From what I've understood, the CFTC and the SEC have decided between them that the CFTC will worry specifically about BTC and ETH (and a few other coins that ca

From what I've understood, the CFTC and the SEC have decided between them that the CFTC will worry specifically about BTC and ETH (and a few other coins that can reasonably be considered commodities), and the SEC will worry about the rest. That is likely why the SEC chairman doesn't want to comment on them.