BITCOIN NOW OFFICIALLY A COMMODITY!

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I wonder if this ruling has any impact on bitshares gateways' operators, especially those dealing with btc exchanges.

I think it will affect BTC trades in some way.. but I don't think this new direction can be applied to bitshares.. not yet. Bitshares is a whole other animal.

The one thing great about this is that people are starting to understand the difference between bitcoin and blockchain.

[cube]

I wonder if this ruling has any impact on bitshares gateways' operators, especially those dealing with btc exchanges.

[giant middle finger]

It just got much harder to run a crypto company.

Unless you're distri-buted and auto-matic and of course, public.  I'd say we're 3 for 3.

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This just in.. the regulation hammer just dropped on Bitcoin!! The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) officially has categorized it a commodity which makes it subject to all laws surrounding commodity trades:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-17/bitcoin-is-officially-a-commodity-according-to-u-s-regulator

Coinflip got pinched with many more in their cross-hairs now.

Centralized exchanges would be smart to follow OpenLedger and BunkerDEX onto the BitShares DEX

Anybody else still want to keep their balances in centralized exchanges?

What do you think this means to BitShares if anything?