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The Blockspace Podcast

Why AI Stocks are Crashing, “Is AI Conscious?” Pirate Wires Interview, Soluna’s MSFT Exec Hire

July 16, 2026·1h 0m·w/ Brady Dale
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Show Notes

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! We open today with a market update, paying attention specifically to the Goldman Sachs High-Beta Momentum Index, which is down 24% month-to-date for the worst route since April 2009. Plus, Pirate Wires’ Brady Dale joins us to wrestle with the question in his eponymous piece on AI consciousness: “Do Bots Have Feelings?” For other news, we cover Soluna’s Microsoft executive hire to lead its AI builds and Arizona pressing pause on data center incentives, like local property tax breaks. 

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