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Implosion of Situational Awareness has Wall Street betting the bottom is in for the AI trade
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Rhineland Capital, a hedge fund founded by AI researcher Florian Barsky, suspended trading and returned investor capital following significant losses. Barsky, in his mid-20s, founded the fund to trade using artificial intelligence models. The suspension occurred amid a broader period of volatility in U.S. stock markets.
