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Ten31 Timestamp: Revenge of the Nerds

Montag, 21. September 2026 · 38 min

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<p>Trump tells the AI labs to quit "pacing the frontier" and go full speed ahead against China, while Bitcoin claws back above its 50 week moving average despite a mountain of bearish headlines.</p>
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<p>In this episode:</p>
<p>- Why the sudden AI "slowdown" panic looks like a coordinated op</p>
<p>- Trump's blunt response to Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and the frontier labs</p>
<p>- What Latham & Watkins ditching OpenAI and Anthropic signals for enterprise</p>
<p>- The energy proxy war with China driving diesel to record highs</p>
<p>- The Fed hikes rates again as the ten year flirts with 5%</p>
<p>- Why Bitcoin ripping above its 50 week moving average matters</p>
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<p>TIMESTAMPS:</p>
<p>00:00:00 - Bitcoin nearing a green year for 2026</p>
<p>00:01:31 - Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Anthropic call for an AI pause</p>
<p>00:06:56 - OpenAI's secondary market sale signals trouble</p>
<p>00:07:17 - Latham & Watkins drops OpenAI and Anthropic over IP fears</p>
<p>00:09:55 - Anthropic's automated bio lab raises Skynet questions</p>
<p>00:12:05 - Trump tells the labs to stop being scared nerds</p>
<p>00:16:29 - Strait of Hormuz oil flows and the US-China proxy war</p>
<p>00:19:36 - Diesel prices hit all-time highs</p>
<p>00:22:10 - Atlanta Fed's 5.1% Q3 GDP estimate</p>
<p>00:22:53 - Kevin Warsh's Fed hikes rates again</p>
<p>00:25:20 - Ten year yield flirts with 5%</p>
<p>00:29:08 - Lindsey Graham's Russia sanctions bill</p>
<p>00:29:52 - The US-Denmark-Greenland security deal</p>
<p>00:31:49 - China's rare earth stranglehold on samarium</p>
<p>00:33:24 - The Clarity Act fails in the Senate</p>
<p>00:33:54 - The ARMOR bill clears a House committee</p>
<p>00:35:30 - Bitcoin breaks above its 50 week moving average</p>
<p>00:36:49 - Sam Lyman on crypto regulation's momentum</p>
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