Daily 9 for November 15, 2026 covers nine developments across AI, fintech, crypto, software and tech, announced between November 12 and November 13. Samsung set a December 10 release for its Gemini eyewear, GitHub scheduled six Copilot models for removal, three central banks published their synchronized FX settlement trial, and the CFTC sued a 12th state over prediction markets.
Each item links to the company, project or organization that published it.
1. Samsung sets December 10 release for its Gemini eyewear
Samsung said its intelligent eyewear goes on sale in the U.S. and South Korea on December 10, with pre-orders open from November 12. The line has 30 designs from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, weighs around 41 grams and was built with Google, with Gemini answering questions about what the wearer sees, translating menus and giving Google Maps directions. In the U.S., Warby Parker frames start at $395 and Gentle Monster frames cost $449 to $489. Samsung, November 12.
2. GitHub will remove six Copilot models on December 14
GitHub said it will deprecate Claude Fable 5, Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 4 Argon, Grok 4.6 and Kimi K3 across Copilot Chat, inline edits, agent mode and code completions on December 14. Suggested replacements include Claude Fable 5.2, Claude Haiku 5.5, Gemini 4 Hydrogen, Gemini 4 Carbon and Grok 4.7; Kimi K3’s is still to be announced. Individual subscribers on annual plans keep Claude Haiku 4.5. GitHub Changelog, November 13.
3. Cloudflare adds hard spending limits for Workers
Cloudflare introduced Spend Management in beta for pay-as-you-go customers, starting with Workers and Durable Objects. Customers set a spending limit and alert thresholds, and when the limit is reached Cloudflare pauses the product automatically instead of only sending a warning. Current-cycle costs show in the dashboard with a delay of under 10 minutes, and an audit log records who changed a limit. Limits can be set in the dashboard, the cf CLI or the REST API. Cloudflare, November 13.
4. AWS Secrets Manager replicates secrets across accounts
AWS Secrets Manager now copies a primary secret into a second AWS account and keeps it updated whenever the value changes, including after rotation. The replica is an independent resource encrypted with a KMS key that the receiving account owns, so no shared keys or cross-account secret policies are needed. AWS suggests keeping copies in a separate recovery account isolated from a compromised primary account or ransomware. It works in every Region where Secrets Manager runs. AWS, November 13.
5. Three central banks publish Project Meridian FX APAC results
The Bank of England, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bank of Thailand published findings from Project Meridian FX APAC, which tested payment-versus-payment FX settlement and multilateral netting across their test systems. The trial connected both real-time gross settlement and distributed-ledger systems through a synchronization prototype built by Partior. The Bank of England plans a live synchronization interface in 2028. The Reserve Bank of Australia and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas took part as observers. Bank of England, November 13.
6. Federal Reserve sets 2027 prices for payment services
The Federal Reserve Board announced fees effective January 1, 2027 for the check, ACH, instant payment and wholesale services the Reserve Banks sell to banks and credit unions. Prices for established services rise about 1.4% on average, and the Fed expects to recover 101.5% of its costs. Check processing also changes: fees go up and processing windows are trimmed in low-volume periods. The Fed says consumers can still pay with and receive checks as before. Federal Reserve, November 12.
7. U.S. bank regulators give more time on third-party risk guidance
The Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the OCC and the National Credit Union Administration extended the comment period on proposed guidance for managing third-party relationships to December 16, from November 16. The principles-based guidance would replace the agencies’ existing third-party risk guidance once final. It covers how banks and credit unions handle outside partners, a group that includes the fintech firms many of them work with. Federal Reserve, November 13.
8. CFTC sues Louisiana over prediction markets
The CFTC sued Louisiana to stop the state from barring event contracts offered by CFTC-regulated exchanges, brokers and clearing houses. A Louisiana state court had ordered more than 30 companies connected to those products to stop operating in the state, without notice or a hearing, the agency says. Louisiana is the 12th state the CFTC has sued over the issue; it announced its suit against Arkansas the same day. CFTC, November 13.
9. KPMG completes audit of Tether Gold
Tether said KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified opinion on the 2025 financial statements of TG Commodities, the issuer of Tether Gold (XAUT). As of December 31, 2025, the company held 520,089.350 fine troy ounces of allocated gold, valued at $2.246 billion, against 520,089.300 tokens in issue. Tether says KPMG counted every bar, which is held in Swiss vaults. It is the second Tether token, after USDT, to get a Big Four audit. Tether, November 12. Background: what a blockchain is.
