Bitcoin (BTC) and
Ether (ETH) are commodities, while the status of XRP is still unclear, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said.
CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert has reiterated the regulators stance on both Bitcoin and Ether in an interview with online news outlet Cheddar on Jan. 13. Tarbert said:
So right now, Bitcoin and Ether are the two that we think fall under our jurisdiction.