TREE NEWS update: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on June 10 that an impeachment effort pushed by Republican Representative Thomas Massie is a “political stunt” aimed at harming President Donald Trump. Speaking at a Pentagon press conference, Hegseth said Massie filed the measure over personal grievances and political disagreements, seeking to damage the Trump administration and the US military before leaving office. He said no US defense secretary has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations.
TREE NEWS update: Polymarket said its revenue run rate has topped $1.8 billion, with the US exchange recording $14.77 billion in October face-value turnover. Fees vary by contract price, product and trader tier, the company noted. The disclosure marks a sharp scale-up in trading activity for the prediction market.
TREE NEWS update: Visa has added Monad to its stablecoin settlement network, enabling institutions to move funds on a seven-day settlement model that extends beyond the traditional banking week. Mastercard announced a similar expansion in June. The move expands Visa’s blockchain-based settlement capabilities to another network.
TREE NEWS update: Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade has no new testnet date as auditors assess which live contracts could be affected by its gas changes, Ethlabs said. The research group is recommending no decision on the upgrade until audit results are clear. The delay leaves the timing of the next major Ethereum network change uncertain.
TREE NEWS update: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Rezaei said Tehran has demanded a clear, explicit response from the US to Iran’s conditions but has received none, calling the US reply deceptive. He said all US claims about continuing negotiations with Iran and holding talks in Qatar are lies.
TREE NEWS reports: A perpetual futures contract tied to Anthropic, ticker ANT, is trading above the company’s IPO range on Hyperliquid, referencing one Class A share. The contract gives traders no equity ownership or IPO allocation rights and is expected to keep trading after the listing. The ANT perp thus offers price exposure to the AI firm without any shareholder claim.
TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released its enforcement results for fiscal year 2026, which ended September 30. The agency said its Division of Enforcement stayed focused on its core responsibility of protecting investors throughout the year. The announcement did not specify case numbers or penalties in the excerpt provided.
TREE NEWS reports: Angola’s eurobonds led declines across frontier and emerging markets as investors focused on Brent crude futures falling through the $90 psychological threshold. The move in the southern African oil exporter’s dollar debt came as the oil price benchmark slipped below the round-number level. No further details were provided.
TREE NEWS reports: Anthropic’s IPO valuation depends on whether basic or fully diluted shares are used. At the top of the IPO price range of $78, the roughly 13.087 billion economic shares outstanding after the IPO and a $26 billion private placement imply a market value of about $1.02 trillion. The $1.405 trillion figure cited by CNBC uses a fully diluted count of about 18 billion shares, including unexercised options, unvested RSUs and reserved equity plan shares, which would not be issued at once.
TREE NEWS update: The Russian delegation at the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi will not make any statements to the media on Tuesday, with a press conference scheduled for Wednesday. No further details on the talks or the delegation were provided.
TREE NEWS reports: Canaan’s third-quarter revenue fell 90% to $14.5 million as bitcoin mining hardware sales slumped. Cryptocurrency and derivatives gains helped the company post an $8 million profit for the quarter.
TREE NEWS reports: U.S. household debt grew by $334 billion in the third quarter to reach $19.1 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported. The figure marks the latest reading on total household liabilities tracked by the regional Fed. No further breakdown of the debt components was provided in the release.
TREE NEWS reports: Boeing delivered 33 737 aircraft in October and recorded 165 orders for the narrowbody model during the month. The figures cover the company’s 737 program for the period. Boeing did not provide further detail on the orders or deliveries in the disclosure.
TREE NEWS update: Google released Gemini 4 Carbon worldwide. The company announced the global rollout of the model without disclosing further technical details or pricing in the announcement. The release extends Google’s Gemini model line to international users.
TREE NEWS update: Nexperia’s chief executive said the semiconductor maker is currently unable to keep pace with strong market demand. The company’s CEO made the remark on the mismatch between output and demand, without providing further figures or a timeline. Nexperia is a Netherlands-based chipmaker.
TREE NEWS reports: Traders have fully priced in two additional 25-basis-point interest rate hikes from the Bank of England through March of next year. The pricing implies the central bank will tighten policy at each of its next two meetings, bringing the cumulative increase to 50 basis points over that period.
TREE NEWS reports: Deutsche Bank now expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points in January 2027, shifting its forecast from the previously projected timing of December 2026 and March 2027. The bank’s revised call points to a single 25-basis-point increase at the start of 2027.
TREE NEWS update: The MegaETH Foundation has rebranded as MEGA and committed $30 million to new products, beginning with AI inference. The foundation announced the rebrand and the $30 million commitment, with AI inference as the first product area. No further details on the products or timeline were provided.
TREE NEWS reports: The US 10-year Treasury yield held near its session high of 4.9917% on Thursday, up more than 10 basis points, after Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan spoke on the case for raising rates. The two-year yield extended gains slightly to a session high of 4.7482% during Logan’s remarks, having already risen following comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller and the release of US CPI data.
TREE NEWS update: Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan said the central bank may need to raise interest rates more sharply. The remark, which did not specify a timeframe or magnitude, points to a hawkish stance within the Fed as policymakers weigh the pace of tightening. Logan’s comment comes as markets assess the trajectory of U.S. monetary policy.