Despite the expected Bitwise Bitcoin ETF rejection, good news has come from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), whose chairman acknowledged Ether (ETH) as a commodity, falling under the CFTC purview.
Heath Tarbert, the CFTC chairman, made these comments while speaking at a Yahoo (NASDAQ:AABA) Finance summit in New York,
“It is my view as chairman of the CFTC that ether is a commodity”.
This recognition comes a year after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decided not to classify Bitcoin and Ether as securities. The dif...