be necessary to margin, guarantee, secure, transfer, adjust, or settle a digital commodity transaction with a registered entity may be withdrawn and applied to such purposes, including the payment of commissions, brokerage, interest, taxes, storage, and other charges, lawfully accruing in connection with the digital commodity transaction. (II) Commission action Notwithstanding clause (ii), in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe by rule, regulation, or order, any money, assets, or property of the customers of a digital commodity exchange described in clause (ii) may be commingled and deposited in customer accounts with any other money, assets, or property received by the digital commodity exchange and required by the Commission to be separately accounted for and treated and dealt with as belonging to the customer of the digital commodity exchange. (C) Permitted investments Money described in clause (ii) may be invested in obligations of the United States, in general obligations of any State or of any political subdivision of a State, and in obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, or in any other investment that the Commission may by rule or regulation prescribe, and such investments shall be made in accordance with such rules and regulations and subject to such conditions as the Commission may prescribe. (D) Customer property Assets held on behalf of a customer by a digital commodity exchange shall be considered to be customer property as such term is defined in section 761 of title 11, United States Code, with regard to all money, assets, and property of any customer received by a digital commodity exchange for trading or custody, or to margin, guarantee, or secure digital commodity transactions (including money, assets, or property accruing to the customer as the result of such transactions). (E) Misuse of customer property It shall be unlawful— (i) for any digital commodity exchange that has received any customer money, assets, or