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The New York Federal Reserve report confirms that the U.S. Treasury used approximately 500 million euros equivalent during the coordinated intervention in the foreign exchange market with Japan on July 31. The New York Federal Reserve purchased 79.4 billion yen and sold euros from the "Exchange Rate Stability Fund."This action aimed to address the disorderly fluctuations of the yen exchange rate. The Federal Reserve did not participate in this intervention.

Reuters reported on November 12, citing three informed sources, that Chinese artificial intelligence companies are attempting to rent Nvidia chip computing power from overseas data centers, concerned that the controversy surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may prompt Washington to tighten restrictions on the remote use of advanced processors. The United States has restricted the export of Nvidia's most advanced artificial intelligence chips to China, and Chinese companies can currently use such processors remotely by renting computing power from overseas data centers. A large Chinese cloud service provider has internally discussed whether to secure overseas Nvidia chip capacity, and some companies have contacted data center operators to negotiate reservations. The informed sources declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter and did not specify the cloud service provider.Two informed sources stated that smaller artificial intelligence labs are also considering similar arrangements, including reaching out to major computing power rental service providers in Southeast Asia. These companies are concerned that the controversy surrounding Jensen Huang may provide political momentum for the U.S. Remote Access Security Act (RASA). This bill aims to authorize the U.S. Department of Commerce to regulate remote and cloud access to restricted technologies. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill in January with a vote of 369 in favor and 22 against, and it is currently awaiting Senate review. Reuters stated that Nvidia's advanced processors are used to train and run the large models behind generative artificial intelligence products like chatbots, and restricting overseas cloud access will make it more difficult for Chinese developers to obtain high-end computing power without directly importing chips.Jensen Huang stated on Sunday that he was unfaithful to his wife. The New York Times reported that the individual involved is Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore cloud computing company Megaspeed, who U.S. authorities have identified as a Chinese intelligence operative. Reuters stated it was unable to independently verify the allegation, and the Chinese side has denied it. Two informed sources said that Alice Huang has business dealings and investment relationships with Chinese tech companies such as Tencent and Alibaba, which did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Business filings in Singapore reviewed by Reuters show that Alibaba subsidiary Apex Enterprise Solutions had provided financing to Malaysian company Speedmatrix, which is associated with Megaspeed. Megaspeed denied illegally transshipping Nvidia chips subject to U.S. export controls to China. Two other informed sources stated that traders and intermediaries have begun hoarding restricted Nvidia artificial intelligence chips in China's gray market, with buyers concerned that the controversy may prompt the U.S. to take broader action against the smuggling of advanced chips and artificial intelligence servers.

The Japanese yen fell below the 160 mark against the US dollar for the first time since September, weakening for the third consecutive trading day. The US-Japan interest rate differential exceeded 250 basis points, increasing the pressure on the yen to depreciate.Jun Mimura, an official from Japan's Ministry of Finance, stated that the recent fluctuations in the yen's exchange rate have been "too rapid," and mentioned previous interventions in the foreign exchange market. Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market three times this summer, utilizing a total of 15.4 trillion yen (approximately 96.4 billion US dollars).

According to The Block, the New York State Department of Financial Services has issued new guidelines for advertising and marketing requirements for licensed cryptocurrency entities in the state, which include avoiding misleading or deceptive content. Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow stated in a press release that today's guidelines reinforce the commitment to protecting New York residents and ensure that advertising and marketing practices in the virtual currency space are clear, comprehensive, and accessible.The New York State Department of Financial Services announced on the same day that these guidelines apply to virtual currency entities licensed or chartered by the department, requiring them to establish and implement policies and procedures for advertising and marketing materials related to virtual currency products, services, and activities, with a focus on content accuracy, clear disclosures, and governance and review processes. Relevant entities must update their policies and procedures according to the guidelines by May 10, 2027, review them at least once a year, and maintain records for regulatory inspection. The Department of Financial Services will assess the implementation and effectiveness of these policies and procedures through examinations and ongoing supervision.Common practices listed in the guidelines include: reviewing marketing claims to ensure they fairly present products, services, or activities, are supported by evidence and verifiable, and do not contain exaggerated or false statements about performance or regulatory status; customer disclosures should be clear, prominent, easily understandable to the general audience, and clearly identify the entity providing the products, services, or activities; establishing governance review processes for advertising and marketing materials, designating responsible parties, conducting due diligence on third-party promoters, and promptly monitoring and addressing instances of fraudulent or improper use of their name or brand by others.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq Composite Index opened down 356.43 points on November 12, a decrease of 1.4%, reporting at 25,109.76 points; the S&P 500 Index opened down 50.23 points, a decrease of 0.66%, reporting at 7,569.11 points; the Dow Jones Index opened up 34.16 points, an increase of 0.07%, reporting at 52,520.65 points.

