Observed Signal · Jan 27, 2025 · Market Movement · Source: Trending Topics · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Negative
DeepSeek Effect Hits Crypto and Tech Stocks Hard
On January 27, 2025, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek triggered a broad selloff in tech stocks and cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin fell below $100,000 for the first time since Donald Trump's inauguration, dropping 5.5% in 24 hours. The overall crypto market lost roughly $300 billion in market capitalization within a day. AI-related tokens such as NEAR, ICP, FET, RENDER, and VIRTUAL suffered even steeper declines. The panic was fueled by DeepSeek's low-cost, high-performance open-source AI model, which challenged US leaders OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic. NVIDIA fell about 9% in premarket trading, while Microsoft and Meta dropped around 4%; European chipmaker ASML slid 9.7%. The article notes that crypto assets are moving similarly to tech stocks, but with larger swings.
DeepSeek's low-cost AI model triggered a global selloff in tech stocks and crypto, signaling a potential shift in AI economics that could affect major adtech platforms' costs, investment, and market sentiment.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- On January 27, 2025, Bitcoin dropped below $100,000 for the first time since Trump's inauguration, down 5.5% in 24 hours.
- The global crypto market lost roughly $300 billion in market capitalization, a 6.6% decline in 24 hours.
- AI-related tokens such as NEAR, ICP, FET, RENDER, and VIRTUAL saw larger losses than the overall market.
- DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company whose cheap, high-performance model is seen as challenging OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic.
- NVIDIA shares fell about 9% premarket, Microsoft and Meta about 4%, and ASML 9.7% in early trading.
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