Regulatory · September 17, 2015
CFTC declares Bitcoin a commodity
Price at event
$233
Today
$73,525
Since then
×316
In its Coinflip settlement order, the US CFTC holds for the first time that Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act — the classification that underpins later US crypto derivatives and enforcement.
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