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Smartphone Market To Decline 13% in 2026, Marking the Largest Drop Ever Due To the Memory Shortage Crisis

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 12.9% year-on-year (YoY) in 2026 to 1.1 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This decline…


Analysts: smartphone shipments set for record plunge

Smartphone market poised for 'sharpest decline on record' in 2026

7 days / reddit / /u/Dr_Neurol

Smartphone Market To Decline 13% in 2026, Marking the Largest Drop Ever Due To the Memory Shortage Crisis

7 days / slashdot / msmash

Global smartphone shipments expected to fall 13% amid memory supply crunch

7 days / techspot

Smartphone Shipments in 2026 to See Sharpest Decline on Record as Memory Crisis Deepens

7 days / reddit / /u/FragmentedChicken


Chipmakers race to add capacity; exports surge on demand

Exports jump 29 pct to record Feb. high on surging chip demand

6 days / co / Oh Seok-min

(URGENT) S. Korea's exports jump 29 pct to US$67.45 bln in Feb. on surging chip demand

6 days / co / Oh Seok-min

Micron Begins Semiconductor Production From $2.75 Bn Sanand Plant Sets Up

6 days / inc42 / Anne Florentyna


Consumers trade in flagship phones amid buyer remorse

iPhone 17 Pro Max becomes most traded-in smartphone as people say they "regret" buying it | The iPhone 17 Pro Max may be Apple’s latest flagship, but it’s quickly becoming the most traded-in iPhone on the market.

5 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD


Memory drought squeezes devices, hikes prices and delays launches

Say Goodbye To Low Framerates And Insufficient VRAM With The Skytech Gaming PC, Which Pairs A Ryzen 7 7800X3D And RTX 5060 Ti 16GB For $1,649.99 On Amazon

5 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives

6 days / tomshardware

Xiaomi launches flagship smartphone as memory price surge threatens sales

6 days / cnbc

Memory vendor under fire for imposing hefty 15% depreciation fee on returns despite skyrocketing RAM value — user expected RMA replacement but gets hit with a loss instead

6 days / tomshardware

Orange Pi Neo Delayed Due to RAM Crisis: "We Are Now Waiting For a Good Time To Launch"

7 days / techpowerup

PCs and phones to get more boring and expensive in 2026 thanks to memory drought

7 days / theregister / O'Ryan Johnson

Global memory chip shortage impacting consumer electronics production

7 days / reddit / /u/Novel_Negotiation224

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Bitcoin options market signaling “smart money is still paying up for downside protection rather than chasing the pump”

Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy / sherwood - Bitcoin is heading toward its worst February since 2020 and its fifth consecutive month in the red.


Bitcoin pullback and rebounds: volatile swings amid macro headwinds

Bitcoin slides to $65,000 in weekend sell-off, with solana, XRP, dogecoin down 6%

6 days / coindesk / Shaurya Malwa

Bitcoin Rebound Stalls at $65K as Stocks Fall and Gold Rises

7 days / decrypt / Stacy Elliott

Bitcoin's rebound cancelled as U.S. stocks fall, gold surges, amid mounting macro risks

7 days / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

Bitcoin Crashed 50% in 4 Months. Fidelity Says That’s a Good Thing

7 days / gizmodo / Kyle Torpey

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Solana (SOL) falls 4.2%, leading index lower

7 days / coindesk / CoinDesk Indices


Crackdown and caution: seizures, ATM bans, probes target crypto

Senate Democrats urge AG Bondi and Treasury Sec. Bessent to probe Binance amid sanctions concerns

7 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Minnesota Weighs Total Ban on Bitcoin and Crypto ATMs

7 days / decrypt / André Beganski

US strike force freezes and seizes over $580 million in crypto tied to Chinese crime networks

7 days / theblock / Brian Danga


Smart-money hedges: traders buy downside protection amid sell-off

Bitcoin options market signaling “smart money is still paying up for downside protection rather than chasing the pump”

7 days / sherwood / Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy

Bitcoin options traders bet on $90K rebound as analysts flag early signs of market base forming

7 days / theblock / James Hunt

Bitcoin falls with ether, solana while decred, AI-linked tokens advance

7 days / coindesk / Omkar Godbole


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Bitcoin is heading toward its worst February since 2020 and its fifth consecutive month in the red. https://sherwood.news/crypto/bitcoin-options-market-signaling-smart-money-is-still-paying-up-for-downside/

7 days / bsky / @sherwood.news / sherwood.news

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