According to @StockMKTNewz, a U.S. judge ruled that Google (GOOGL) is not required to end payments to Apple (AAPL) and other partners for preloading Google products, as reported by Reuters. This keeps Google’s distribution and default-search deals intact in the near term, supporting search traffic and ad query volume, per Reuters and Alphabet’s 2023 Form 10-K disclosures about reliance on distribution agreements and traffic acquisition costs. It also indicates Apple will continue receiving search-related licensing payments under the existing arrangement, consistent with the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2020 antitrust complaint describing Google’s default-search payments to Apple and as referenced by Reuters. For trading, the ruling reduces immediate disruption risk to GOOGL’s search monetization and supports AAPL’s Services narrative, while crypto could react via risk sentiment because Bitcoin (BTC) has shown increased correlation with U.S. equities since 2020, per the International Monetary Fund’s 2022 analysis and Reuters’ report on the ruling. Monitor GOOGL and AAPL at the open alongside Nasdaq proxies (e.g., QQQ) and crypto majors BTC and ETH for correlation-driven moves off the court headline, with the catalyst confirmed by Reuters.