currencies and the underlying block chain technology which runs it in december the chicago board options exchange cboe and c.m.e. the chicago mercantile exchange group started offering regulated bitcoin futures products. in a rare joint statement by my former agency the u.s. commodity futures trading commission and the securities and exchange commission and forstmann directors have put out a potentially statement that says potential bad actors should be on notice regarding digital currencies yesterday reported on digital currencies it would be a focus of financial regulators but today we have this joint statement and it says quote when market participants engage in fraud under the guise of offering digital instruments whether characterized as virtual currencies coins tokens or the like the f.c.c. and see if the city will look beyond form examine the substance of activity and prosecute violations of the federal securities and commodities laws and will continue to address violations and bring actions to stop and prevent fraud in the offer and sale of. digital instrument reminds me of that scene in meet