U.S. pre-market news roundup: TSMC quarterly profit expected to hit record high, Norway fines Microsoft nearly $10 million, Amazon in talks to acquire Decart.

BlockBeats news, October 12, key pre-market news in the U.S. stock market is as follows:

1. Strategy increased its holdings by 250 BTC last week, bringing its total holdings to 848,250 BTC.

2. Bitmine increased its holdings by 12,532 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to 6.03 million ETH, approaching its 5% supply target.

3. Nvidia (NVDA.O) is in talks to acquire U.S. open-weight model developer Reflection AI or to further increase its investment in the company.

4. Goldman Sachs has raised its allocation rating on equities for the next three months to "overweight" and its allocation rating on bonds for the next 12 months to "overweight."

5. Saudi Aramco CEO: targets increasing gas sales capacity by about 80% by 2030 compared with 2021.

6. Autonomous truck company Kodiak AI (KDK.US) received additional investment from "Wooden Sister" Cathie Wood.

7. It is widely expected that, driven by the AI boom, TSMC (TSM.N) is likely to achieve a record high in profit for the sixth consecutive quarter.

8. Norwegian regulators fined Microsoft (MSFT.O) nearly $10 million over a privacy breach.

9. The President of Venezuela reached an agreement with SpaceX (SPCX.O), officially authorizing Starlink's operations.

10. Amazon (AMZN.O) is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart for about $7 billion, a deal that could value Decart at about $7 billion.

11. Tesla (TSLA.O) Robotaxi is under review by U.S. regulators for allegedly speeding in a school zone.