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[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

One nuance worth adding for the semi specialists reading the $AAOI section:

The 720M to 1.44B annual diode figure off the 180,000/year Yunnan Germanium 4-inch wafer contract reflects gross standard pluggable die candidates. Once you apply real-world III-V epitaxy,facet-coating, and 5,000-hour burn-in yields (~45% to 55% net known-good dies), factor in dual-use export license buffers, and account for the ~5x die-area penalty on 300mW to 400mW CPO cavities, $AAOI's net shippable output scales toward ~180M to 300M+ high-speed lasers per year as Texas Phase 2 ramps.

Roughly 80M to 95M of those net dies get absorbed internally just feeding $AAOI's 1M/month transceiver target, leaving ~100M to 200M+ merchant diodes for external buyers inside a 650M to 1B+ combined scale-out and scale-up market. Even if both $AAOI and $SIVE hit full utilization in 2028, merchant Western supply stays structurally short.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

I went through over 50 earnings calls so you don't have to, and one thing has become crystal clear:

Data centers are barreling straight into a brutal laser shortage.

Why $AAOI & $SIVE represent the biggest asymmetric opportunity in the AI trade: https://t.co/ay9DP90D6v

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

The market is misreading $AAOI Q3 earnings. Current extreme negative macro sentiment caused algorithms to sell their Texas construction delays and margins miss without listening to the call, where the thesis actually strengthened significantly.

- Q3 & Q4 Guides: Q3 revenue hit $269.9M (+41% QoQ) and turned GAAP profitable ($6.3M). Q4 revenue is guided to $385M-$420M (+49% QoQ) with net income surging to $45.9M-$60.4M.

- 1.6T Shift: Q4 revenue wasn't higher because their Tier 1 customer upgraded from 800G to 1.6T faster than expected. They hold $400M-$450M in 1.6T orders waiting on Q1 DSP supply.

- Qualification Milestone: Management confirmed they successfully qualified their first 1.6T transceiver with their LTA customer, and are actively qualifying 2 DSP suppliers with a 3rd underway.

- CPO Laser Validation: Management confirmed they are actively qualifying high-power 100-200mW NPO and 300-350mW CPO lasers with 4 to 5 customers, noting customer feedback proves AOI has the best power efficiency among all suppliers.

- Two New Hyperscaler LTAs: Announced signing of a 3-year $1B-$1.5B LTA exclusively for 1.6T. During Q&A, the CEO dropped that a second LTA 5x bigger ($5B-$7.5B+) is closing in weeks.

- Margins & Capacity: Gross margin dips temporarily on 400G mix, but management reaffirmed 40% gross margin and ~20% net margin exiting 2027 as >60% gross margin high-power NPO/CPO lasers scale.

Capacity Ramp Delay: Phase 2 Texas delay is minor; EOY 2027 capacity target raised to 1M+ units/month, backed by $621.5M in cash (ATM done) and $200M-$500M in bank loans.

$AAOI is currently trading at a ~$3.9B market cap, meaning they are currently priced below their late-2027 annualized revenue run rate ($5.65B) and ~3.5x projected net profits.

Only 3 things can happen from here:

1) Demand completely collapses
2) The profit ramp forces a brute-force rerating
3) Macro sentiment reverses, also causing a significant rerating.

I am betting on 2 and 3.

IMO market has completely overshot with the negative sentiment. It happens, same thing goes on in reverse during market euphoria. With that being said, I have no issue holding through 2027-28.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

@stockprodigyman @StormDirac No. That’s actually not a bad DCA. I’m holding until end of 2027 at the earliest. Time is on our side. I’m using the current negative macro sentiment to DCA down. I’m confident we’ll be rewarded within the next 12-18 months.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Haha same brother. Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. The good thing is, time is our best asset right now.

At this point either 1) revenue projections have to significantly decrease 2) revenue ramp will force a brute force rerating or 3) macro sentiment will eventually reverse, again causing a significant rerating.

I’m betting on 2 and/or 3 and I like our odds.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

@StormDirac Haha oh I know. Just had to type it out because it’s almost hard to believe how far negative sentiment has overshot.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

They need to get the strait reopened. It’s as simple as that. Once oil prices and yields come down, the risk environment will flip completely and high beta names will have a violent recovery and blow past previous ATHs because of how much multiples have been compressing.

Unfortunately sometimes the thesis can be right and the macro environment can be wrong. That’s what we’re seeing play out throughout the AI trade, particularly with semis.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

The OCC just finalized the 700-page rulebook for the GENIUS Act, locking in January 18, 2027, as the hard launch date for regulated US payment stablecoins.

