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TREE NEWS update: Tesla said Friday it has begun accepting Cybercab orders from “specific customers” within supported service areas, moving the driverless two-seater toward a broader consumer rollout. The vehicle, which has no steering wheel or pedals, is already operating as part of Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Austin. The company announced the order availability on its official Robotaxi account on X.

TREE NEWS reports: The FBI believes the communications problem that disrupted US air traffic control and led to a nationwide flight ground stop was not caused by a cyberattack or criminal activity, a person familiar with the matter said on the 13th local time. Investigators are examining whether a software update triggered the outage.

TREE NEWS update: Solana Foundation released the beta version of Solana Confidential Compute on its developer network, an open-source tool for private AI development that verifies on-chain hardware attestation. Built in partnership with TryNitoAI, the tool lets developers create applications such as personal assistants, agents handling sensitive business data and private trading strategies.

TREE NEWS reports: DefiLlama has begun excluding idle, pre-minted GHO from its circulation figures, cutting the stablecoin’s reported supply by 61%. The Ethereum token contract still reports 699 million GHO issued, meaning the change reflects an accounting adjustment rather than a burn or redemption event. The revised methodology separates tokens actually in circulation from those minted but not yet deployed.

TREE NEWS update: Paraguay’s state utility ANDE said special electricity contracts for high-consumption users including cryptocurrency miners will terminate on Dec. 31, 2027, and will not be renewed under current rules. The contracts cover 943.8 MW drawn from Paraguay’s surplus hydropower. The move is expected to significantly affect HIVE Digital Technologies, which has about 77% to 80% of its active mining capacity in Paraguay. ANDE is meanwhile signing 15-year power supply agreements with AI data centers.

TREE NEWS update: The US Supreme Court agreed to hear Robinhood Markets’ appeal seeking to dismiss a class-action lawsuit over its 2021 IPO. Investors allege Robinhood’s IPO filings failed to adequately disclose risks from the fading meme-stock and crypto trading boom and declining key metrics, causing shares to fall sharply after listing. The Ninth Circuit revived parts of the suit in 2025 after a San Francisco federal court dismissed it. A ruling is expected by the end of June next year.

TREE NEWS update: Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said inflation will determine how the FOMC makes its interest-rate decisions. The remark ties the committee’s path on rates directly to the inflation outlook, without specifying a timeline or a particular policy move.

TREE NEWS update: Enbridge Inc., North America’s largest liquids pipeline operator, has imposed new quality-control measures on its North Dakota crude oil transportation system after a rise in contaminated crude incidents. The company notified shippers that crude containing organic chlorides will trigger an immediate pipeline shutdown. The move follows a brief pipeline closure last week caused by the presence of organic chlorides.

TREE NEWS reports: The USDC Treasury minted 500 million USDC on the Solana blockchain in two separate batches of 250 million each, at 06:38 and 07:14 Beijing time on November 14. The two mints occurred within roughly 40 minutes of each other.

TREE NEWS update: 360 founder Zhou Hongyi said in a video posted on November 13 that the key issue surrounding Jensen Huang’s resignation as Nvidia CEO is not Huang’s personal departure but how the United States will treat China’s AI industry going forward. He framed the leadership change as secondary to the policy question, which he said is what the industry should be watching.

TREE NEWS update: Microsoft said there is no indication that the Federal Aviation Administration’s nationwide ground stop is connected to any of its services. The company’s statement followed the FAA’s halt of flights across the U.S. Microsoft did not elaborate on the cause of the disruption or its own systems’ status.

TREE NEWS reports: US equity futures closed lower in New York on Friday, November 13, with Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.60% and S&P 500 futures down 0.68%. Dow futures slipped 0.07% and Russell 2000 futures fell 0.52%, reflecting a broad retreat led by technology stocks.

TREE NEWS update: International flights departing from Honolulu, Hawaii, have been cleared for takeoff. The clearance covers international departures from the US airport; no further details on affected carriers, destinations or timing were provided.

TREE NEWS update: Alaska Airlines said flights between the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii can continue operating. The carrier issued the statement without giving further operational details or a reason for the announcement. No schedule changes or disruptions were specified.

TREE NEWS update: SpaceX said its Super Heavy booster exploded after landing offshore, and the planned mid-air catch was cancelled. The company’s shares fell 1.5% in after-hours US trading. Elon Musk’s space exploration company did not provide further details on the outcome of the booster.

TREE NEWS update: Elon Musk said on X on November 14 that a petition calling for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to be reinstated is underway and that he will sign it. The remarks follow a statement from Nvidia’s board that it has not formally approached any CEO candidates. Neither the petition’s organizers nor its specific demands were detailed in the post.

TREE NEWS update: SpaceX launched its Starship vehicle on a key orbital test flight. The liftoff marks a significant step in the company’s effort to demonstrate the rocket’s orbital capabilities. Further details of the test were not immediately available.

TREE NEWS reports: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management CIO Lisa Shalett said concerns over Nvidia leadership turmoil and a Democratic win in the US midterms will not shake the bull market’s core driver: capital spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. Voters are demanding stronger AI safety regulation and fairer distribution of data-center costs and benefits, not rejecting AI investment, she said. Shalett remains selective in tech, favoring hyperscalers and some software companies, and also sees opportunities in grid infrastructure, industrials, financial services and healthcare.

TREE NEWS reports: The two-year US Treasury yield fell 3.95 basis points to 4.8419% on Friday, November 13, but gained 33.04 basis points for the week, trading between 4.5009% and 4.8886%. The 10-year yield edged up 0.81 basis point to 5.1352% and rose 27.78 basis points on the week, while the three-, five- and seven-year yields added 32.28, 31.67 and 30.07 basis points respectively.