Commodity money cans or foil pouches of mackerel fish fillets, which have a fairly standard cost and are easy to store. These may be exchanged for many services in prisons where personal possession of currency is prohibited. In situations where the commodity is metal, typically gold or silver, a government mint will often coin money by placing a mark on the metal that serves as a guarantee of the weight and purity of the metal. In doing so, the government will often impose a fee which is known as seigniorage. The role of a mint and of coin differs between commodity money
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Industry Association in 2004, Sharon Brown-Hruska, acting director of the CFTC, said that 65 of the top 100 hedge funds in 2003 were commodity pools, and 50 out of the 100 largest hedge funds were CTAs in addition to being commodity pools. In 2012, Christopher Ehrman, a SEC veteran was selected to run the new Office of the Whistleblower for the CFTC. In an interview published in "The Wall Street Journal", Mr. Ehrman is quoted: "One is just understanding enforcement. I'm an enforcement guy and I did investigations and brought cases for a number of years. I understand what folks