According to @StockMKTNewz, Apple (AAPL) is accelerating CEO succession planning as Tim Cook could step down as soon as next year, citing the Financial Times as the original report, source: @StockMKTNewz; Financial Times. For trading, event-driven leadership headlines are known to impact options pricing and implied volatility, making AAPL spot and IV key watchpoints into any official updates, source: Cboe Options Institute (event risk and implied volatility education). Crypto risk sentiment can be affected by mega-cap tech shocks, with BTC and ETH exhibiting higher post-2020 correlation with equities, so traders should monitor cross-asset flows if AAPL volatility rises, source: International Monetary Fund (2022 analysis on rising crypto–equity correlations).