NVIDIA (NVDA.O) today announced that Jensen Huang has resigned from his positions as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member effective immediately. Harvey C. Jones has been appointed as the company's first Chairman of the Board.Jones has been the Managing Partner of the private investment firm Square Wave Ventures since 2004, with over 30 years of experience in entrepreneurship, high-tech business management, and venture capital. In 1981, he co-founded the computer-aided engineering company Daisy Systems and eventually served as the company's President and CEO until 1987.From 1987 to 1998, he led the large electronic design automation company Synopsys, serving as CEO for seven years and Executive Chairman. In 1997, Jones co-founded the private technology intellectual property company Tensilica, which specializes in developing and licensing high-performance embedded processor cores.Since the company's inception, Jones has served as Chairman of the Board of Tensilica until the company was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2013. Jones holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Georgetown University and a Master’s degree in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the NVIDIA Board of Directors in 1993.

According to PR Newswire, Deloitte announced the launch of the enterprise AI company Edisyl, which was established after Deloitte completed the acquisition of the on-chain data platform Flipside Crypto's AI business in July 2026. The 24-person operations team from Flipside has all joined Edisyl, with former Flipside CEO Dave Balter serving as co-founder.Flipside's crypto data business has been sold separately to Sonaverse.

British bank Griffin has completed a $20 million Series B financing round, led by Octagon Partners, with participation from Notion Capital, A+ Ventures, Nordic Ninja, Breega, and others. The company's valuation exceeds $100 million, though it has not disclosed whether this is pre-money or post-money valuation. Griffin stated that the funds from this round will be used to drive business expansion and achieve profitability.Griffin was founded in 2017 by former Airbnb employee David Jarvis and CircleC co-founder Allen Rohner, and it obtained a full banking license in 2024 and officially launched. Currently, Griffin provides banking infrastructure services to over 80 companies, including Uber, Countingup, Anna Money, Yonder, and Prosper. The company serves over 300,000 retail and business customers, processing approximately 10 million payments annually. As of September 2026, its recurring revenue has increased 3.2 times year-on-year, a figure that has not yet been audited.Griffin co-founder and CEO David Jarvis stated that the company will expand its card issuance and stablecoin business: the card issuance business will support branded retail and corporate debit cards, with credit card products to be launched later; in terms of stablecoins, the company is developing reserve-related services for enterprises and advancing on-chain cross-border payment solutions.

According to CoinDesk, Gemini has sold its UK and European operations to stablecoin payment company Kast for less than 10 million dollars. Gemini exited the UK and European markets in February this year, with the buyer primarily valuing the local MiCA and FCA licenses.

IT Home reported on November 12 that the Japanese government is considering requiring AI companies to fulfill security obligations and introducing new penalties to address the risks of uncontrolled advanced AI. The Japanese government plans to announce a comprehensive reform plan by the end of this year, with relevant content confirmed in a closed working group meeting discussing AI legal systems. This move aims to address significant threats such as AI cyberattacks and loss of control, ensuring that the government can take action against malicious companies that refuse to negotiate.Currently, the business division of AI companies is becoming increasingly detailed, including various aspects such as basic research, foundational model development, and user services. The Japanese government will further discuss the scope of regulatory targets. If American AI large model companies are included in the regulation, how to effectively protect the rights and interests of Japanese users will also become a problem that needs to be addressed. For companies that refuse to cooperate in negotiations after issues arise, the Japanese government plans to issue enforcement orders when necessary and consider imposing penalties on companies that defy these orders. These measures are expected to primarily target incidents of uncontrolled advanced AI and attacks.

At Tencent's internal all-staff meeting celebrating its 28th anniversary, Ma Huateng proposed to accelerate organizational change. He believes that Tencent's transformation is somewhat late and cannot leisurely feel secure anymore. Ma Huateng compared it to the army and navy, stating that traditional core businesses like gaming and social networking must be safeguarded, but efficiency should be improved using AI. For example, tasks that originally required everyone can now be completed by half the staff, freeing up the other half to explore AI-native businesses and seek new growth points.Ma Huateng's previous statements regarding AI have been traceable. In January of this year, he emphasized that Tencent's AI layout should be steady and solid; in May, he used a ship analogy, stating that they initially thought they had secured a ticket for the AI ship, only to later find it was leaking and had to switch to another one. He specifically mentioned Google, believing that initially, everyone was worried about AI impacting search, but later felt that Google seemed to withstand it. Looking at this year, he noted that "the wave has really come," and traditional businesses like content cannot feel secure either. Google's search advertising revenue still grew by 12% in the third quarter of this year, but the growth rate has continuously declined from 19% in the first quarter to 17% in the second quarter, with management admitting that the commercial monetization capability of AI Mode is weak. On the day of its 28th anniversary, Tencent launched "Yuanbao Search," redoing the search process with a large model and integrating content from public accounts and video accounts.Ma Huateng also told the internal management that organizational transformation can no longer be about coddling employees, repeatedly persuading them, and negotiating terms. Some people even want to negotiate management positions before participating in new businesses. He demanded a flatter organization, with employees needing to quickly switch skills and adapt to new positions, stating that this reform is different from the "cost reduction and efficiency increase" from a few years ago, which mainly focused on cutting costs. Now, it is about changing the way the organization and personnel work, running faster with the existing manpower, and enabling small teams to accomplish big tasks. Related speeches subsequently sparked discussions in employee communities, with rumors of "Tencent laying off 50%" and "laying off 8,000 people" appearing on platforms like Maimai and Xiaohongshu. Tencent's PR director Zhang Jun clarified that the so-called 50% was merely a metaphor used by Ma Huateng for organizational transformation and not the layoff ratio, nor has it been announced that half of the employees would be laid off.

