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$MU / Apple-China memory policy:
WSJ: Apple is lobbying the Trump administration to allow CXMT and YMTC memory in devices sold outside the US, while Micron is pushing to block the move.
Micron is arguing its 250B US capacity buildout gets undercut if Apple is allowed to source Chinese memory for non-US devices. That is a direct policy risk to the memory-pricing squeeze supporting Micron's FY27 DRAM and NAND setup, even if AI HBM demand stays firm.
FT added today that Rep. Ro Khanna is pressing Commerce on the same shortage and China-sourcing issue.
source: WSJ / FTBig Tech's earnings delivered the reality check the AI trade has been dodging. Alphabet and Tesla both reported, and both stocks sank, not on weak results (Google Cloud grew 82%) but on rising AI capex guidance. The market has flipped: spending on AI used to be rewarded as vision, now it's scrutinized as cost.
This is the same story that hit semis all week, viewed from the demand side. Investors aren't questioning whether AI is real; they're questioning the return on hundreds of billions in capex before the revenue catches up. For crypto it's a useful mirror: narratives get repriced the moment the market demands proof over promise. Risk-off today (BTC $64K) echoes that same "show me the ROI" mood bleeding across tech.
Just my read, not advice.
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