AI security fears hit tech stocks hard, Bitcoin bucked the trend and strengthened

According to Woofun AI, shares in the US technology and artificial intelligence sector fell during pre-market trading on Monday, after several industry executives once again expressed concern over the weekend about the speed of artificial intelligence development. In contrast, cryptocurrencies showed an upward trend. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Ultrman, and xAI founder Musk are all involved in this storm of opinion.

Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) yielded about 1%, and the price rose to $77,800; Ethereum (ETH) yielded 1% and rose to $2,500. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on the industry to slow down development so that there is enough time to improve safety measures. Sam Ultman, CEO of OpenAI, and Musk, founder of xAI, which developed the Grok system, expressed the same opinion.

According to Woofun AI, Anthropic chose to conduct an anticipated IPO on NASDAQ, and OpenAI will not be listed in 2026.

The Korea Composite Index fell 3%, and SK Hynix (000660) stock fell 6%. On the NASDAQ 100 index, Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ 100 ETF) (QQQ.US) shares fell 1.5%. Nebius (NBIS.US) shares fell 6% and CoreWeave (CRWV.US) shares fell 5%. SanDisk (SNDK.US) shares fell 5% and Intel (INTC.US) shares fell 5%.

The price of Brent crude oil rose more than 3% to reach $107 per barrel, and WTI crude was above $103. The 10-year US Treasury yield is slightly less than 5%, and the 30-year US Treasury yield is 5.355%. The price of gold fell nearly 1% to around $4,300 an ounce, while the price of silver fell 1.5%. This is a typical example of a further fragmentation of market risk appetite following AI regulatory disputes.