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Taiwan Semiconductor's USA factory has started producing iPhone chips for Apple — A16.
Taiwan Semiconductor has begun production of Apple's iPhone chips at its foundry in Arizona. The A16 will be the first chip produced in the United States. Taiwan Semiconductor's foundry in Arizona has been under construction for several years, with planning for the project dating back to 2020. After four years of construction, the factory is now operational and has started producing chips for Apple.
Over $30 billion! Microsoft and BlackRock establish an AI infrastructure investment fund with support from NVIDIA.
BlackRock and Microsoft announced that the two companies plan to launch a fund of over $30 billion to invest in artificial intelligence infrastructure, to build data centers and energy projects. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Abu Dhabi-backed investment firm MGX have also become partners of the fund, with artificial intelligence chip company Nvidia providing expertise support.
Futu Morning News | Rate cut countdown! US stocks continue to break records; Bank of America: Long the seven giants of US stocks is still the most crowded trade.
"New美联储通讯社": The situation is complex, and there are still doubts about the magnitude of the Fed's first rate cut; if the Fed's first cut is done "properly", the record-breaking betting on a significant rate cut may face huge risks; Apple's iPhone 16 series pre-order sales in the first weekend fell short of expectations, analysts: the long-term outlook remains optimistic.
To support the crypto world, the Trump family has appeared to endorse a cryptos project, in which 60% of the tokens will be available for public purchase.
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial will become a banking platform for cryptos, with 20% of the project's tokens allocated to the founding team including the Trump family, 17% of the tokens reserved for user rewards, and the remaining 63% available for public purchase, with no token pre-sale.
US stocks closed | S&P and Dow set new intraday highs, Chinese concept stocks performed well, li auto inc rose more than 12%.
In the late trading session, the US stock market saw a significant decline, but the S&P 500 index rose for the seventh consecutive day, and the Nasdaq and semiconductor index erased gains of more than 1%, with Intel rising 8% and closing up 2.7%, while Nvidia declined 1%. The Chinese concept index rose nearly 2%, and Li Auto Inc. rose more than 12%.
JPMorgan and Apple are in deep negotiations and are expected to take over the Apple credit card project from Goldman Sachs.
As Goldman Sachs decides to withdraw from the consumer finance business, Apple needs to find a new bank to take over its credit card project with over 12 million users, which is a huge customer resource for any bank. Currently, Apple is still in negotiations with JPMorgan, and due to the high-risk customers involved in Apple's credit card project, JPMorgan hopes to take over at a more favorable price. The top management of JPMorgan is paying attention to the negotiations with Apple because technology companies like Apple are challenging the traditional role of banks, and banks must consider collaborating with these technology companies.