The Bitcoin price dropped 6% on Jan. 27 when stock markets responded to the debut of China’s open-source, highly efficient AI model that investor Marc Andreessen dubbed “AI's Sputnik moment.” DeepSeek spooked US markets on news that the model’s developers were able to produce a worthy competitor to American AI firms like OpenAI at a fraction of

Bitcoin on Monday fell below its $100,000 milestone for the first time in a week, as Chinese startup DeepSeek raised prospect of cheaper artificial intelligence models, sparking a tech selloff and weighing on broader investor sentiment.

Bitcoin’s legitimacy or expose its vulnerabilities with governments, retail investors, and institutions shaping its trajectory this year.

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $102,000 at the Jan. 27 Wall Street open as bulls bounced back from a US stocks scare. BTC price rebound reclaims $100,000 mark Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD gaining up to 4.

On today's episode of CNBC Crypto World, bitcoin stumbles after Chinese startup DeepSeek reveals an AI model that puts the U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence in question and leads to a sell-off of tech stocks.