On October 10, 2019, CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert commented on Ether’s status as a commodity:
“We’ve been very clear on bitcoin: bitcoin is a commodity under the Commodity Exchange Act. We haven’t said anything about Ether –...more
11/12/2019
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Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
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As part of the continuing dialogue with market participants working toward developing methodologies for establishing possession or control by broker-dealers over their customers' digital asset securities, on July 8, 2019, the...more
7/22/2019
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