TREE NEWS update: Anthropic expects a $3.8 billion tax obligation tied to the settlement of its restricted stock units, the AI developer said. The company also has about 250 customers that generated at least $10 million in revenue each over the past 12 months. No timeline for the tax liability was given.
TREE NEWS reports: Security firm Apiiro found that more than 100,000 Claude Code local settings files have been uploaded to public GitHub repositories, about 1,100 of which contain database passwords, API tokens, private keys or root login credentials. The files held 2,539 real credentials across 1,994 code repositories and affected 63 organizations. When users choose “Yes, and don’t ask again,” commands containing secrets may be written in plaintext to .claude/settings.local.json and later committed by mistake.
TREE NEWS update: Anthropic launched the roadshow for its proposed 825 million-share initial public offering, pricing the offering at $70 to $78 a share as it moves toward a Nasdaq listing. The tokenized-stock launches from Ondo and Dinari are still awaiting public trading.
TREE NEWS update: Anthropic said it expects a $3.8 billion tax obligation tied to the settlement of restricted stock units, the AI developer disclosed on Nov. 10. The figure reflects the tax treatment of RSUs as they vest and settle. No further details on the timing or payment structure were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Anthropic said it plans to seek a valuation of about $1 trillion in its initial public offering and reported annualized revenue of roughly $81 billion as of October 31, 2026, up $10 billion from September 30. The company’s board and related entities may seek to sell up to $303 million of stock, and AMD, Broadcom, Google, Micron, Microsoft, Nvidia and TSMC partners will subscribe to $26 billion of Anthropic Class C common stock through a private placement. Customers spending at least $100,000 annually rose to 11,900.
TREE NEWS update: South Korean crypto exchanges Upbit and Bithumb have designated WAVES as a caution token, citing an unexplained or unfixed security incident involving the WAVES wallet or distributed ledger. Deposits and withdrawals of WAVES are currently suspended on both exchanges. Bithumb said it will announce between Dec. 7 and Dec. 11 whether to extend or lift the designation or terminate trading support.
TREE NEWS reports: Anthropic’s annualized revenue reached about $81 billion as of October 31, an increase of $10 billion from September 30, the company disclosed. The number of customers contributing more than $100,000 in revenue grew to 11,900, while total committed spending stood at roughly $900.9 billion. Anthropic is targeting a valuation of about $1 trillion in a Nasdaq IPO.
TREE NEWS update: Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining met with Citigroup Chairman and CEO Jane Fraser in Shanghai on Tuesday afternoon. Chen said Shanghai is deepening its “Five Centers” initiative and raising the level of its international financial center, accelerating the gathering of financial factors, improving the technology finance system, exploring cross-border and offshore finance, and building a global allocation center for RMB assets and a risk management center.
TREE NEWS update: Anthropic has set the size of its initial public offering at 825 million shares, with an expected price range of $70 to $78 per share. AMD, Broadcom and Nvidia are among the companies investing $26 billion in Anthropic alongside the listing. The filing details the offering’s structure and the strategic backing from major chipmakers.
TREE NEWS update: SoftBank Group reported a net loss of 1.12 trillion yen (about $7 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, swinging from a 2.5 trillion yen profit a year earlier, on revenue of 2.22 trillion yen. The group booked a 597.2 billion yen (about $3.7 billion) loss in the first half after adjusting procurement plans for power-generation equipment pre-purchased for U.S. AI data center projects. A decline in Intel’s share price also weighed on results, and the Vision Fund segment swung to a loss of 81.58 billion yen.
TREE NEWS update: FWD Private, the high-net-worth brand of FWD Group founded by Richard Li, announced on November 10 that it has set a Guinness World Record for the highest-value life insurance policy. The policy, with a sum assured of $318 million, was issued by FWD Private for an individual client and tailored as a comprehensive plan to support wealth preservation and intergenerational inheritance planning.
TREE NEWS update: Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang are facing a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by shareholders alleging the chipmaker misled investors about Huang’s alleged affair and the national security risks it posed. The suit claims the company failed to disclose the relationship, which shareholders say involved a suspected Chinese spy. No further details on the filing date or court were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Binance has warned iPhone users that a vulnerability in Apple’s iOS could expose cryptocurrency wallet keys, urging users to remove apps installed from untrusted sources. The exchange said it remains unclear whether Apple’s latest iOS updates fix the flaw. The warning concerns apps sideloaded from outside official channels.
TREE NEWS update: The US Consumer Price Index report for October will not include the year-on-year percentage change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said, because of the 2025 government shutdown. The annual figure is the measure the public typically uses to gauge inflation; it stood at 3.7% in September. The October data are due Tuesday.
TREE NEWS update: European Central Bank Governing Council member Martins Kazaks said the ECB faces a “more delicate” trade-off between fighting inflation and limiting damage to economic growth. Current conditions may make a December rate hike necessary, but whether to tighten further is becoming harder to judge. Kazaks said policy may still need to be tightened, while inflation must be brought to target without excessively harming the economy.
TREE NEWS update: Zhang Jingkang, founder of elderly footwear brand Zulijian, along with Zhang Shaokang, Xin Junlan and Suixian Zulijian Shoes Co., was listed as a dishonest debtor by Feixi County People’s Court for refusing to fulfill a legally binding obligation despite having the means to do so. The case involves 1.9542 million yuan.
TREE NEWS update: Zhipu (02513.HK) said its board will buy back H shares on the open market with a total cap of HK$4 billion, after receiving a buyback proposal from chairman Liu Debing. The repurchase will not exceed 1% of total issued shares as of the announcement date, under a general mandate granted at the June 22, 2026 annual general meeting. The company said the plan reflects confidence in its long-term business outlook and commitment to shareholder value.
TREE NEWS update: MARA Holdings has repaid its $750 million in bitcoin-collateralized loans, leaving it with roughly $350 million from its bitcoin sale, and its board approved a $500 million share buyback following a profitable third quarter. The miner said the debt clearance and buyback follow its Q3 profit.
TREE NEWS update: Zhipu announced it plans to repurchase H-shares on the open market with a total cap of HK$4 billion, following a share buyback proposal from Chairman Liu Debing. The buyback will use the general mandate granted at the June 22, 2026 annual general meeting and will not exceed 1% of total issued shares as of the announcement date. The board said it will not exercise the mandate in a way that triggers a mandatory offer obligation under Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code or pushes public H-shareholding below the exchange’s minimum percentage.
TREE NEWS reports: Citi lowered its price target on Nvidia (NVDA.O) to $285 from $315, the bank said on November 10. The cut trims roughly 10% off the prior target for the chipmaker, which is a key supplier of GPUs used in AI computing. Citi did not disclose the rating or the reasoning behind the change in the note cited.
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