TREE NEWS update: Japan’s top foreign-exchange official, Atsushi Mimura, said exchange-rate moves over the past few days have been too rapid. The comment from the country’s senior currency diplomat flags official concern over recent volatility in the yen.
TREE NEWS update: Aave V3.8 went live on 15 Aave V3 markets after approval by the Aave DAO, the protocol announced on Nov. 12. Developed by Aave Labs, the security-focused release introduces a reentrancy protection mechanism built on transient storage (EIP-1153) to safeguard the Pool’s accounting consistency during external callbacks and multiple interactions within a single transaction, cutting reentrancy attack risk at low extra gas cost. The upgrade covers active instances including Ethereum Core and Lido, Plasma, Avalanche, BNB, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon and Optimism.
TREE NEWS reports: Listed Chinese banks posted 7.8% year-on-year revenue growth and 3.8% net profit growth in the first nine months of 2026, accelerating by 0.4 and 0.8 percentage points versus the first half, Huatai Securities said in a research note. Stable net interest margins supported net interest income as balance-sheet expansion slowed, while recovering financial investment income aided the earnings repair. Huatai said recovery certainty is strengthening for the full year and flagged state-owned large banks’ allocation value on steady profit and higher dividends.
TREE NEWS reports: Digital asset trading platform Websea’s official X account published a post accusing the company’s boss and CEO of withholding employee salaries and expense reimbursements, then deleted it. 12. The post said staff had contributed time and effort but received neither base pay nor work reimbursements, and claimed the company appears to have ceased normal operations. It demanded a direct response and a credible payment timeline, and called on the Web3 industry to pay attention.
TREE NEWS update: MSCI has confirmed the removal of Strategy, Metaplanet and Upexi from its indexes, with the changes taking effect after the Nov. 30 close. The three crypto-linked firms appear on MSCI’s final deletion list, ending their inclusion in the index provider’s benchmarks.
TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened 0.2% higher, while South Korea’s KOSPI also opened up 0.2% at the start of trading. The parallel gains in the two Asian benchmarks mark a modestly positive open for regional equities.
TREE NEWS reports: The UK RICS three-month house price index fell to -36 in October, down from -32 in the prior period and below the expected -34, a survey of property surveyors showed. The reading indicates a deepening contraction in UK house prices, with more surveyors reporting declines than rises.
TREE NEWS update: China is set to issue local government bonds, with the securities either upcoming or currently being issued. The bonds are part of the country’s local government debt financing. No further details on the size or timing of the issuance were provided.
TREE NEWS reports: The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board plans to roughly double its hedge fund allocation to about $160 billion over the next five to seven years. The fund aims to add exposure to hedge fund giants it does not currently work with, including Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management. The move signals bullish demand from one of the industry’s most important backers.
TREE NEWS reports: Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese stocks in the week to Nov. 6, offloading a net ¥105.2 billion, following net buying of ¥1.13 trillion the previous week. The swing marks a sharp reversal in overseas demand for Japanese equities.
TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s domestic corporate goods price index rose 0.7% month-on-month in October, beating expectations of a 0.3% increase and reversing the previous month’s 0.3% decline. The reading points to a pickup in upstream price pressures in Japan.
TREE NEWS reports: China’s 10 billion yuan private funds lifted their position index to 83.10% by the end of October, rising for a second consecutive week even as overseas AI stocks sold off. Several of these funds said AI’s long-term growth trend remains intact, with short-term opportunities expected to stay structural.
TREE NEWS reports: RUM Group, the US-listed AI infrastructure and video platform formerly known as Rumble, sold 198.46 bitcoin in the third quarter, leaving it with 94.68 BTC worth about $7.9 million as of Sept. 30, the company disclosed. The company had earlier reported third-quarter revenue growth of 290% year over year and its first positive adjusted EBITDA.
TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia is working with outside firms to identify a potential successor to its chief executive, and is considering appointing an interim CEO before launching a broader search. The move signals the chipmaker is weighing CEO succession planning. No timeline or candidates were disclosed.
TREE NEWS reports: Zcash (ZEC) dropped below $965, extending a seven-day decline of roughly 26%, about three times bitcoin’s loss over the same period. The token now trades about 43% below its late-September price above $1,680.
TREE NEWS reports: The Trump administration has been informed that Nvidia’s board of directors is preparing to remove CEO Jensen Huang in the near term, CBS reported. No timeline, board statement or reason for the reported move was given. Nvidia has not publicly commented on the claim.
TREE NEWS update: CoreWeave is seeking to raise at least $4 billion through an investment-grade, asset-backed loan led by Morgan Stanley, with proceeds earmarked to buy Nvidia chips and other computing equipment for a contract with an investment-grade customer. The loan is expected to carry an annual interest rate of 7% to 7.5%. CEO Michael Intrator has said the company will not raise further through the unsecured bond market at current rates.
TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia’s board is set to discuss CEO Jensen Huang’s future following its public backing of him on Nov. 8. President Trump said on Nov. 9 that the FBI was looking into the situation, separately from the company’s own review.
TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia’s board is preparing to remove CEO Jensen Huang and could meet as early as Wednesday local time to decide on his future, Reuters reported, citing The Wall Street Journal. Nvidia has not commented and has not announced any management change. The stock fell as much as about 8% in after-hours trading on the report.
TREE NEWS update: Nvidia’s board of directors will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to remove CEO Jensen Huang, Reuters reported. The meeting puts Huang’s leadership at the chipmaker at stake. No further details on the board’s agenda or the outcome were provided.