CFTC Chair labels Bitcoin, Ethereum as commodities - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
Bitcoin EthereumNilagyan ng label ng CFTC Chair ang Bitcoin, Ethereum bilang mga commodities05 / 17 / 2022Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Rostin Behnam, the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), claimed Bitcoin (BTC) at Ethereum (ETH) are commodities. He said this during an pakikipanayam with CNBCs Squawk Box on Monday. Referring to a Senate bill that seeks to give the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) control over a large chunk of the crypto market, leaving the CFTC with far less control, Behnam said this matter is an age-old issue between the two agencies. According to Behnam, the CFTC and the SEC have had a great relationship over the years, and they continue to communicate and work together. He added that both entities have a lot of common registrants. However, Behnam believes it makes sense for the CFTC to regulate commodities and the SEC to regulate securities. He further noted that the sphere of digital assets, which contains thousands of tokens, naturally features some commodities and securities. To this end, the CFTC Chair said it makes sense to parse through both asset types to determine which tokens qualify as securities or commodities. Behnam acknowledged that sorting through the crypto market to distinguish securities from commodities