U.S. Senator: If Powell Is Fired by Trump, It Will Trigger a Market Collapse

Silicon Valley investor and co-host of *The All-In Podcast*, David Friedberg, said Starlink alone could generate roughly $40 billion in annual revenue, with most of that converting to free cash flow—potentially hitting $30 billion in free cash flow within a year—and Starlink’s market value could reach $1 trillion in 18 months. Elon Musk responded that Starlink’s potential is “far more than that.” As AI and robotics advance, bandwidth demand will surge, with their data transmission needs being orders of magnitude higher than humans’. Even if the communications market only doubles in size, Musk forecasts Starlink will capture at least 25% of the market outside China, corresponding to annual revenue exceeding $500 billion. Long-term, Starlink could carry over 50% of global internet traffic, with annual revenue potentially surpassing $1 trillion, and no obvious barriers to achieving this have been identified so far.

Crypto KOL Ansem recently posted that PUMP’s price was $0.001675 when he first wrote about it, and stood at $0.002544 as of his latest update. He forecasts that PUMP will return to its all-time high and rally further. Ansem’s investment thesis is that PUMP ranks among the three most profitable projects in the crypto industry, holding $2 billion in cash. Due to market bias against tokenization, its circulating market cap is around $1 billion, translating to a price-to-earnings ratio below 2.8x. Meanwhile, rising on-chain activity will benefit PUMP. He notes that if tokens issued on its platform deliver leading returns to retail investors in the next cycle, the adoption of its mobile app will provide an additional boost. Ansem projects that PUMP will enter the top 10 by crypto market capitalization within two years.

Prediction market platform Polymarket currently assigns a 31% probability to Bitcoin hitting $70,000 in August. Additionally, the platform puts a 6% chance on Bitcoin reaching $75,000, and a 30% probability of it falling to $60,000.

During the weekend closure of traditional financial markets, "On-Chain Nasdaq" Trade.xyz uses perpetual contracts to enable continuous trading and real-time price discovery that traditional finance cannot achieve, pricing in the trends of Monday’s U.S. and South Korean stock markets in advance. Most of Trade.xyz’s popular U.S. stock assets trade above their Friday after-hours levels: SpaceX is priced at $135.90, up 1.34% from Friday’s after-hours price of $134.096; Marvell Technology at $220.97, up 1.03% from $218.7; Google at $357.57, up 0.8% from $354.7; Nvidia at $224.59, up 0.35% from $223.8; Intel at $101.93, up 0.24% from $101.68; Micron at $880.58, up 0.07% from $880.00; SanDisk at $1,219.05, down 0.08% from $1,219.98. Current price levels suggest U.S. stocks may see overall strong pre-market volatility on Monday. Popular South Korean stock perpetual contracts also rose: Samsung Electronics is at $167.62, up 2.3% from Friday’s closing reference price of $163.91; SK Hynix is at $1,019.25, up 0.8% from $1,009.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is testing storage chips from Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) across multiple product lines including iPhones and MacBooks, and has entered preliminary supply negotiations with the Chinese chipmaker, aiming to use the chips in some devices sold in China. Sources familiar with the matter said Apple seeks the White House’s approval for the collaboration. Against the backdrop of the AI boom driving tight storage chip supplies and rising costs, Apple has been raising product prices globally; securing a supply source in China could help ease shortages. Current U.S. regulations prohibit companies from transferring technology to CXMT, including sharing technical details and product specifications, so Apple cannot actually order custom chips from the firm, though it can purchase standardized products and negotiate prices. Even if complying with the rules, Apple may still seek support from the Trump administration due to political considerations. Using standardized chips could also force Apple to redesign some products. CXMT’s production capacity is nearly at full load this year, leaving limited room for new international clients. HP and Acer have already used small quantities of CXMT chips in devices sold outside the U.S., and are looking to lock in more supplies next year. Some of CXMT’s product prices are on par with Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung, while certain items are even higher. The company’s second-quarter revenue surged over 8-fold year-over-year, holding a 7% share of the global DRAM market by revenue, and plans to expand its production capacity to more than double current levels by 2028.

Jiang Zhuoer, founder of Leibit Mining Pool (BTC.TOP), wrote in an article that Bitcoin’s previous three major bottoms were all marked by “high losses and large volatility,” while the current market is characterized by “insufficient losses and low volatility.” He argues that instead of betting this is an unprecedented “calm bottom,” it should be viewed as a “respite phase” during the bottom-testing process. Taking the 2018 market cycle as an example, BTC’s $6,000 threshold was tested multiple times back then and was widely seen by investors as a floor that would not be breached. BTC sideways traded in the $6,000–$7,000 range for roughly two and a half months before dropping below that level, a pattern similar to the current two-month sideways consolidation in the $60,000–$70,000 range, after which the price plummeted to $3,000.