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Market research firm Counterpoint Research data shows that in the third quarter of 2026, major personal computer manufacturers experienced double-digit declines in sales, with HP down 31%, Dell down 25%, Lenovo down 23%, and Apple down 11%. The firm expects that personal computer shipments will decline by another 27% in the fourth quarter, with business demand being better than consumer demand, but not enough to offset the overall contraction.In terms of shipments, Lenovo shipped 15 million units, with a market share of 26.3%; HP shipped 10.3 million units; Dell shipped 7.6 million units; Apple shipped 5.6 million units, with a share of 9.8%, up from 8.7% in the same period last year, as the MacBook Neo alleviated the decline. ASUS saw a shipment decline of 7%.Counterpoint analyst Minsoo Kang stated that rising memory and component costs are pushing up system prices, causing consumers to delay upgrades. David Naranjo mentioned that the industry is undergoing structural adjustments, with component costs, system prices, and longer upgrade cycles reshaping the market. The report also stated that the increase in DRAM and NAND prices may slow down in the first half of 2027, and Micron indicated that the chip shortage may last until 2028.

Zipcoin announced that it has ceased operations, stating that the project’s code repository and related keys have been fully compromised, and attackers may control the project’s wallets and infrastructure. The team indicated that they attempted to migrate the code and rotate credentials in the past 12 hours but failed to find a viable security solution.Zipcoin also disclosed that the project was affected by the UNCX incident on October 15, where hackers stole approximately 1.1% of the supply of multiple Ethereum tokens, including ZC, PAAL, and EDGEN, and sold them on the open market. The team subsequently attempted to buy back tokens from the market to compensate for the token shortfall corresponding to future team commitments.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 trending sector tokens in the past 24 hours are as follows:SPCX (SPCX....mGb): Currently priced at $148.12, market cap of $9.36 million, 24h increase of +2.2%, 24h trading volume of $13.72 million, number of transactions 140,249;OpenAI (yRvj....ump): Currently priced at $0.0042, market cap of $4.13 million, 24h increase of +37K%, 24h trading volume of $190,000, number of transactions 161,273;godspeed (ArpP....ump): Currently priced at $0.0002, market cap of $130,000, 24h increase of +4K%, 24h trading volume of $4.27 million, number of transactions 89,617;mucron (3A3q....ump): Currently priced at $0.0002, market cap of $130,000, 24h increase of +2.85K%, 24h trading volume of $5.76 million, number of transactions 94,756;PIERRE (D3S6....ump): Currently priced at $0.0013, market cap of $1.18 million, 24h increase of +39.5K%, 24h trading volume of $6.15 million, number of transactions 71,537;

According to a report by ZDNet Korea on October 15, Samsung Electronics has lowered its production plan for mid-range and low-end smartphones in the fourth quarter. The reasons include rising prices of memory chips and disruptions in the supply of glass fiber used in PCB raw materials CCL. Japan's Nitto Denko is shifting more production capacity towards T-glass for AI semiconductors, reducing the output of E-glass for smartphone PCBs, leading to supply shortages and price increases. E-glass is used in semi-cured sheets for smartphone motherboards HDI and RFPCB.The report states that after the rise in storage prices increased manufacturing costs, Samsung reduced orders for related components. Models like the Galaxy A have lower profitability, making it difficult to significantly increase production. This year, the prices of basic mid-range models have risen by more than 100,000 Korean Won compared to the previous generation. The outlook for component orders communicated to partners for the fourth quarter corresponds to an annual smartphone shipment volume of just over 230 million units, which is below the component industry's expectation of 240 million units and represents a decrease of 20% to 30% compared to before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Plans for the mobile business next year have not been shared with partners as in previous years.The monthly production outlook for the fourth quarter in mid-September was 14.3 million units in October, 9.5 million units in November, and 7.6 million units in December, totaling 31.4 million units. This was adjusted at the beginning of this month to 9.9 million units in October, 7.6 million units in November, and 6.7 million units in December, totaling 24.2 million units, a reduction of 23%. While the production of mid-range and low-end models has been lowered, the shipment plans for flagship models like the Galaxy S27 at the beginning of next year remain at a high level, and the shipment volume for foldable phones is also planned to increase. The MX and Network divisions reported a loss of 735 billion Korean Won in the second quarter, with the securities industry projecting an annual loss of 400 billion Korean Won.

