Cantor Fitzgerald, the financial services firm led by Howard Lutnick, is close to finalizing a massive $4 billion deal to acquire Bitcoin through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
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Cantor Fitzgerald’s $4B Bitcoin Buy
According to the latest report, the firm’s 27-year-old chairman, Brandon Lutnick, son of the US Commerce Secretary, is spearheading the negotiations with Adam Back, the founder of Blockstream.
The deal, which could be announced as early as this week, involves Cantor Equity Partners 1, a SPAC that raised $200 million in an initial public offering earlier this year. Back is expected to contribute up to 30,000 Bitcoin (worth over $3 billion) to the SPAC, which would then be renamed BSTR Holdings.
Additionally, the blank-check company plans to raise around $800 million in outside funding to purchase even more Bitcoin. This brings the total transaction value to over $4 billion.
This approach comes under Cantor Fitzgerald’s strategy of using publicly listed shell companies to invest in digital assets. Earlier this year, Brandon Lutnick executed a similar $3.6 billion Bitcoin purchase in collaboration with SoftBank and Tether.
If completed, this latest deal would further cement Cantor Fitzgerald’s position as one of the most active institutional buyers of cryptocurrency.
Adam Back is a key figure in the crypto industry, having contributed to the foundational technology behind Bitcoin. His 1997 proposal for Hashcash, a proof-of-work system, directly influenced Bitcoin’s mining mechanism.
Back later co-founded Blockstream, a blockchain technology company backed by major investors like Khosla Ventures and Baillie Gifford.
The Cantor-Back deal highlights a growing trend of using SPACs to amass Bitcoin, following the playbook of Michael Saylor’s Strategy, which has aggressively stockpiled the cryptocurrency.
With Republican lawmakers currently debating crypto-related legislation in Crypto Week, the timing of this deal could draw attention.
If successful, Cantor Fitzgerald’s combined bitcoin holdings could approach $10 billion this year alone, including those from its other SPAC, like Twenty One Capital.
As institutional interest in Bitcoin continues to surge, deals like this show Wall Street’s deepening involvement in the crypto market. Furthermore, US President Donald Trump’s legislative effort to establish a clear crypto regulatory framework is also boosting institutional investors.
Bitcoin created a new all-time high of $123,000 for the first time as institutional investors fueled its rally, thanks to impressive development in crypto regulations. Wall Street and major firms like Strategy are accelerating Bitcoin adoption. At the time of writing, BTC is currently trading at around $117,327.57 with a 2.23% drop, according to CoinMarketCap.
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