CFTC Chairman Behnam Affirms Ether as Commodity, SEC's Gensler Evades Clear Answer on Ether

Evan Van Ness 🧉@evan_van_ness

2 years ago

Gensler implicitly argues here that he had to approve the ETH ETF But he goes back to CME futures as the basis for approval Meaning nobody else is getting a spot ETF for at least a few years unless the commissioners change https://t.co/4b9Vk1NdOE

Fred Rispoli@freddyriz

2 years ago

Gary is still angling to label $ETH a security. In this clip, the only question to him was, "Is Ether a commodity or a security?" He...did not answer that question. https://t.co/hp2UjD9BP1

Blockworks@Blockworks_

2 years ago

When asked whether ETH was a commodity, CFTC’s Behnam answered yes while Gensler skirted the question https://t.co/dhdFJ32SVo