Microsoft stated that the new NVIDIA Nemotron model will be able to run on a single laptop and PC.

The prediction market platform Predict.fun posted on platform X "Soon," accompanied by an image of a token with the letter "P," suggesting that it will soon launch its platform token.Currently, the official information regarding the token name, issuance time, and specific mechanisms has not been announced.

According to the SpaceX stock unlocking arrangement, the first phase project of Gate Pre-IPOs, SpaceX (SPCX), will unlock the third batch of (stock) shares on October 3 at 20:00 (UTC+8). This unlocking corresponds to 14% of the original total quota of the target company, with a total unlocking volume of 23,730 SPCX. Since 27% of the stock has already been unlocked, the current remaining SPCX corresponds to 73% of the original total quota. Therefore, this time the stock unlocking will be based on 19.18% of the actual SPCX holdings at the time of the user snapshot, and the corresponding stocks will be directly issued to the Gate stock account at a 1:1 ratio.The scope of this unlocking includes SPCX that users previously obtained and held through Pre-IPOs, as well as SPCX purchased subsequently; SPCX that has been sold will not be included in this round of unlocking. Users need to check their SPCX holdings and pending orders in advance to ensure that the SPCX used for this unlocking is in an available state.Gate is the industry's first platform to support Pre-IPO share unlocking and directly issue listed company stocks to users. This is the third batch of 14% stock unlocking for SpaceX (SPCX), and the remaining portion will be processed as soon as possible according to the unlocking rules of the target company, subject to the official announcement from Gate.

In August, the core PCE price index in the United States had a year-on-year rate of 3%, lower than the expected 3.3%, with the previous value revised from 3.3% to 3%.

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond once surged to 5.29%, reaching a new high in 19 years. New York Federal Reserve President Williams stated that he is "not in a hurry," cooling expectations for an interest rate hike in October. Saxo Bank pointed out that the yield has retreated, but tonight's U.S. PCE data will determine the next steps for the dollar and U.S. Treasuries.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a themed live broadcast titled "PCE Revealed Tonight: Bull Market Rotation or Final Frenzy?" on September 30 at 20:00 (UTC+8). At that time, crypto KOLs 0xPink, Xiao Hai, HiSeven, and Xiao Zhi will discuss the continuously rising U.S. Treasury yields and the strong performance of altcoin markets, along with the upcoming August PCE data, to forecast the future trends of Bitcoin and altcoins.

According to The Block, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated at the 2026 Korea Blockchain Week that the upcoming bull market could become the largest cycle to date.

Binance will support SpaceX (SPCXB) airdrop plan for MarsCoin (MARSCOIN) holders, as well as Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQB) airdrop plan for Bullish holders. Effective holdings will be counted starting from September 2026, with the first distribution taking place in early October 2026. Users must complete identity verification (KYC) and be from eligible jurisdictions.

GIWA official account (@GIWA_by_Upbit) issued a statement clarifying that the project's mainnet has not yet been launched and that RPC has never been online, so there is no risk of any RPC leakage. Users are reminded to do their own research (DYOR) and to be wary of FUD and scam information. It is reported that GIWA is an Ethereum L2 project developed by Dunamu, the parent company of Upbit, based on the OP Stack, aiming to achieve a 1-second block time and be compatible with EVM. It is currently still in the testnet phase.