That single regulatory date is the real reason the Strait of Hormuz crisis has a hard expiration date in early Q1, and why I am adamant that a peace agreement between the US and Iran will take place before then.

Even though it will take 6 to 18 months for regulated stablecoins to scale into hundreds of billions of dollars in new Treasury bill demand, the US bond market cannot survive an oil shock during the Q1 launch window. In monetary policy, takeoff is the most vulnerable moment on the calendar.

Three mechanics explain why Washington has to kill the oil premium before January 18:

1. The 0% Yield Rule: Under the final OCC rules, regulated payment stablecoins are banned from paying direct interest or yield to holders. If the Strait of Hormuz is still blocked in January and $115+ oil keeps inflation hot, the Fed stays pinned above 5%. Institutions will not mint 0% yield digital dollars at scale if risk-free money market funds are paying over 5%. Washington has to crush oil prices and inflation expectations first so rates can ease and the 6 to 18 month stablecoin adoption wave can actually take off.

2. The February Refunding Wall: Stablecoins only buy short-term T-bills on the front end of the curve. Meanwhile, the 10-year and 30-year bonds that price mortgages and corporate debt trade on long-term inflation expectations. Until stablecoin inflows grow large enough later in 2027 to let the Treasury cut long-bond auction sizes, the long end of the curve is completely exposed. Going into the February 2027 Quarterly Refunding Announcement with $1.4 trillion in near-term borrowing needs and $120 oil would trigger a revolt in long-duration yields.

3. Physical Exhaustion in the Gulf:
Neither Gulf allies suffering double-digit GDP contractions from trapped LNG nor an Iranian economy strangled by a US naval blockade can survive a prolonged escalation.

January 18 is the ignition switch, and the following 6 to 18 months is the compounding wave. Washington has an 88 day window between now and January 18th to force the Strait of Hormuz open, send crude back to the $70s, and clear the deck so the 2027 monetary architecture launches into a disinflationary tailwind.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

The market is getting crushed today for two reasons: Wall Street is panicking over Meta's massive $135B to $145B AI capex bill, and oil is spiking on Middle East escalation.

Read that again. The giants are telling you in plain English that they will sacrifice short-term free cash flow and create new share classes just to secure lasers, memory, and megawatts.

Look even deeper and you will realize today's headlines are features of a much larger macroeconomic realignment that Washington is rolling out for 2027. This kind of violent volatility is completely expected in this transitional phase, and when the market punishes the spenders, it gives you a gift in the physical bottlenecks catching that spend.

I did a full deep dive on Washington’s master plan and gave the exact portfolio playbook to position for it across AI compute, the power grid and crypto in the article below: 👇🏾

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Soon, four unrelated trades in semis, crypto, the power grid, and hard assets will all erupt at once. Most will credit bull market euphoria, but it will all be because of this administration’s $40T debt strategy. Part IV (The Playbook): https://t.co/U8SLXb3B7s

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

@PeterSchiff is looking at Bitcoin and AI through the lens of a standard tech bubble, which misses why Bitcoin is holding its ground. 

The market is beginning to price in Washington's $40 trillion debt strategy. By pairing a weaker dollar to reshore manufacturing with the GENIUS Act (which forces private stablecoins to absorb trillions in short-term U.S. Treasuries), the administration is engineering massive structural liquidity. 

That capital does not just flow into gold. It flows into the entire hard-asset and physical-infrastructure complex: AI semiconductors, the power grid, commodities, and crypto. Bitcoin's resilience is not complacency. It is front-running the exact same monetary debasement that drives Peter’s gold thesis. 

Full breakdown of this impending four-corner market convergence is in my pinned post.

[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

Given how badly tech stocks are getting killed, especially anything AI-related, it's amazing that Bitcoin is still so high. Don't be complacent, HODLers, or let this lull you into a false sense of security. This is likely just the calm before the storm. Sell now before it hits.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

You are looking at Bitcoin and AI through the lens of a standard tech bubble, which misses why Bitcoin is holding its ground. 

The market is beginning to price in Washington's $40 trillion debt strategy. By pairing a weaker dollar to reshore manufacturing with the GENIUS Act (which forces private stablecoins to absorb trillions in short-term U.S. Treasuries), the administration is engineering massive structural liquidity. 

That capital does not just flow into gold. It flows into the entire hard-asset and physical-infrastructure complex: AI semiconductors, the power grid, commodities, and crypto. Bitcoin's resilience is not complacency. It is front-running the exact same monetary debasement that drives your gold thesis. 

