Apart from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the US Department of the Treasury («FinCEN»), major US regulators such as the US Commodity Futures
Trading Commission («CFTC»), Internal Revenue Service («IRS») and SEC, have yet to make official pronouncements or
adopt rules providing guidance with respect to the classification and treatment of Bitcoins and other
Digital Math - Based
Assets for purposes of commodities, tax and securities laws.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicated that it will
adopt the view of
digital assets as securities, which means they'll be restricted to
trading on SEC - approved markets.