Next week's macro data focus will be on Friday's U.S. non-farm payroll report, including non-farm employment population, unemployment rate, and average hourly wage, which are directly related to the Federal Reserve's interest rate path and are important employment data ahead of the October monetary policy meeting. According to Beijing time, on Wednesday at 20:15, the U.S. September ADP employment figures will be released, and at 20:30, the U.S. August core PCE price index year-on-year will be announced; on Thursday at 20:30, the number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending September 26 will be released, and on Friday at 20:30, the U.S. September seasonally adjusted non-farm employment population and unemployment rate will be published.Regarding officials' speeches, on Thursday at 16:00, Bank of England Governor Bailey will speak, and at 21:30, European Central Bank President Lagarde will speak. Starting from early Wednesday, Federal Reserve officials will have a series of public activities; 2027 FOMC voting member and Chicago Fed President Goolsbee, along with 2028 FOMC voting member and St. Louis Fed President Bullard, will speak in succession, and FOMC permanent voting member and New York Fed President Williams will deliver a keynote speech at the University at Buffalo. On Thursday, Federal Reserve Governor Cook, Minneapolis Fed President Kashkari, and Richmond Fed President Barkin will speak in turn, and on Friday, Williams and Dallas Fed President Logan will still have public activities. In terms of U.S. stocks, Micron will release its earnings report after the market on Wednesday, and Nike will announce its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, with both companies corresponding to storage chips and consumer demand.

According to official news from Gate, the number of stock underlying assets supported by Gate's perpetual contracts has exceeded 450+, continuously expanding the coverage of popular global stock perpetual contracts, creating the trading platform with the widest industry coverage and the most underlying assets for stock perpetual contracts.Driven by both ecological expansion and market enthusiasm, several star stock derivatives on the platform are actively traded. According to data from the Gate platform, SpaceX (SPCX) is currently priced at $154.75, up 1.91% in 24 hours; Micron Technology (MU) is currently priced at $1094.41, up 4.89% in 24 hours. CoinGlass data shows that the open interest for Gate's SPCX contracts has reached $98.48 million; the open interest for MU contracts has reached $71.03 million. Both have ranked third in the entire network in terms of open interest, demonstrating a high level of market recognition.

Acer Chairman Chen Junsheng stated on the 19th that there is no shortage of memory, as suppliers in mainland China are continuously releasing quantities, acting as price destroyers. The contract prices are currently experiencing high fluctuations, with chaotic ups and downs. Some components like LPDDR5 or DDR5 9600 paired with N1 or N1X are still in short supply, but more common components like DDR4 are in oversupply. Currently, there is also no shortage of CPUs, except for certain low-priced licensed models from Microsoft, such as those with Small Core specifications, which are in tight supply.Chen Junsheng pointed out that the price increases for key components this year are unprecedented, with customers going from complaining to scrambling for goods. Acer is increasing its inventory of low-priced components in response, facing pressure to raise PC prices each quarter, with different products still seeing price increases of 5% to 20% in the fourth quarter. The three major memory suppliers have expressed optimism about price increases until 2027, but the unlimited production capacity released by mainland China means that sustained price increases are unlikely.He expects that by 2027, Acer's costs for SSDs and memory will decline compared to this year, with a chance for prices to stabilize in the second half of next year. There may still be opportunities for price increases in the first quarter of 2027, but the increases should become narrower. The expansion of semiconductor production is expected to begin in mid-2027, after which prices may peak and enter a stable phase.

The Federal Reserve FOMC economic projections show that the median core PCE inflation expectations for 2026, 2027, and 2028 are 3.4%, 2.5%, and 2.2%, respectively, compared to the June expectations of 3.3%, 2.5%, and 2.1%.

The Federal Reserve FOMC economic projections show that the median PCE inflation expectations for 2026, 2027, and 2028 are 3.7%, 2.3%, and 2.1%, respectively, which is a slight adjustment compared to the June expectations of 3.6%, 2.3%, and 2%.

Danielle Beck posted on X that she has joined HyperliquidPC as the Director of Government Relations. She stated that after working for over a decade in the intersecting fields of policy, agriculture, commodities, and advocacy, she looks forward to applying her relevant experience to new challenges.She mentioned that there is room to shape the development of on-chain markets in the United States and that the relevant policy framework should be clear, feasible, and informed by the people and industries that rely on the market. She also stated that she will collaborate with the HPC team, including Jake Chervinsky, Adam Minehardt, Salah Ghazzal, Brad Bourque, Golovina, and Sianna Bird.