Bitcoin bucks tech selloff as AI safety concerns weigh on stocks
Bitcoin rose above $77,000 as calls to slow AI development hit technology shares, while rising oil prices added to market pressure.
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Bitcoin flat near $64,000 as oil hits a one-month high and Kimi AI selloff lingers
Equities and technology bets are still recovering from Friday. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, a Chinese open-weight model that took the top spot in a widely watched coding benchmark, triggered a semiconductor selloff that dragged crypto down with it to close last week. The aftershock ran… Read More
Why a selloff in gold and silver is dragging bitcoin down
The ongoing artificial intelligence stock frenzy has pulled in capital from across the market, from traditional metals, considered the safest assets, to crypto, considered the riskiest. Gold dropped below $4,000 for the first time since November earlier this week, silver has lost more than half… Read More
Majors lead a broad crypto selloff as tech stocks tumble
South Korea’s Kospi tumbled as much as 9%, triggering its second trading halt of the week, as chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung both fell more than 8%. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 1.5%. Brent crude slipped below $74 a barrel, easing little of the pressure, after… Read More
Bitcoin drops to $62,000 as the chip selloff deepens for a second day
Micron, Marvell and On Semiconductor, each more than doubled in 2026, led the drop. The selloff pulled the S&P 500 down 1.4% and the Nasdaq 100 down 3.3%. An attempted rebound in Asian chip stocks failed to hold on Wednesday, with Taiwan Semiconductor down more… Read More
Digital credit market hit by record selloff as Strive CEO blames leverage liquidations
The digital credit market suffered one of its sharpest selloffs to date on Thursday, with Strive Asset Management CEO Matt Cole describing the move as a leverage-driven liquidation rather than a sign of weakening credit fundamentals. Cole said it was “the most difficult day in… Read More