On May 22, 2018 the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an advisory statement for listing virtual currency derivative products. The statement is aimed at providing clarity for exchanges and clearing houses. Previously this week, major US cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase spoke to regulators about obtaining a federal banking charter.
Those events came in the midst of uncertainty regarding the status of crypto in the US, as federal regulatory bodies still haven’t come up with one definitive scheme to regulate Bitcoin, altcoins and initial coin offerings (ICOs). There are currently a number of federal regulators involved in crypto, and all of those bodies view cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin differently - defining it as a security, money, property or a commodity. Furthermore, on a state to state level, some additional regulations may apply.
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