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ANTHROPIG falls 44% beside a long on the company that asked for slower AI

Anthropic's chief asked the industry to slow down. The next day, the token paired with his company fell 44%.

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ANTHROPIG, a new token on Robinhood Chain, fell 44% to a $5.4 million market cap on September 13, per GMGN data.[1] It is paired with a 1x long on Anthropic.[1] A day earlier, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted a 3,800-word essay asking to slow AI gains.[2] He warned that AI agents could seize the internet.[3] BlockBeats said the statements cooled the AI coin market.[4] The pair’s buyers are long a company that asked, in writing, to be wanted less.[1] Amodei asked for the pace to slow. The token paired with his company fell 44%.[1]

Who gains, who loses

[2] the company's own essay landed as a sell signal on the token paired to it; buyers of the pair lose, the exit takes the other side
[1] a $5.4 million pig is now the price tag on the AI trade, after the man selling the AI trade asked for less of it
[3] an internet-seizing agent swarm is priced into a memecoin, not into any position that would pay if it happened
[4] the sentiment hit is attributed to the statements; holders carry the sentiment, the statements cost their authors nothing

Receipts

[1]

On September 13, 2026, GMGN data recorded that the memecoin ANTHROPIG, paired with ANTHROPICx1L (Anthropic 1x Long tokenized position), had fallen 44% over 24 hours to a market capitalization of $5.4 million.

“ANTHROPIG 24-hour decline of 44%, market cap now at $5.4 million, paired with ANTHROPICx1L (Anthropic 1x Long tokenized position);”

[2]

On September 12, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 3,800‑word essay titled “We Must Pace the Frontier,” calling for slower AI capability gains rather than a halt to research.

“On Sept. 12, 2026, Amodei published “We Must Pace the Frontier,” arguing for slower capability gains rather than a halt to research.”

[3]

In his September 12, 2026 essay, Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 months a misaligned swarm of AI agents could potentially seize the internet through a persistent botnet and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage.

“He warned that within six to 12 months, swarms of agents could potentially seize control of the internet and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage.”

[4]

In a September 13, 2026 flash update, BlockBeats reported that statements by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI founder Sam Altman about slowing AI capability development had suppressed sentiment in the AI‑sector coin market in the near term.

“The statements from the two AI giants poured cold water on the market, suppressing AI sector sentiment in the near term.”

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