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Browse: Home / 2018 / June / 15 / SEC Says Ether and Bitcoin Cryptocurrencies Aren’t Securities | WIRED

SEC Says Ether and Bitcoin Cryptocurrencies Aren’t Securities | WIRED

By Securities Docket on June 15, 2018, 10:11 am

The world’s second-most popular cryptocurrency isn’t an investment vehicle, at least according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. William Hinman, the agency’s director of the division of corporate finance, said Thursday that ether—the currency that powers the Ethereum network—shouldn’t be regulated in the same way as stocks and bonds.

His statements follow similar ones made in April by SEC chair Jay Clayton about bitcoin. Taken together, the two sets of remarks provide the clearest understanding of how the regulatory agency views the cryptocurrency market….

SEC Says Ether and Bitcoin Cryptocurrencies Aren’t Securities | WIRED.

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