ZDNet Korea reported on November 12 that storage companies such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have decided to allocate additional supplies of enterprise-level solid-state drives (eSSD) that are currently being discussed with Chinese customers to U.S. customers. Major Chinese artificial intelligence companies such as Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent have decided to reduce the scale of eSSD orders to below expectations, and storage companies are aware of this situation. The report states that after the U.S. strengthened export controls on artificial intelligence to China, the supply of high-performance artificial intelligence semiconductors such as graphics processors and high-bandwidth memory has become difficult, leading to a decrease in the demand for accompanying storage.eSSD is a NAND-based storage module primarily used for data centers, serving as an auxiliary storage device for data preservation. Insiders indicate that the main reason for the order reduction among Chinese companies is the difficulty in supplying artificial intelligence semiconductors. The U.S. government has effectively prohibited companies like NVIDIA and AMD from exporting high-performance artificial intelligence semiconductors to China, and the accompanying high-bandwidth memory is also subject to controls. Previously, Chinese companies had circumvented these controls through overseas entities and product disassembly, but these alternative routes have gradually faced obstacles, causing delays in investment plans.Another insider stated that the adjustment of eSSD supply plans for China by storage companies is true, and the related supply volume plans are being shifted to U.S. cloud service providers. This person noted that the storage demand from U.S. data centers remains robust, and the supply shortage may continue into next year and the year after. Industry insiders say that the tight supply of NAND in global markets such as the U.S. is still ongoing, and the reduced demand in China will be taken up by U.S. data center companies; this adjustment will not have a significant impact on the overall demand for NAND and SSD.

Ethereum developer Marchhill submitted the draft EIP-8437, proposing to propagate proof wrapper data through the eth/73 protocol and introducing an optional mode that allows transactions to submit raw signatures to the aggregator without pre-generating STARK proofs.This proposal supports the direct propagation of certified packages with transactions and performs independent checks of specified programs in resource-constrained sandboxes to verify witness data. The new program does not require the development of native adapters for each signature scheme separately. Additionally, the proposal plans to limit the batch queue size, clean up expired transactions, and recheck records before formally generating proofs to support failure retries.Currently, the proposal is still in the Draft stage and has not yet been merged. The developer pointed out that VM and key binding consistency verification, cryptographic verification, and performance testing are still incomplete, and benchmarking has not yet been conducted.

On November 11, the Selangor police in Malaysia publicly destroyed 186 seized Bitcoin mining machines, with the state police chief, Shafie, personally driving a bulldozer to crush the equipment. This destruction operation involved 7,445 pieces of evidence seized between 2021 and 2026, with a total value of approximately 1.19 million Malaysian Ringgit, which has been approved by the court.In addition, the Perak police recently collaborated with the national energy company to raid a residential house suspected of stealing electricity for mining, seizing another 48 Bitcoin mining machines. An investigation is currently underway based on relevant criminal and electricity regulations.

According to The Block, JPYC Inc., the issuer of the yen stablecoin, CEO Noritaka Okabe stated that as more banks face service disruptions, the demand for JPYC stablecoin will rise. Shortly before Okabe made the above remarks, Japan's GMO Aozora Net Bank suspended part of its bank API services after detecting unauthorized communications.Its parent company, GMO Internet Group, experienced a significant cybersecurity incident last month, involving ransom demands following unauthorized access to servers. JPYC is a regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, and the company registered as a money transfer service provider with Japanese authorities in October 2025.

Due to the sell-off of U.S. Treasuries, Japanese government bond yields have risen sharply. The 5-year Japanese government bond yield increased by 9.5 basis points to 2.195%, the 10-year yield rose by 10.5 basis points to 2.795%, and the 2-year yield increased by 8.5 basis points to 1.86%.Previously, Federal Reserve officials warned that more aggressive rate hikes may be needed to curb inflation.

According to the official announcement from the Runes trading and liquidity platform radFi, the platform will be shut down in phases, with the application scheduled to go offline on February 11, 2027. From now on, activities involving liquidity pools will be restricted, with a limit of 0.01 BTC per transaction for providing liquidity and trading, and a daily total outflow limit of 0.05 BTC. The platform will adjust these limits as necessary.Starting January 11, 2027, Runes trading and LP withdrawals will cease, and only withdrawals from the trading wallet will be supported. After the application goes offline, ndestrategy will operate an independent website for users to withdraw Runes and BTC from their trading wallets.