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ChainCatcher news, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are about to resume operations after a 43-day government shutdown. According to the operational plans of both agencies, employees will return to work on the "next regular business day after the appropriations bill officially takes effect." During the government shutdown, both agencies drastically reduced staff, and business operations nearly came to a halt. The SEC's review capacity was severely limited, especially for the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs, including cryptocurrency-related ETFs), which essentially stalled. The CFTC "ceased most operations," including enforcement, market oversight, and regulatory rulemaking. After the government reopens, the SEC and CFTC will need some time to handle the backlog of matters, including registration applications submitted over the past 43 days. Some crypto companies, upon learning that the shutdown was about to end in its later stages, rushed to submit IPO and ETF applications. SEC Chairman Atkins recently revealed that the SEC plans to "establish a token taxonomy" in the coming months, anchored by the Howey Test. CFTC Acting Chair Pham stated that the commission has been pushing to approve leveraged spot cryptocurrency trading as early as December.

ChainCatcher News: Sui official announced on the X platform that the X account of Sui ecosystem liquid staking protocol Aftermath has been compromised. Please do not interact with this account until the official recovery is completed.