To be or not to be a security. The question of whether cryptocurrencies are securities or commodities (or another type of asset, for that matter) does not have a final answer yet.
However, it has been on the table for a long time.
Commodities are interchangeable goods, and securities are financial assets, in a dangerously short definition.
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