U.S. Regulator Considers Whether to Address Bitcoin

The U.S. derivatives regulator is studying whether it should regulate electronic currencies such as bitcoin, its chief said, as regulators across the globe start taking the emerging technology more seriously. "We are looking into that," Mark Wetjen, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, told journalists after giving a speech at an industry conference.

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