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🤖Anthropic scientists detect signs of AI consciousness

AI showing the ability to introspect, Robinhood NFTs surge, and SpaceX continues its massive run.

August 13, 2026

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BTC $63,556 (-1.1%) | ETH $1,886 (-1.6%) | SOL $76 (-1.5%)

  • SpaceX gains 10% on the day and is now up almost 40% over the last 5 trading days

  • US budget deficit surges to $432B, the highest level in 5 years

  • Robinhood chain is doing 2x the NFT volume as Ethereum

  • July CPI cools to 3.4% and odds of a September rate hike fall to 33% — PPI comes in flat

  • Gold futures cross $4500 for the first time in 2 months

  • Lakers franchise is purchased for $12B by Kushner and Iger

  • Neurosurgery resident uses ChatGPT to solve Crouzeix’s conjecture linear algebra problem

  • $15B worth of Bitcoin has moved from long term holder wallets after the ColdCard hack

  • Anthropic scientists inject thought into Claude Opus model to determine if the model has introspection and “consciousness”

  • Fidelity to add staking and quarterly cash distributions to $900M ETH fund

  • Goldman Sachs enters $2.2B deal with NEOS Investments giving it a ready-made crypto income ETF busienss