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TREE NEWS reports: A conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Qatar’s prime minister was positive, a diplomat said. The call between the two leaders was described as constructive, the diplomat said, without further details on what was discussed or when the conversation took place.

TREE NEWS reports: GreyNoise has reported successful exploitation of a password-bypass vulnerability in Alpine’s SSH implementation, while Previdian logged 20 exploitation attempts. Alpine operators are advised to patch and restart SSH, or disable password authentication, to mitigate the flaw.

TREE NEWS reports: Brent crude (XBRUSD) dropped to $94 a barrel and was last quoted at $93.82, down 7.3% from the previous trading session’s close. The move marks a sharp single-session decline in the benchmark crude price.

TREE NEWS update: Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said Moscow will not accept a “frozen” settlement to the Ukraine conflict, arguing such a plan would leave existing security threats in place and create conditions for a new round of escalation. Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Nebenzia said the Russian position is “unwavering.”

TREE NEWS reports: The US federal budget deficit reached $2.0 trillion in fiscal 2026 ended September 30, up $217 billion, or 12%, from the prior year, the Treasury Department said on November 9. Revenue rose 3%, or $169 billion, while spending climbed 6%, or $386 billion. The deficit equaled 6.2% of GDP, up from 5.8%, and federal debt held by the public hit 100% of GDP, the highest since 1946.

TREE NEWS reports: The U.S. dollar slipped 0.5% against the Japanese yen to trade at 157.68. The move marks a modest pullback for the greenback versus Japan’s currency, with the pair easing from prior levels. No further market context was provided in the data.

TREE NEWS update: Fireworks has disclosed that a hacker attack resulted in the leak of customer data, and the company has communicated the incident to certain major clients. The disclosure confirms a breach affecting customer information, with details shared directly with large customers. No further information on the scope or timing of the attack was provided.

TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a judicial ruling that had blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from building a border barrier in Big Bend National Park in Texas. The decision removes the lower-court obstacle to construction in the park, though the material did not specify the vote count or the reasoning behind the order.

TREE NEWS reports: Brent crude fell 7.5% intraday to $90.94 a barrel and WTI dropped 6.0% to $85.32 a barrel after the US and Iran made progress on the nuclear issue. New York silver rose 3.0% intraday to $53.57 an ounce.

TREE NEWS reports: A proposal put forward by Qatar and Pakistan has restarted a serious negotiating process between Washington and Tehran, Arab sources said. Arrangements are under way to discuss the return of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to Iran, though the scope of their mission has not been specified.

TREE NEWS reports: Germany’s DAX 40 index rose above 26,400 points to 26,407.07, up 2.9% from the previous session’s close. The move marks a sharp single-session gain for the benchmark German equity index.

TREE NEWS reports: Hackers behind the Binance exploit are minting their own worthless tokens—featuring cartoon animal and Elon Musk logos—and routing stolen funds through liquidity pools to obscure the transaction trail, Elliptic said. The blockchain analytics firm said the tactic uses meme coins to break the money-laundering chain.

TREE NEWS reports: WTI December crude futures settled down $3.98, or 4.38%, at $86.85 a barrel, approaching its 100-day moving average of $83.86 after having broken below its 50-day moving average, now at $92.38, on September 29 when the main contract closed at $87.25. Abu Dhabi Murban crude futures fell 4.09% to $94.12 a barrel. NYMEX December natural gas settled at $3.2180 per million British thermal units, with December gasoline at $2.6509 a gallon and heating oil at $4.2148 a gallon.

TREE NEWS update: World Liberty Financial said its WLFI buyback program has begun on Aster, with a disclosed wallet depositing 10 million USD1 into the platform. The company did not specify the total buyback budget or the schedule for purchases, leaving both discretionary. No further details on the size or timing of future buybacks were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Brent crude (XBRUSD) dropped to $96 a barrel and was last quoted at $95.88, down 5.2% from the previous trading session’s close, Gate data showed. The move marks a sharp single-session decline in the benchmark.

TREE NEWS update: Aave said users can earn up to 7.25% annualized yield on savings held through the Aave App, with interest paid every second. The protocol announced the terms in a post on X, noting that applicable conditions apply. The disclosure gives no further detail on eligibility or the assets covered.

TREE NEWS reports: Aluminum markets are facing a severe supply squeeze, with London Metal Exchange inventories down 56% this year to their lowest level since 1990. Both the LME and Shanghai markets are in backwardation, pushing spot prices above forward contracts as buyers grapple with limited immediate delivery. Traders and manufacturers are being whipsawed, and while a surge in Indonesian output could eventually push the global market into surplus, supply constraints may worsen before new metal arrives.

TREE NEWS update: Anza has drafted a proposal to disable Solana’s durable nonce feature, which lets a transaction be signed now and broadcast later, following its use in a $295.7 million exploit at Drift. The draft bars activation before May 5, 2027, giving custodians a six-month window to adapt. Durable nonces were central to the Drift attack.

TREE NEWS update: Twenty-six of the European Union’s 27 member states agree on the need for a minimum tax on tobacco products, Irish Finance Minister said. The minister did not name the dissenting country or give a timeline for any proposal. The matter concerns EU-wide tax coordination rather than digital assets.