The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has initiated a rule making process, planning to establish a registration category for Crypto Asset Market through Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM, to establish a unified federal regulatory framework for retail cryptocurrency leverage and margin spot trading. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig stated that this move is an important step towards making the United States the global crypto capital, and that American investors need clearer rules, regulatory certainty, and consumer protection. The CFTC explicitly states that it is not possible to mandate the transfer of all cryptocurrency trading to CFTC registered platforms without congressional authorization. (Source: US Commodity Futures Trading Commission)

Grayscale has submitted an 8-K form to the US Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the Hyperliquid Pledged ETF.

DeFi Development, listed on NASDAQ, has released preliminary estimates for the third quarter, stating that as of September 30th, its net asset value per share has increased by over 100% compared to August 12th. Since September 28th, we have increased our holdings by approximately 262203 SOLs, holding approximately 2.56 million SOLs and their equivalents worth $302 million. CEO Joseph Onoratti stated that the company continues to purchase SOL and set up a $300 million CHAD preferred stock ATM plan in September to increase its holdings in SOL. DFDV's stock price rose about 2% in early trading on Monday, and has fallen nearly 70% in the past year. (Source: The Block)

Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is running for governor of Ohio, but cryptocurrency issues have not become a core focus of the campaign. Vivek Ramaswamy holds approximately 5.69 million shares of Strike, with a market value exceeding $170 million; On August 28th, Strike held 23156 BTC worth approximately $2 billion. Its campaign website accepts encrypted donations, World Liberty Financial has donated $16615, and its Super PAC has received $20 million from Susquehanna and $5 million from Musk. (Source: Cointelegraph)

After testing international transfers, Hyundai Card is exploring the use of Avalanche blockchain for compliance management and non bank transaction processing.