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Weekly Roundup 09/11/26 (Liquid hack, AI x-risk, Silvergate revisited, can AI leak MNPI?) (EP.739)

On The Brink with Castle Island··15 September 2026·48 min

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Matt and Nic are back for more deals and news. In this episode: We bring back his the theme music Anthropic employees think there's a 10% chance AI destroys humanity Was Jacob Coxon astroturfed or real? Are Anthropic employees being sincere or cynical? Blockstream's Liquid sidechain is hacked What does the Liquid hack mean for privacy coins? Hunter Biden launches the $LAPTOP memecoin IONQ says they will be able to crack ECC in two years Ex Silvergate CEO Alan Lane speaks out OpenAI offers a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem Can insider information leak through AI models? Why AI doom is like Pascal's mugging Content mentioned: Alan Lane, Silvergate's Voluntary Liquidation