As attention on Chinese startup DeepSeek and its artificial-intelligence model led to a $1 trillion wipeout in the U.S. stock market on Monday, shares of bitcoin miners with exposure to artificial intelligence also tumbled.

Bittensor (TAO) price peaked $484 at for Wednesday, defying crypto market volatility with a 37% increase over the last seven days. On-chain data suggests discussions around China’s Deepseek and OpenAI may have driven TAO’s strong performance.

Bitcoin fell 7% on Monday alongside a general slide among tech stocks including Nvidia, as China’s new artificial intelligence model sent shock waves through Silicon Valley. The original cryptocurrency dipped from $105,

Much of the concern draws from a possible overvaluation in U.S. tech companies as DeepSeek’s latest AI model is significantly cheaper to produce and was built using open-source technology that is easy to access.

The price of Bitcoin dipped below $98,000 after DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, threw a wrench into Big Tech's week of key earnings.

Bitcoin added 4% in the past 24 hours to trade around $103,000 in European morning hours, alleviating some of Monday’s losses.

OpenAI says Chinese startups, such as DeepSeek, are "constantly" cribbing the tech of leading AI companies in the US to develop their own models. OpenAI's IP theft concerns come as the company deals with a raft of lawsuits accusing it of violating copyright protections.

The report comes as tech stocks, led by the Magnificent Seven—think Apple, Microsoft, Google, and their mega-cap friends—take a hit after DeepSeek’s debut.

The crypto market saw a huge plunge in the early hours of Monday’s trading session, causing declining prices for Bitcoin (BTC), altcoins, and AI coins. The market decline comes after China’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek released low-cost AI models, rivaling GPT-4 and Claude.

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Microsoft-backed OpenAI sought to block on Tuesday India's biggest media organisations, including those of billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, from joining a copyright lawsuit that is set to shape the legal framework for AI in India.