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Manufacturers of Bitcoin
Mining equipment does not feel the clamp of a new round of customs rates that the White House has imposed on the semiconductor industry, as the largest chip producers such as TSMC and Samsung have an exemption from the new rules due to their investments in the US
Taiwan officials confirmed to Local Press that the TSMC would have an exception to 100% tariff rates due to its Facilities in Phoenix, which opened in 2023. South Korean officials also confirmed that Samsung would have a similar exception due to its Fabs in Texas.
TSMC and Samsung manufacture application -specific integrated circuit (Asics) Designed by BTC mining companies such as Bitmain, Canaan and Bitdeer.
Bitmain and Canaan did not respond to a request for comment from Coindesk.
A spokesperson for Bitdeer confirmed that they are working with TSMC to manufacture Asics used for their miners and would therefore not feel the clamp of tariffs. The spokesman also said they expect to bring an American-based factory online to gather miners within a year.
Almost the market seems to have pulled out the new tariffs. In Taipei, Taiex, an index of Taiwan’s stock market, is set to open trade Friday up 2.3% with TSMC up 3% and approaches record heights.
Even the goals of these customs policies are in the green.
SMIC, the Shanghai-based rival to TSMC, missing an American facility, is up in the week in Hong Kong that surpasses the Hang Bed Index.
Market Rediators:
BTC: Bitcoin has entered a Bullish Cooldown after hit a $ 123K All-Time High, now trading in $ 117,386.04, with softer momentum and weaker on-chain signals pointing to short-term consolidation or mild downward risk, according to a Cryptoquant report.
ETH: Glassnode data shows that short-term capital power has been switched from Solana to Ether, with Eth/Sun to a year to date Low and ETH/BTC, which breaks over its 200-day EMA for the first time in two years as ETH is shopping for $ 3,905.42 (+6.43%) and approaching $ 4K, with open interest rates to $ 58B and network activity at record heights.
Gold: Gold deals with $ 3,387, an increase of 0.5%as the market weighs the impact of customs on India to import Russian oil.
Nikkei 225: The Asia-Stophav markets opened mixed Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 up 1.18% and Topix hit a record 3,031.78, led by sharp winnings in Nippon Chemical Industrial, Miyakoshi Holdings, J-Lease and Japan Electronic Materials.
S&P 500: Shares rose Wednesday, with S&P 500 up 0.73% to 6,345.06, as Apple jumped 5% on news, it will increase US production investments by $ 100B to a total of $ 600b over four years.
Elsewhere in crypto:
- Secs long -term case against ripple officially over (Coindesk)
- StableCOin — Provider Paxos to pay $ 26.5 million (Decryptter)
- Ripple to buy StableCOin payments Firm rail for $ 200 million. In order to increase rlusd (Coindesk)
