According to @StockMKTNewz, citing Reuters, the United States is planning to take a 5 percent equity stake in the joint venture between Lithium Americas LAC and General Motors GM tied to the Thacker Pass lithium mine, source: Reuters via @StockMKTNewz. Key directly exposed tickers are LAC and GM, with related market instruments including the Global X Lithium and Battery Tech ETF LIT and CME Lithium Hydroxide futures, source: Reuters via @StockMKTNewz, Global X, and CME Group. No direct cryptocurrency market impact was reported in the cited coverage, source: Reuters via @StockMKTNewz.

According to @ReutersBiz, Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel, which will make Nvidia one of the struggling chipmaker’s largest shareholders, a headline catalyst for AI chip and semiconductor stocks. Source: Reuters Business. According to @ReutersBiz, the announcement comes weeks after the White House arranged a deal for the U.S. government to take a large stake in Intel, adding a second major capital backstop to Intel’s balance sheet narrative. Source: Reuters Business. According to @ReutersBiz, traders should monitor position risk and liquidity around NVDA and INTC as well as sector read-through for U.S. AI-compute suppliers, given the size and strategic nature of this cross-shareholding headline. Source: Reuters Business. According to @ReutersBiz, crypto market participants focused on AI-linked narratives can track this AI-infrastructure development as potential headline risk for sentiment in AI-related themes without assuming price direction. Source: Reuters Business.