Skip to main content

CFTC Chairman Giancarlo Statement on Virtual Currencies

  • Type: Regulation
    Date: 01/04/2018
    Agency:
    Jurisdiction: United States
    Type of Law: Comment/Commentary
    Status: CFTC Chairman statement
    Official URL: External link

Describes some of the challenges of regulating cryptocurrencies. Explains how the CFTC declared virtual currencies a commodity in 2014 and describes some of the actions the agency has taken against unregistered bitcoin futures exchanges and prohibited activities on derivatives platforms.

Back to the Top