Senator Richard Blumenthal asked Brandon Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary's son, to explain Cantor Fitzgerald's ties to Tether, whose US reserves Cantor holds. Cointelegraph reported his estimate that the stake is worth $10 billion, a holding he can question now and could subpoena records on if Democrats take the Senate.
Perspective Coverage
5 publishers
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- Builder 11%
- Operator
- Operator 49%
- Investor
- Investor 40%
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives55
- Confidence62
Morgan Stanley's raise and Citizens JMP's cut leave Coinbase targets $22 apart
Morgan Stanley raised its Coinbase target to $258 from $250 while Citizens JMP cut its own to $280 from $325, leaving the two $22 apart. Both still put the stock at least 50% above its $172 close, so each firm is further from the market price than from the other.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption50
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives40
- Confidence55
Blumenthal staff report ties 84% of 846 sanctioned wallets to Tether's USDT
Senator Richard Blumenthal's staff found that 84% of 846 sanctioned, terror-linked wallets relied heavily on Tether's USDT. He wants Treasury and Justice to examine Tether's sanctions and money-laundering controls, though neither agency has yet announced an inquiry.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives55
- Confidence35
Senate Democratic staff found 84% of 846 Iran-linked sanctioned wallets moved almost only in Tether's USDT. Most came from Israel's list, and any penalty rests with a Treasury and Justice Department that Senator Blumenthal says have enforced nothing.
Perspective Coverage
8 publishers
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- Builder 17%
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- Operator 41%
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- Investor 42%
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- Evidence60
- Adoption75
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives72
- Confidence62
FCA board member Lea Paterson will review how the regulator handled Simon Andriesz, a whistleblower it wrongly told had no protection. MPs want an independent body to do the work, because the error concerned the basic question of who is covered.
Reality
- Evidence68
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives58
- Confidence64
Senate staff say Tether froze 5 of 39 Hezbollah-linked wallets Israel named in 2023 while $34.6 million left the rest. Treasury and the Justice Department can act on that freeze record more readily than on the report's 84% USDT share when they answer Blumenthal by Oct. 9.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives60
- Confidence55
Meta's Muse is the fourth AI agent Amazon has moved against
Amazon kept Meta's Muse out of its cart with a line in its own terms of service. Investors are already pricing which other intermediaries could say the same thing to an agent.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption46
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives72
- Confidence55
Cantor doubles its BitMine target with the stock 21% below the old one
Cantor Fitzgerald lifted its BitMine target from $30.60 to $63.60 on September 10 while the shares traded near $24.20. The case rests on a 5.93 million ETH treasury and a call that the crypto drawdown bottoms in October.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption25
- Hype gap+45
- Incentives62
- Confidence42
Cantor Fitzgerald's relief fund keeps a president and a general counsel 25 years after 9/11
The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund's 25th-anniversary anthology records how the firm built its duty to 658 families into job titles, an annual service and one interview question, and puts no figures on the cost.
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption40
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives78
- Confidence62
GOF's Premium Was the Payout: Guggenheim Fund Loses Its Funding Source Mid-Probe
A closed-end fund distributed $1.74bn over eight fiscal years while earning about a third of it, covering the gap by issuing shares above NAV. The premium is now a discount.
Publishers:thebearcave.substack.com
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption62
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives82
- Confidence52
A rejected $60.50-a-share bid has become a negotiation over price, and the structural antitrust objection points at the two assets integrators care about most: Braintree and Venmo.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
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- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 35%
- Investor
- Investor 40%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives68
- Confidence58