{"id":"tp-3776","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – October 11th, 2019","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3776","datePublished":"2019-10-11T13:18:36.000Z","dateModified":"2019-10-11T13:18:36.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"'Ether is a commodity', says CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s chairman Heath Tarbert said he views Ethereum’s ether as a commodity, similar to bitcoin. “We’ve been very clear o…","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"'Ether is a commodity', says CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert","url":"https://tokenpost.com/Ether-is-a-commodity-says-CFTC-chairman-Heath-Tarbert-3766"},{"title":"U.S. IRS issues new cryptocurrency tax guidelines for airdrops, hard forks","url":"https://tokenpost.com/US-IRS-issues-new-cryptocurrency-tax-guidelines-for-airdrops-hard-forks-3748"},{"title":"U.S. SEC disapproves Bitwise’s bitcoin 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