Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity, According to U.S. Regulator
By GCRU Gold News on Sunday, September 20 2015, 02:49 - Permalink
Virtual money is officially a commodity, just like crude oil or wheat.
So says the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which on Thursday announced it had filed and settled charges against a Bitcoin exchange for facilitating the trading of option contracts on its platform.