WS #10637
No material new developments in the last 30 minutes. The dominant signals from the previous window (semiconductor strength, US-China tech tensions, defense contracts, banking dividend increases, Elastic layoffs, crypto miner margin squeeze, UK heatwave) remain unchanged with no new data points, counter-signals, or de-escalation events. The narrative arcs for semiconductors (ESCALATING), crypto (DE-ESCALATING), and defense (STABLE) persist without modification.
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Key developments
- Micron reports record Q3 revenue of $41.45B, profit $28.2B; shares surge 13%
- Qualcomm says data center chips to produce 'billions' in 2027; designing China-specific chip
- Anthropic accuses Alibaba of largest known AI distillation attack (28.8M exchanges)
- BNY and State Street plan to boost dividends after stress tests; U.S. Bancorp increases dividend to $0.54/share
- Bitcoin miners face deepening margin squeeze; 20% now unprofitable
- Gold dips below $4,000 on stronger dollar, rising rate-hike expectations
- Google loses four AI researchers to OpenAI and Anthropic amid talent exodus
- NETSTREIT to join S&P SmallCap 600, replacing ProAssurance