.
According to CoinDesk, cryptocurrency custody firm Copper is seeking to sell the company at a valuation of approximately $500 million and has engaged Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald to assist with the transaction. Copper’s core asset is its ClearLoop custody-based settlement system, which enables institutional clients to execute delivery versus payment (DvP) transactions without moving assets on-chain, effectively eliminating settlement risk. The company currently boasts over 1,000 active counterparties and processes over $50 billion in notional trading volume monthly. Copper had previously considered an IPO, but the broader crypto IPO market has entered a wait-and-see phase amid sluggish Bitcoin prices and the capital-attracting effect of the AI sector.
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Three Wall Street Firms Recommend Buying Crypto Stocks on the Dip, Say Binance Hack Unlikely to Derail Market Recovery
Odaily report: Analysts from three Wall Street firms—Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen, and Compass Point—all believe that despite Binance suffering an approximately $6.3 billion hack, there is currently insufficient evidence to suggest the incident will threaten the broader crypto market, and the market's prior recovery trend is unlikely to be interrupted as a result.Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Ramsey El-Assal noted that Tether has frozen over $1.5 billion in stolen assets, Circle has frozen approximately $800 million, and Ripple has frozen about $200 million, with Binance stating that the total frozen stolen funds currently amount to roughly $3 billion. He believes the crypto industry is gradually improving its ability to respond to such security incidents and expects crypto-related stocks such as Coinbase, Robinhood, and Strategy to rebound once market panic subsides, recommending that investors buy on the dip.TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza believes the attack exposed security weaknesses in Binance's own transaction signing infrastructure rather than flaws in the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and that the market sell-off may present an opportunity to accumulate Bitcoin and shares of listed companies holding Bitcoin.Compass Point analysts believe Binance has sufficient liquidity to cover the funding gap, and expect its excess USDT reserves, BTC reserves, and USDC funds to be adequate to absorb the losses. However, the firm also warned that Binance compensating customers could put pressure on stablecoin supply and may drive users to migrate from centralized exchanges to competing platforms such as Coinbase, Bullish, and Hyperliquid. (CoinDesk)
Strive plans to issue up to $1 billion in SATS preferred shares via ATM.
According to U.S. SEC filings, Strive, Inc. filed a Form 424B5 prospectus supplement on October 26, announcing sales agreements with Cantor Fitzgerald, Barclays, Clear Street, StoneX, B. Riley, Maxim Group, and H.C. Wainwright to issue up to $1 billion in aggregate of 15.00% Series A Perpetual SATS Preferred Stock through an at-the-market (ATM) offering. Agent commissions are capped at 2.0% of gross proceeds. The SATS Preferred Stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market, closing at $94.88 per share on October 23, below the $100 initial liquidation preference. Of the 7 million shares currently outstanding, the newly offered shares will carry identical terms. Based on a $100 par value, the preferred stock carries an annual cumulative dividend rate of 15%. Upon the closing of its IPO on October 20, the company established a dividend reserve by depositing $22.50 per share into an account to cover dividend payments for the first 18 months. Additionally, if the public float falls below 25% of the total shares issued in the initial offering and subsequent additions, or in the event of a "tax event," the company retains the right to redeem all shares. In the event of a "fundamental change," holders have the right to require the company to redeem at par plus accrued
Strategy MSTR Price Target Raised to $208, Cantor Fitzgerald Sees 45% Upside
Odaily News: Bitcoin Treasuries posted on X that Wall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald has raised its price target for Bitcoin treasury company Strategy MSTR from $186 to $208, citing an upward revision to its Bitcoin forecast. The target price implies 45% upside.
US Senator Richard Blumenthal Investigates Cantor Fitzgerald's Relationship with Tether
Odaily News: Senator Richard Blumenthal, a senior Democrat on the U.S. Senate investigation panel, is continuing to investigate the financial relationship of stablecoin issuer Tether, and has sent a letter to Brandon Lutnick, CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, requesting information about the relationship between the two companies.Brandon Lutnick is the son of U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. After Howard Lutnick joined the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Brandon Lutnick took over his leadership role at Cantor Fitzgerald.Cantor Fitzgerald holds and manages Tether's reserve assets in the United States, and the two parties have multiple other business interests. (CoinDesk)
Senator Blumenthal Sends Letter of Inquiry Regarding Tether's Partnership with Cantor Fitzgerald
US Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote to the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, launching an investigative inquiry into the two companies’ ties regarding Tether reserve management and compliance.
Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back's Multiple Ventures Hit Setbacks: BSTR Ordered to Pay $15 Million Breakup Fee
Odaily News — Multiple Bitcoin ventures associated with Bitcoin pioneer and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back have recently suffered a series of setbacks: the merger between BSTR Holdings, the Bitcoin treasury project he championed, and a SPAC under Cantor Fitzgerald has been terminated, with BSTR ordered to pay a $15 million breakup fee; Blockstream Mining, the Bitcoin mining operation he co-founded and in which he holds a minority stake, along with its partner Exacore, has faced multiple lawsuits following its spin-off from Blockstream, accused of owing equipment payments, electricity bills, and customer deposits, with related financing totaling approximately $2 billion; meanwhile, Liquid Network, the Bitcoin sidechain initiated by Blockstream, suffered a hack in which approximately 4,000 BTC were stolen, of which 3,400 have been returned, with the hacker still retaining approximately $47 million worth of Bitcoin. (Bloomberg)