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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly urged an AI slowdown and the market split right down the middle: semiconductor and memory names like Applied Materials, Lam Research and Western Digital rallied even as parts of tech sold off, while Bitcoin topping $80,000 sent Coinbase surging and drew attention to JPMorgan’s audacious crypto valuation. The clip captures that odd moment when hardware optimism and crypto euphoria coexist, and it matters because investors will have to choose which narrative to ride into upcoming earnings and a high-stakes U.S.-China summit.