CFTC 主席 Rostin Benham 认为比特币和以太币都是商品，应该属于其机构的管辖范围

商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）主席 Rostin Benham 指出，比特币和以太币都是商品，应属于其机构的管辖范围。

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.

商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）主席再次表示，比特币和以太币都是商品，应由其机构监管。 CFTC 主席 Rostin Benham 在与参议院委员会举行的听证会上讨论了这两种顶级加密货币。农业、营养和林业，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，美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）最近对一名俄勒冈州欺诈者提起诉讼，该欺诈者使用加密货币进行诈骗，其中法官称比特币和以太币是商品。伊利诺伊州法院做出的这项裁决是这些资产被归类为商品的最新例子。

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.

该案值得注意，因为涉及1.2亿美元的庞氏骗局，其结果引起广泛关注。该案的法官站在 CFTC 一边，还将欺诈者在其计划中使用的其他资产——奥林巴斯 (OHM) 和 KlimaDAO (KLIMA)——归类为商品。

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，贝纳姆认为，现在是 CFTC 接管执行管理显然不是证券的数字资产的法律的时候了。在一份新闻稿中，他讨论了监管不作为和缺乏加密货币监管将如何加剧与数字资产行业相关的风险。

“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.”

“我不认为不作为会削弱公众对数字资产的兴趣；贝纳姆表示：“这只会给我们的金融市场和投资者带来更大的风险。”他后来补充道，“迫切需要联邦立法，为监管框架创造一条途径，保护美国投资者和金融体系免受未来风险的影响。”

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 还解释了 CFTC 如何融入其中：“像 CFTC 这样的市场监管机构正是针对我们今天所处的情况而建立的。”他接着批评美国加密货币监管的长期拖延，以及政府试图忽视该资产类别以使其存在合法化的行为：“认为监管资产类别使其合法化的错误观念忽视了我们的责任要点。”