LIVE: Trump secures chip manufacturing deal for Intel with Apple, stock rallies along with govt stake

Apple and Intel reached a preliminary chip-manufacturing agreement after more than a year of talks; Intel could make chips for some Apple devices though products remain unspecified. The Trump administration’s Intel stake that advanced the talks is now valued at $56.5 billion and Intel stock jumped about 14%. Market and crypto implications: the deal is bullish for semiconductor capacity and tech supply-chain confidence, could indirectly support crypto hardware supply (mining ASICs, secure elements) and broader adoption/security of blockchain infrastructure, boosting market sentiment for tech-linked assets.