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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 02:57:29+00:00

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MY BIG COIN PAY, INC. et al.
LLC; and Greyshore Technology, LLC.
facts, recited as alleged in the amended complaint. See Ocasio-Hernández v.
Fortuño-Burset, 640 F.3d 1, 5 (1st Cir. 2011).
both users need to trust.” Id.
scheme, some of which is currently held by the several Relief Defendants.
is not a matter of the court's jurisdiction to hear this case.”).
commodity in interstate commerce” pursuant to which it brings the claims in this case.
See 7 U.S.C. § 9(1).
Cir. 2008). Such contracts are standardized so they m ay be traded on exchanges. See id.
with any ... contract of sale of any commodity in interstate commerce”); 17 C.F.R.
Big Coin is a commodity.
delivery are presently or in the future dealt in.
whether the “dealt in” requirement is met.
traded on som e exchange”), judgm ent vacated as m oot SEC v. Bd. of Trade of City of Chicago, 459 U.S.
exists for a good, service, right, or interest, it m ay be regulated by CFTC, as a com m odity.”); CFTC v.
com m odities ‘in which contracts for future delivery are presently or in the future dealt in’ ....”).
visited Septem ber 25, 2018).
SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc., 375 U.S. 180, 195 (1963)).
the subject of a futures contract. See United States v. Brooks, 681 F.3d 678 (5th Cir.
2012); United States v. Futch, 278 F. App'x 387, 395 (5th Cir. 2008); United States v.
natural gas) to be considered commodities.
in’ is a fact question.” Valencia, 2003 W L 23174749 at *8.
reading of the statute and the principles discussed herein .
(same).9 Accordingly, defendants’ first ground for dismissal fails.
since each case involved the virtual currency Bitcoin, these orders are nevertheless useful data points.
complaint.”); CFTC v. Hunter Wise Commodities, LLC, 21 F. Supp. 3d 1317, 1348 (S.D.
Credit Co., No. SACV 17–01868 JVS (DFMx), 2018 WL 2306863, at *7-10 (C.D. Cal.
broad language in the statute as it was passed.
Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Docket # 68) is denied.

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