TREE NEWS reports: The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fell as much as 21.0% intraday on Tuesday to 20.25, while the S&P 500 climbed more than 2.3%. The sharp drop in the fear gauge accompanied a broad rally in U.S. equities.
TREE NEWS update: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Waymo’s school-bus software fix, covering 2,895 vehicles. Regulators said most of the incidents identified in an earlier investigation occurred after the November 2025 software update, indicating the remedy did not resolve the violations.
TREE NEWS reports: NYMEX natural gas futures rose more than 5.00% and were last quoted at $3.627 per million British thermal units. The move marks a sharp single-session gain in the benchmark US gas contract.
TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia shares slid as much as 8% amid spy allegations, with the stock already weakening before the drop. Investors are now weighing a larger question: who would replace CEO Jensen Huang if he suddenly leaves the company. The report did not specify the source or nature of the spy allegations.
TREE NEWS update: China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Sun Lei, told a UN Security Council open meeting on Ukraine on November 9 that the issue has reached a critical moment for a negotiated settlement, with the international community increasingly calling for peace and encouraging talks. He said recent interactions among key stakeholders had sent some positive signals, and voiced China’s support for efforts toward peace, urging all parties to move toward each other, sustain the positive momentum and push for an early political settlement of the crisis.
TREE NEWS update: The Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin are being sued over a firing tied to a dispute involving a “suicide pledge,” according to a complaint filed by Fulton. The complaint cites a recorded conversation with Buterin and alleges discrimination and retaliation. The filing does not specify the relief sought or a court date.
TREE NEWS reports: The Shanghai Futures Exchange’s crude oil futures December 2612 contract closed the night session down 3.62% at 614.40 yuan per barrel. In the same session, Shanghai gold rose 0.6% and Shanghai silver gained 0.61%.
TREE NEWS update: Mercado Bitcoin has begun a phased reopening following a hack, allowing customers to view their pre-hack balances as access returns in stages. The exchange has not yet said when withdrawals will resume, leaving users unable to move funds. No date has been given for full restoration of services or the resumption of withdrawals.
TREE NEWS update: Bullish has appointed former NYSE President Stacey Cunningham as its president, ahead of its $4.2 billion takeover of Equiniti. The crypto exchange plans to fund part of the acquisition with roughly 61 million of its own shares. Cunningham, who succeeded Bullish CEO Tom Farley at the top of the NYSE, takes the role as the company moves on the deal.
TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang no longer plans to attend a CEO forum hosted by Anthropic on Monday. The report did not give a reason for the change. Nvidia and Anthropic did not immediately comment on the schedule change.
TREE NEWS update: Chainalysis has brought its compliance tools back online and requires users to reset their credentials, the blockchain analytics firm said. Its Reactor investigation product is also operational again, while some investigation and account-management services remain unavailable. The company did not specify the cause of the outage.
TREE NEWS update: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said it would be an advantage if each Fed policy meeting could incorporate a full two months of economic data. Barkin also said the current policy rate may be at or slightly below neutral, that the election’s economic impact is hard to judge, and that the latest jobs report was “healthy” even as firms remain in a low-hiring, low-firing environment.
TREE NEWS reports: The Federal Reserve’s overnight reverse repurchase agreement (RRP) facility saw $252 million in usage on Monday, November 9, with three counterparties participating. The previous trading day’s usage was $150 million.
TREE NEWS reports: Older blockchain nodes can accept blocks produced under a soft fork without understanding every new rule, while a hard fork requires upgraded software to follow the changed network but does not automatically create another coin. The distinction defines how blockchain upgrades propagate across node operators.
TREE NEWS update: Meta released Muse Ember, a lightweight multimodal AI model available through the Meta Model API and Muse Code, with pricing starting at $0.10 per million input tokens. The model is designed to handle repeated agent tasks, while larger Muse models take on planning work. No launch date was disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: The US Treasury auctioned $58 billion of three-year notes at a high yield of 4.627%, down from 4.932% at the Oct. 6 sale, which was the highest since 2006. The bid-to-cover ratio came in at 2.53, compared with 2.62 at the previous auction.
TREE NEWS update: Mark Zuckerberg said Muse Ember will become the smallest model, offering no further details on its capabilities, release date or intended use. The remark indicates the model is positioned at the compact end of the range, though the material gave no parameters, benchmarks or timeline.
TREE NEWS update: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said the debt sitting at historic highs is government debt, not consumer debt. The remark draws a distinction between elevated federal borrowing and household balance sheets. Barkin did not elaborate on policy implications in the statement.
TREE NEWS reports: North Korea-affiliated launderers channeled about 117,000 NEAR, roughly $430,000, through six DIY meme coins they launched to wash stolen Binance crypto, Elliptic said. The amount is a small slice of the approximately $6.3 billion stolen from Binance.
TREE NEWS update: The Securities Association of China has conducted a statistical analysis of the equity structures of 104 domestic brokerages, the association said on November 9. The review examined shareholder characteristics across different types of brokers and identified difficulties in equity management. It also drew on overseas market practices to offer recommendations to brokerages, regulators and self-regulatory bodies.