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TREE NEWS reports: A Polymarket account with cumulative losses exceeding $30,000 (0x88b21efc4aa4e08cdc125300ad6b3a520811e1d1) bought $360,000 of “Fed will keep rates unchanged in October” at an average entry price of 85.5¢, for 377,658.3 shares. The position is a bet that the Federal Reserve will hold rates steady at its October meeting.

TREE NEWS update: Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh will reopen some terminals on the 25th, two weeks after an attack halted operations. Yemen’s Houthi movement warned the same day that the airport remains a military target and that aircraft and personnel should stay away.

TREE NEWS update: UK Prime Minister Burnham said Britain should hold a “frank discussion” on the possibility of restoring freedom of movement with the European Union, in order to explore different options for strengthening UK-EU relations. Burnham ruled out the possibility of Britain joining the Schengen area. The remarks were reported on the 24th.

TREE NEWS update: China launched the 28th batch of satellites for its satellite internet low-orbit constellation at 10:03 Beijing time on Oct. 25, 2026, from the Hainan commercial spaceport. A Long March 8A carrier rocket placed the satellites into their planned orbits, and the launch mission was declared a complete success.

TREE NEWS update: Two loud explosions were heard in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on the morning of October 25 local time, with residents reporting windows shaking in homes in the city center. The cause of the blasts was not immediately identified.

TREE NEWS update: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck waters west of Japan’s Ogasawara Islands at about 11:10 a.m. local time on the 25th, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said. The quake had a depth of 470 kilometers and a maximum seismic intensity of 3. There is no tsunami risk.

TREE NEWS update: National Energy Administration head Wang Hongzhi led a team to Guangdong on Oct. 24 to survey new-type power grid construction, calling for faster buildout and coordinated development of main, distribution and micro grids to expand effective energy investment. He also urged stronger power supply guarantees, a bigger role for the Southern regional power market, deeper AI-energy integration and expanded market-based computing-power coordination, plus support for new energy storage technologies.

TREE NEWS update: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on October 24 that the Ukrainian military had violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the service for offensive drone strikes that caused casualties, and that the loophole was closed last week. Musk stressed that commercial Starlink must not and should not be used for offensive drone warfare, adding that Starshield is a separate system controlled by the U.S. government.

TREE NEWS update: S&P Dow Jones Indices will change how it classifies growth and value stocks, adding intangible assets, expected earnings and free cash flow to value criteria and dropping 12-month price momentum from growth criteria. The new rules take effect before the U.S. market open on Dec. 21, forcing index-tracking funds to rebalance. About $375 billion in passive funds will be affected.

TREE NEWS update: A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck Baqing County in Nagqu City, Tibet, at 8:17 a.m. on October 25. The quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers, at 32.49 degrees north latitude and 93.79 degrees east longitude.

TREE NEWS update: The Saudi-led multinational coalition intercepted and destroyed a drone over Riyadh in the early hours of Feb. 25, a coalition spokesman said on social media. The coalition did not identify the drone’s origin or report any casualties or damage. The incident marks another aerial threat over the Saudi capital.

TREE NEWS update: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, at about 8:59 a.m. local time on the 25th, with a maximum seismic intensity of 3, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There is no risk of a tsunami from the quake.

TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on 23 August that Ukraine is ready to end its military conflict with Russia as soon as possible but will not give up more territory to do so. In an interview with ABC, he said Kyiv would accept a ceasefire agreement but rejected a proposal to cede 25% of Ukraine’s territory. Russian forces currently control about 19.3% of Ukrainian territory, he said.

TREE NEWS reports: Crypto long positions lost $404 million in four hours as bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000, triggering a wave of liquidations. Spot bitcoin ETFs shed $773 million on Thursday and Friday, reversing three days of net inflows.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin dropped below $80,000, triggering $291 million in liquidations across crypto exchanges in the past hour, Coinglass data shows. Long positions accounted for $274 million of the total, while short liquidations reached $17.33 million. BTC liquidations totaled $86.79 million and ETH liquidations $69.80 million in the same window.

TREE NEWS reports: US producer prices for semiconductors and other electronic components rose 26% year-on-year in September, the fourth-largest increase on record. It marked the sixth consecutive month of at least 25% annual growth. Since July 2025 the index has climbed 31%, reaching its second-highest level since January 2007. Producer prices for electronic components and accessories rose 27% year-on-year last month.

TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on February 24 that the Starlink and Starshield satellite communications systems have been restored to speeds seen before the restrictions, sufficient for Ukraine’s combat needs. Restoration work began in the early hours and was confirmed in the morning after testing reported by Defense Minister Hemara, Zelensky said, calling the recovery critical for the front line, logistics and defense against drone attacks.

TREE NEWS reports: Huafu Securities chief macro analyst Chen Xing said A-share core asset valuations have fully reflected cautious market expectations, with the allocation value of equities gradually emerging. He said that as long as earnings stabilize at the margin and liquidity expectations repair moderately, equities have upward recovery elasticity. Chen advised investors to avoid short-term sentiment interference and panic selling, and to focus on quality names with good earnings-valuation matches.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese brand-name pure gold jewelry prices were cut on October 24, falling 6 yuan per gram from the previous day, with major brands quoting around 1,200 yuan per gram. The drop follows a decline in international gold prices, and the per-gram jewelry price has now fallen about 100 yuan over the past month.

TREE NEWS update: Yemen’s Houthi movement said on the 24th that heavy airstrikes struck the capital Sanaa and the Red Sea port city of Mokha in Taiz province the same day, causing multiple deaths and injuries. The Houthis attributed the strikes to Saudi Arabia. No further details on casualties or targets were immediately provided.