Iran says it will not compromise on the nuclear issue, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz still depends on the US meeting its conditions.

Over the past 30 days, tokenized stocks on the Base blockchain have generated approximately $1.3 billion in spot decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume, a 153.8% increase compared to the prior 30-day period. Of this total, tokenized stocks issued by Coinbase accounted for roughly $1.2 billion, representing the vast majority, while st0x-related assets saw trading volume of around $90 million.

Cosmos Labs released a disclosure stating that on September 22, Neutron suffered a governance attack, resulting in the theft of liquidity from protocols including Astroport. Approximately 1.73 million ATOM were subsequently transferred by the attacker to the Cosmos Hub. The Cosmos Hub itself was not targeted in the attack, and user funds remained unharmed. To block the stolen ATOM from being further moved, Hub validators temporarily paused the network for roughly 24.5 hours, resuming block production on September 23 using the patched Gaia v28.3.0. Cosmos Labs added that during the pause, 1.227 million ATOM stayed in the attacker’s Hub address. Upon network recovery, these funds were transferred in a single operation to a 4/6 multi-sig address made up of Nansen, Keplr, Enigma, Silknodes, Kiln, and Polkachu. Earlier, around 500,000 ATOM had been swapped for ETH via THORChain and cannot be recovered. An additional 169,000 ATOM entered the attacker’s address via a THORChain refund after the network came back online, and were later transferred to Osmosis and sold. The multi-sig address currently holds approximately 1.227 million ATOM, which can only be returned following authorization via a Cosmos Hub governance proposal. The funds will not be staked, lent, or traded. The Neutron team is expected to submit a recovery plan and related governance proposal next week.

Crypto news outlet Market Insider reported that Hunter Biden-associated token LAPTOP has seen its market capitalization drop below $25 million, a 99.9% plunge from its launch, and estimated the project team reaped eight-figure profits. Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, responded that he had previously called the token launch "terrible", adding that relevant accounts are under review. He noted that the project team’s wallet has not sold any LAPTOP tokens to date, questioned the claim that the team cashed out an eight-figure sum, and demanded the person who made the estimate disclose the relevant wallet address.

On September 25, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Cash FX Group and its CEO Huascar Jose Lopez Castillo, The Conversion Pros and its CEO Ronald Pope, and Justin Halladay. The CFTC alleges the defendants operated a multi-level marketing Ponzi scheme, illegally raising over $950 million from the public including U.S. residents, claiming the funds would be used to trade retail foreign exchange contracts and promising weekly investment returns of up to 15%. According to the CFTC, Cash FX only conducted a small amount of actual forex trading, misappropriating nearly all participants’ funds. It used money from new participants to pay out fraudulent trading profits to other participants, while also paying millions of dollars to the defendants. The company maintained the fraud by providing false account statements. The CFTC states that participants have lost at least $406 million, and it is currently seeking to recover funds, forfeit illegal proceeds, impose civil penalties, secure trading and registration bans, and obtain permanent injunctions barring the defendants from further violating the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations.

Sources familiar with the matter said SK Hynix’s solid-state drive (SSD) division Solidigm plans to hold its initial public offering (IPO) as early as 2027, with a potential valuation of up to $150 billion at that time. Solidigm held roadshows with multiple banks this week to select underwriters and other relevant service providers for the IPO, sources added.

Bloomberg columnist John Authers says the "tectonic plates" of the global economy are shifting, with long-term government bond yields in major economies rising to multi-decade highs. Japan’s 10-year government bond yield has hit a 30-plus year high, while government borrowing costs in major markets like the U.S. have also climbed to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis. However, the current rise in bond yields has not yet significantly impacted stock markets or the real economy, with the Nasdaq 100 index hitting a new all-time high this week. The article attributes the recent sharp volatility in the bond market more to recent economic data that has consistently come in stronger than expected, and to Federal Reserve Chair Walsh adopting a more hawkish policy stance than markets had previously anticipated. Markets currently expect the U.S. overnight rate to reach 4.75% in a year, compared to a prior forecast of a drop to 3% before the outbreak of the Iran war. Authers notes that if the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield holds around 5%, the higher risk-free rate will make bonds more attractive relative to stocks and benefit the management of long-term funds such as pensions. However, if yields continue to rise rapidly, it could also exacerbate fiscal pressures and impact non-bank financial institutions and highly leveraged enterprises.