Key Pre-Market News for U.S. Stocks: Jefferies Downgrades Apple Rating; Intel Plans $15 Billion Stock Offering; Berkshire Hathaway Repurchases Over $3.3 Billion in Q3

BlockBeats News, August 10: Key pre-market news for U.S. stocks on Monday is as follows: 1. Intel shares fell over 5% pre-market as the company plans to raise $15 billion to expand AI investments, joining the AI infrastructure financing wave. 2. BitMine increased its holdings by 7,391 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to 5,805,238 ETH. The amount of staked Ethereum has risen to 5,067,309 ETH (87% of total holdings). The current annualized staking yield is approximately $257 million. 3. NVIDIA plans to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium to support AI data center power infrastructure. 4. Jefferies downgraded Apple’s rating from "Hold" to "Underperform" and lowered its target price from $285.56 to $263.66. 5. TSMC's July revenue reached NT$467.58 billion, a year-on-year increase of 44.7%. The company plans to jointly invest approximately ¥1 trillion with Sony to develop and produce next-generation image sensor chips. 6. Strategy sold 1,690 BTC last week, raising its dollar reserves to $4.65 billion. 7. Meta released a lightweight AI model called Muse Glimmer, offering free downloads of the open-source model, which can run locally on a single GPU. 8. Berkshire Hathaway has repurchased over $3.3 billion in company stock from July 1 to July 29 during the third quarter. 9. Archer Aviation shares rose over 18% pre-market as Boeing plans to invest in the company and collaborate on projects.