According to @StockMKTNewz, Apple is in talks with suppliers to manage iPhone chip assembly and packaging in India for the first time, indicating a potential new geography for SoC assembly and packaging, source: The Economic Times via MacRumors as shared by @StockMKTNewz. For traders, if confirmed, this would diversify AAPL’s chip supply chain into India and could lead markets to reassess cost and lead-time risk premia in AAPL and related suppliers; this read-through derives from the report characterizing the move as a first-time India initiative for chip assembly and packaging, source: The Economic Times via MacRumors. No direct cryptocurrency or blockchain impact was cited in the report, making crypto market implications neutral near term absent further capacity or capex disclosures, source: The Economic Times via MacRumors.