One of the most pertinent issues facing the cryptosphere today is regulation, as members of prominent governmental agencies, like the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), have yet to come to a unanimous opinion on how this nascent space should be regulated and managed. However, a leading member of the CFTC intends…
A group of major players in the crypto and blockchain industry have joined forces to pay D.C. lobbyists to ensure that US lawmakers pass legislation that is friendly to the crypto and blockchain industry. The group of fintech firms that are joining forces will be paying the lobbyists partially in crypto, and includes Ripple among…
A federal judge stated yesterday that digital currencies should be viewed in a legal capacity as commodities. This will continue to give the U.S.’s CFTC the right to police accusations of fraud in the cryptocurrency space. Bitcoin’s Futures Contracts Make All Virtual Currencies Commodities in the US The decision was made on Wednesday in a…