{"id":"tp-3766","type":"article-newspaper","title":"'Ether is a commodity', says CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert","author":"Charissa Echavez","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/3766","datePublished":"2019-10-11T06:45:32.000Z","dateModified":"2019-10-11T06:46:20.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s chairman Heath Tarbert said he views Ethereum’s ether as a commodity, similar to bitcoin.","section":"People","references":[{"title":"Yahoo! Finance","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/video/heath-tarbert-cftc-chairman-ether-143357854.html"},{"title":"said","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/cftc-chairman-confirms-ether-cryptocurrency-is-a-commodity"},{"title":"Revenue Ruling 2019-24","url":"http://tokenpost.com/US-IRS-issues-new-cryptocurrency-tax-guidelines-for-airdrops-hard-forks-3748"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}