🚨 Nvidia’s SpaceX investment is now worth about $21 billion.
Nvidia disclosed 122.8 million SpaceX Class A shares worth roughly $21 billion at the end of Q2, alongside a nearly $30 billion stake in Intel.
The SpaceX holding came from Nvidia’s $10 billion investment in xAI in January, before SpaceX acquired xAI in a $1.25 trillion deal in February.
Elon Musk said SpaceX will exclusively use Nvidia chips in its AI data centres and expects a “significant allocation” of next generation Vera Rubin GPUs.
🚨 AI chip demand is turning the memory market into a supply race.
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae won said customer demand for chips has doubled this year and called the race to secure AI memory “like a war.”
He said no memory maker can scale fast enough for 2027 demand, which he expects to be the worst shortage year ahead.
SK Hynix is pursuing a $720 billion capacity expansion through 2034 and is evaluating US sites beyond its $3.9 billion Indiana plant.
Memory prices have already risen 40% to 50%, forcing Apple to raise flagship prices. Chey called this “chip inflation” and said there is no short term fix.
SK Hynix is sharply increasing spending to keep up with the AI boom.
The company spent 18.3288 trillion won on tangible assets in 1H, up 72.7% YoY from 10.6157 trillion won, as it expands capacity for AI focused HBM, server DRAM and enterprise SSDs.
R&D spending also jumped 98.4% YoY to 6.0428 trillion won, with 5.8163 trillion won allocated to ongoing development costs.
AI demand is driving a major increase in both capacity and technology investment.
🚨 MSCI is considering a new rule that could put Strategy, Metaplanet and Yellow Cake at risk of deletion from its Global Investable Market Indexes.
The proposal would exclude “non operating companies” using a two stage screen based on operating assets and five financial ratios, moving beyond MSCI’s earlier crypto specific approach.
A May 2026 simulation flagged Strategy, Metaplanet and Yellow Cake for deletion.
The consultation closes September 30, results are expected by October 16, and changes could take effect in the November 2026 Index Review.
If adopted, passive funds could be forced to sell affected stocks, creating significant market flow pressure. MSCI has not finalized the changes.