Depending on which U.S. government agency one looks to, cryptocurrencies can be a security (per the SEC), a commodity (per the CFTC), property (per the IRS), or a form of money (per FinCEN). In a Legal Advisory issued on June 18, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics took the position that virtual currency qualifies as “property held … for investment or the production of income” under the Ethics in Government Act. As a result, Executive branch employees are…
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