U.S. SEC official says ether not a security, price surges

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The price of ether rose on Thursday after a senior official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stated that the cryptocurrency was not a security, thus exempting certain transactions in the token from federal securities laws.