Earlier this month, Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman Brandon Lutnick presided over an “unveiling” of Satoshi Nakamoto to close out the first day of his firm’s Miami crypto conference. At least, it was a statue of the mysterious creator of bitcoin. At the Ritz-Carlton, more than 200 bankers and investors gathered to see the artwork, sculpted to resemble code out of “The Matrix.” Selfies were taken. Michael Saylor looked on approvingly. A string ensemble played “New York, New York.” Though the statue was sitting cross-legged with a laptop, a plaque beneath it read, confusingly, “Always Standing for Freedom.” On that day, ... (full story)