Full breakdown of this impending four-corner market convergence is in my pinned post.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

@DrJStrategy 🎯. It’s all intended to flatten the front end of rhe yield curve while we renegotiate long term debt with our foreign debt holders. Full breakdown in my pinned post.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Soon, four seemingly unrelated corners of the market (semiconductors, crypto, the power grid, and hard assets) will erupt simultaneously.

When these disparate trades all succeed at once, the average observer and financial media will offer a familiar, lazy explanation: everyone looks like a genius in a runaway bull market. That diagnosis will miss the underlying reality entirely.

These sectors will not surge together by coincidence, and they will not be riding a random wave of retail euphoria. It will all be happening because of Washington’s $40T debt strategy.

If you are new to this series, Parts I through III mapped out the geopolitical and monetary architecture: how Washington is executing a modern 1985 Plaza Accord to weaken the dollar, reshore industry, and use the GENIUS Act to turn private stablecoins into a mandatory, multi-trillion-dollar buyer of U.S. Treasury bills.

Today, I am publishing Part IV: The Great Asset Realignment: The Convergence of AI Compute, Crypto and the Power Grid.

Full Breakdown & Master Playbook Below: 👇🏾

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Soon, four unrelated trades in semis, crypto, the power grid, and hard assets will all erupt at once. Most will credit bull market euphoria, but it will all be because of this administration’s $40T debt strategy. Part IV (The Playbook): https://t.co/U8SLXb3B7s

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Soon, four unrelated trades in semis, crypto, the power grid, and hard assets will all erupt at once. Most will credit bull market euphoria, but it will all be because of this administration’s $40T debt strategy. Part IV (The Playbook): https://t.co/U8SLXb3B7s

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

In part 3 of my series examining the current U.S. geopolitical and monetary realignment, we dive into how Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s nod to Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Act through the GENIUS Act is not just about modernizing payments. It is about flattening the curve of our $40T debt restructure.

When Washington sits down to force foreign creditors and central banks into long-term debt renegotiations, it faces an existential funding trap. If the Treasury pushes long-duration rollovers while short-end issuance is chaotic and liquidity tightens, the bond market seizes up.

By tying stablecoins to 1:1 short-term T-bill backing starting January 18, 2027, Washington is turning global private crypto rails into a multi-trillion-dollar shock absorber. Just as Lincoln forced banks to back currency with federal bonds in 1863, modern crypto rails absorb front-end issuance pressure, stabilize funding markets, and buy the Treasury the exact runway it needs to execute its broader macroeconomic pivot.

Read the full breakdown & playbook below: 👇🏾

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Treasury Secretary Bessent’s nod to Lincoln’s 1863 Act reveals the real US debt strategy. 

By forcing stablecoins into T-bills, Washington uses crypto to help fund our $40T deficit.

Full Breakdown & Playbook below: 👇🏾 https://t.co/DQmGvnOyiW

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Treasury Secretary Bessent’s nod to Lincoln’s 1863 Act reveals the real US debt strategy. 

By forcing stablecoins into T-bills, Washington uses crypto to help fund our $40T deficit.

Full Breakdown & Playbook below: 👇🏾 https://t.co/DQmGvnOyiW

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Look closely at why @SecScottBessent specifically cited Lincoln’s National Currency Act of 1863. 

In 1863, Lincoln faced a massive wartime debt crisis—so he created a national banking framework where banks could issue currency only if they backed it with US Treasury bonds.

The GENIUS Act is the 2026 digital equivalent. Taking effect Jan 18, 2027, it turns global stablecoin issuers into a mandatory, multi-trillion-dollar buyer of US T-bills to help finance $40T in debt while Washington renegotiates trade and debt terms with foreign central banks. (Full 2027 breakdown in my pinned post).

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

The GENIUS Act marks a watershed moment in American finance, further cementing the United States as the crypto capital of the world. Just as President Abraham Lincoln’s National Currency Act of 1863 established a national framework for bank-issued currency, the GENIUS Act establishes a federal framework for payment stablecoins in the digital age.

The @USOCC's final rule carries that landmark legislation forward, providing a clear, practical foundation for private-sector innovation, competition, and American leadership in digital assets.

[Habesha Tech Bro @HabeshaTechBro]

Look closely at why @SecScottBessent specifically cited Lincoln’s National Currency Act of 1863. 

In 1863, Lincoln faced a massive wartime debt crisis—so he created a national banking framework where banks could issue currency only if they backed it with US Treasury bonds.

The GENIUS Act is the 2026 digital equivalent. Taking effect Jan 18, 2027, it turns global stablecoin issuers into a mandatory, multi-trillion-dollar buyer of US T-bills to help finance $40T in debt while Washington renegotiates trade and debt terms with foreign central banks. (Full 2027 breakdown in my pinned post).