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INTRODUCTION "Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels," (1) tweeted Elon Musk, "and we believe it has a promising future." (2) At first, he was right. Cryptocurrency prices reached [...], In 2022, Congress proposed the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act and define a new type of commodity: digital commodity. The definition of digital commodity encompasses cryptocurrency and provides the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with jurisdiction over digital asset transactions. This definition of digital commodity has two important implications. First, it signals the lawmakers' tendency to generalize cryptocurrency as a commodity. Second, it brings complications into how creditors--especially individual crypto account holders-- can recover in the recent bankruptcy cases involving prominent crypto companies. This Comment contains four components. First, it provides a brief explanation of cryptocurrency and its underlying mechanism. Second, it reviews the debate over cryptocurrency's classification as a commodity versus as a security. Third, it presents an overview of the bankruptcy system and the effect of a bankruptcy discharge. Finally, this Comment argues that generalizing cryptocurrency as a commodity limits the ability of creditors--especially cryptocurrency account holders, who are often individual consumers--to seek recovery outside of bankruptcy. This Comment aims to bring the interests of consumer creditors to the attention of judicial and legislative bodies.

Objective: To summarize the evidence from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practice in the treatment of acute primary headache and provide clinical practice guidance., Methods: The guidelines were developed in accordance with the World Health Organization guideline development manual. After the establishment of steering committee, panel and the registration and protocol formulation, the evidence on TCM for acute primary headache from published guidelines, clinical evidence, and expert experience and consensus were collected. The grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation method was used to grade the evidence and make the recommendations., Results: Based on the available evidence, the guidelines recommended three TCM herbal decoctions, six Chinese patent medicines, and two kinds of external application of Chinese herbal medicines. Diagnostic recommendations based on the expert experience and consensus were also included in the guidelines., Conclusion: TCM diagnosis and treatment of decoction, Chinese patent medicine and external application for treating acute primary headache were recommended. We hope these guidelines will be helpful in standardize the TCM acute treatment of primary headache.