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TREE NEWS reports: US President Donald Trump believes he was misled on the Iran war and may seek to hold senior officials accountable if Republicans lose the midterm elections. The reports did not identify the officials involved or specify what form any accountability might take. No further details were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Latin American stocks and currencies rose broadly after Democrats swept both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the midterm elections. The dollar fell 0.3% against a basket of major currencies and Treasury yields edged lower as investors positioned for greater political gridlock in Washington. MSCI’s Latin American currencies index gained 0.8%, rebounding from its lowest level since April, while the region’s stock index rose 1.7% from its lowest point since January.

TREE NEWS update: A Polygon community proposal would use a Polygon PoS mainnet hard fork to zero out roughly 70.49 million native POL held in blocklisted attacker addresses and transfer it to a designated recovery address, worth about $6.5 million at Oct. 29 prices. Polymarket-related addresses account for about 23.86 million POL and Binance-related addresses about 46.63 million; total supply would remain unchanged. The proposal is set to be presented at a protocol governance call on Nov. 5 at 22:30 Beijing time, with the activation block and client version still undetermined.

TREE NEWS update: Two people were killed in a shooting at Citigroup’s office in Tampa, Florida, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. The incident occurred at the bank’s office area in Tampa. No further details on the victims or the circumstances of the shooting were immediately available.

TREE NEWS reports: CBOT corn futures rose 0.73% to $4.4575 per bushel on Wednesday, while soybean oil futures fell 2.90%. 4. Soybean futures dropped 0.82% to $12.0375 per bushel and wheat edged up 0.04% to $5.9925. The Bloomberg Grains Subindex closed down 0.33% at 29.5508 points after swinging between a session low of 29.3086 and a high of 29.7951.

TREE NEWS update: Meta Platforms will decide the future of its investment in Piqua, Ohio, a company spokesperson said. The company will study the Piqua plan with local officials. No timeline or further details were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin rose 3.5% to $80,500 and ether jumped 6% after Democrats won Congress, with markets shrugging off the Binance hack. Bitwise said the exchange breach had limited market impact.

TREE NEWS reports: Palladium futures rose 8% during the trading session and were last quoted at $1,008.46 an ounce, a sharp intraday move for the precious metal. The gain marks a notable single-session advance in palladium pricing.

TREE NEWS update: Hut 8 sold 954 bitcoin in the third quarter for $74.8 million to fund share buybacks, then sold another 2,148 bitcoin in October for $175.4 million, bringing the two-stage total to 3,102 BTC and about $250.2 million in proceeds. Riot Platforms said it expects to sell nearly all bitcoin it newly mines, directing proceeds to development and operating expenses rather than rebuilding a large bitcoin reserve.

TREE NEWS update: The United Auto Workers said it is “disgusted” by Deere & Co.’s decision to close its Iowa factory and will use every available means to stop the shutdown. The union did not specify what actions it plans to take. The closure affects workers at the Iowa plant, though the material did not give the facility’s location or the number of employees impacted.

TREE NEWS update: Block has booked $764 million for a planned deferred-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice over a Bank Secrecy Act charge, with final terms and court approval still pending. The company’s bitcoin business generated about 2.9 cents of gross profit per dollar of revenue in the third quarter, down from 5.1 cents a year earlier.

TREE NEWS update: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued its first examiner guide for artificial intelligence, weighing autonomy and potential financial harm in bank AI systems. The framework directly addresses outside AI agents, the same risk that recently led major banks to restrict customer-account access. The guidance marks the OCC’s first formal supervisory framework for AI in banking.

TREE NEWS update: Citibank has closed out a short position in the euro against the Norwegian krone, booking a 2.6% profit on the trade. The bank gave no further details on the size or timing of the position. The disclosure marks a completed trade rather than a new recommendation.

TREE NEWS reports: Four crypto super PACs spent $89.5 million on projected races since Sept. 1, with $21.9 million of that backing candidates in races now called for their side, an FEC-filing tally found. The crypto PACs’ picks won 28 of 30 called House races and 1 of 4 called Senate races.

TREE NEWS reports: WTI December crude futures settled down $7.97, or more than 8.29%, at $88.12 a barrel, approaching the Oct. 7 close of $87.55 and the Sept. 4 close of $85.46. Prices fell steadily from 17:10 Beijing time and accelerated between 23:52 and 01:38, leaving the contract more than 15.36% below its Oct. 30 close. NYMEX December natural gas settled at $2.9590 per million Btu.

TREE NEWS update: A shooting in Tampa, Florida, on November 4 left a suspect and a victim dead, local police confirmed. The circumstances of the incident were not immediately disclosed. The case remains under investigation.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin security researcher Talip said his team of volunteer engineers used AI to uncover more than 10,000 potential vulnerabilities over two months, with some findings already assessed, disclosed and fixed while other disclosures are ongoing. Talip said AI-generated findings require independent verification because many may be false positives or overstate severity.

TREE NEWS update: Judge Valerie Caproni of the Southern District of New York denied the Capital Markets Alliance’s request for a temporary restraining order against the CFTC over single-stock perpetual futures. The court found the plaintiffs failed to show imminent irreparable harm to their members, but said CMA’s claim that the CFTC exceeded its authority is likely to succeed, noting the contracts appear not to meet the definition of security futures and are closer to swaps regulated by the SEC.

TREE NEWS reports: DJT dropped 21.1% over the past 24 hours and 5.5% in the last hour, trading at 4.688 USDT, market data showed. The token’s steep decline came within a single trading day, with the one-hour move accounting for a sharp slice of the 24-hour loss.

TREE NEWS update: European Central Bank Governing Council member and Bank of France Governor Moulin expressed doubt over the French government’s intention to raise the ceiling on regulated savings. Moulin, who also heads the French central bank, voiced skepticism about the plan. No further details were provided.