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But there are thousands of other coins, and Gensler believes most are unregistered securities that must comply with SEC rules. (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- It's become a parlor game in Washington, on Wall Street, and in Silicon Valley to figure out where U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler stands on cryptocurrencies. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Wyoming Is Vying to Be the Wild West of Cryptocurrency State Representative Tyler Lindholm, a Republican who sponsored key parts of the blockchain legislation, says Wyoming takes in $30 million in registration and other filing fees, while Delaware takes in more than 40 times as much. [Extracted from the article]

The CFTC, a government agency created in 1974 to monitor agricultural futures and less well-known than the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has an opportunity to increase its profile by becoming a key regulator in this new market. Giancarlo, a former executive at a swaps brokerage firm who became an agency commissioner in 2014 and chairman last year, is fond of referring to the CFTC as a "21st century regulator." Giancarlo, in an interview, took pains to point out that the CFTC "did not approve" the new futures products. [Extracted from the article]