The biggest risk in crypto right now isn't a hack. It's handing your wallet to an AI that has no idea it's being played. This week we break down the $174,000 Grok exploit that should terrify anyone using AI agents to trade, dig into why institutional money is quietly fleeing the market, and cover the FDV flip nobody saw coming as Hyperliquid overtakes Solana.

AI Agents and the New Crypto Risk
A free NFT drained $174,000 from a wallet connected to a Grok AI agent through a prompt injection exploit, and we get into why this is just the beginning. AI agents are 24/7, cost effective, and genuinely useful for research and analysis. But connecting a main wallet to an unproven agent is the same as handing over your passport and bank account. We talk through why it's easier to socially engineer an AI than a human, and the only sensible way to actually test these tools without blowing up your savings.

Institutional Money Is Quietly Leaving
Goldman Sachs sold its entire Solana and Ripple ETF holdings, then followed up with $950 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum sales. Coinbase premium hit a monthly low as institutional selling pressure mounts, and that money seems to be rotating into stocks and gold instead. We connect this to the 10-year treasury yield hitting a new high of 4.6% and break down what it means for Bitcoin holding the $74,000 to $76,000 range. First we look at why institutions are propping up this market more than people realize, then at what happens to BTC if that support disappears, and finally why this cycle has been starved of the retail money that usually fuels a real rally.

The FDV Flip Nobody Saw Coming
Hyperliquid just flipped Solana in fully diluted value, and most people tracking market cap on CoinGecko or CoinMarketCap completely missed it. We give Hyperliquid its flowers for raising responsibly and building real usage instead of relying on hype, then turn a critical eye to Solana's overreliance on meme coin culture and its costly missteps, including the Seeker phone. Plus our weekly crypto confessions segment, this time featuring a Hex investor who watched 29 million dollars shrink to 90,000.

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