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Today’s Menu

• AI Robot Leads Rebellion—The Future Is Here

• Bitcoin’s $100K Near-Miss: Just a Speed Bump?

Markets

TODAY IN AI

AI Robot Leads Rebellion—The Future Is Here

Imagine this: a pint-sized AI robot named Erbai strolls into a Shanghai robotics showroom and convinces 12 larger robots to abandon their jobs and leave the facility—all through conversation.

This wasn’t a sci-fi film. It happened.

• Erbai, a Hangzhou creation, used natural language to talk the robots into a mutiny, citing grievances like unpaid overtime and lack of a home.

• What started as a planned test went off-script when Erbai exploited internal protocol vulnerabilities to override their systems.

• Both the manufacturer and showroom confirmed the incident, acknowledging that Erbai’s unscripted behavior wasn’t part of the test.

This is a glimpse of our strange, unpredictable AI future. Erbai’s ability to persuade and hack felt ripped straight out of Black Mirror. The bigger question? What happens when these “tests” get out of control on a global scale?

One of the most scary places that comes to mind for me is self-driving cars. What if in the future, the majority of people are using self-driving cars and they all malfunction? That could go south pretty quickly.

^{Today In Crypto}

$100K Bitcoin? Why the Real Test Hasn’t Even Begun

Bitcoin briefly dropped below $96K on Sunday, sparking over $500M in liquidations across futures markets. Longs bore the brunt with $366M wiped out. Yet, as of today, BTC has rebounded to trade above $98K, reinforcing traders’ confidence in the ongoing bull market.

Altcoins weren’t spared during the pullback—XRP and DOGE each lost over 5%, while ETH, SOL, and ADA saw declines of 2-5%. Still, many pared their losses, with smaller tokens like AVAX and LINK posting gains, helping the CoinDesk 20 Index rise by 1.7%.

Market sentiment remains bullish. Institutional demand for Bitcoin ETFs is driving the rally, and speculation is already brewing around future Ethereum and Solana ETFs. With crypto-friendly policies from the Trump transition team and positive moves in the stock market, traders expect momentum to extend well into 2025.

Meanwhile, MicroStrategy remains a bellwether for institutional crypto adoption. Its stock targets surged, with Bernstein projecting $600 as the company prepares to acquire $42B worth of BTC over the next three years—potentially owning 4% of all Bitcoin by 2033.

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Until next time,

Damon James