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格隆汇 March 19｜According to the Counterpoint Research "Foldable Smartphone Market Forecast" report, supported by factors such as Apple's expected entry, continued high-end development of the smartphone market, and expanded OEM participation, global foldable smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 20% in 2026. As Apple prepares to launch its first foldable iPhone, the foldable smartphone market will enter a new stage of competition in 2026. With the evolution of the foldable market, the competitive landscape is expected to change rapidly. Apple's entry will be a key turning point. Counterpoint Research predicts that Apple will achieve a 28% market share in 2026, approaching Samsung's leading position.

Golden Ten Data reported on March 19 that Wilcox, Head of Wholesale Business at Nomura Holdings, stated that despite the shadow cast on the economic outlook by the impact of the Iran war, he still expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates next month. He believes that the Middle East conflict makes an April rate hike more likely. Japan has, in any case, embarked on the path of monetary policy normalization, so we have always expected a rate hike this year. Considering the uncertainty in the Middle East situation, Wilcox is not certain whether the Bank of Japan will continue to raise rates after April. One factor Japanese policymakers need to consider is the impact of yen depreciation on inflation.

Foresight News reports that Alliance has announced the list of 18 projects featured at the ALL16 Demo Day. These include Allod, a stablecoin banking service for enterprises; Predexon, a unified API for prediction markets; Superbank, a pre-financing liquidity solution; Givance, an AI agent automating law firm operations; Deconflict, a project connecting financial institutions with law enforcement data to prevent financial crime; Crebit, a stablecoin payment platform for international students; Couch, an AI web navigation assistant for the visually impaired; Freeport, a real-time news trading platform; Inflow, a cross-border payment platform for SMEs; Hadron, a Solana-exclusive AMM-as-a-service; Worm, a leveraged tool for prediction markets; Graded, an on-chain StockX-style collectibles trading platform; Bluvo, a project providing white-label APIs for DeFi applications; Ratio, a social app for prediction markets; Tradevu, a stablecoin bank for African businesses; and PreStocks, a pre-IPO stock tokenization liquidity platform.