CFTC 主席 Rostin Benham 認為比特幣和以太幣都是商品，應該屬於其機構的管轄範圍

商品期貨交易委員會（CFTC）主席 Rostin Benham 指出，比特幣和以太幣都是商品，應屬於其機構的管轄範圍。

The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has stated once again that bitcoin and ether are commodities and should be regulated by his agency.Rostin Benham, chair of the CFTC, discussed the two top cryptocurrencies in a hearing with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on July 9.

商品期貨交易委員會（CFTC）主席再次表示，比特幣和以太幣都是商品，應由其機構監管。營養與林業，7 月9 日。

He pointed to a recent case brought by the CFTC against an Oregon fraudster who used crypto to scam people, in which the judge stated that bitcoin and ether are commodities. This ruling, which came in an Illinois court, is the latest example of these assets being classified as commodities.

他指出，美國商品期貨交易委員會（CFTC）最近對一名俄勒岡州詐欺者提起訴訟，該詐欺者使用加密貨幣進行詐騙，法官稱比特幣和以太幣是商品。伊利諾州法院做出的這項裁決是這些資產被歸類為商品的最新例子。

The case is noteworthy because it involved a $120 million Ponzi scheme, the outcome of which has attracted widespread attention. The judge in the case, who sided with the CFTC, also classified other assets used by the fraudster in his scheme—Olympus (OHM) and KlimaDAO (KLIMA)—as commodities.

該案值得注意，因為涉及1.2億美元的龐氏騙局，其結果引起廣泛關注。該案的法官站在 CFTC 一邊，還將欺詐者在其計劃中使用的其他資產——奧林巴斯 (OHM) 和 KlimaDAO (KLIMA)——歸類為商品。

As a result, Benham believes that the time has come for the CFTC to take over the enforcement of laws governing digital assets that are clearly not securities. In a press release, he discussed how regulatory inaction and the absence of crypto regulation will exacerbate the risks associated with the digital assets sector.

因此，貝納姆認為，現在是 CFTC 接管執行管理顯然不是證券的數位資產的法律的時候了。在一份新聞稿中，他討論了監管不作為和缺乏加密貨幣監管將如何加劇與數位資產產業相關的風險。

“I do not believe inaction will quash public interest for digital assets; it will only result in greater risk to our financial markets and investors,” Benham said, adding later that “federal legislation is urgently needed to create a pathway for a regulatory framework that will protect American investors and the financial system from future risk.”

「我不認為不作為會削弱公眾對數位資產的興趣；只會給我們的金融市場和投資者帶來更大的風險。 。

Benham also explained how the CFTC fits into the picture: “Market regulators like the CFTC were built precisely for situations we find ourselves in today.” He went on to criticize the lengthy delay in crypto regulation in the US and the government’s attempt to ignore the asset class in order to delegitimize its existence: “The flawed notion that regulating an asset class legitimizes it misses the point of our responsibilities.”

Benham 還解釋了 CFTC 如何融入其中：“像 CFTC 這樣的市場監管機構正是針對我們今天所處的情況而建立的。”他接著批評美國加密貨幣監管的長期拖延，以及政府試圖忽視該資產類別以使其存在合法化的行為：“認為監管資產類別使其合法化的錯誤觀念忽視了我們的責任要點。”