Bitcoin consolidates after 3% loss as AI fears stoke fresh stock-market weakness

Bitcoin price volatility cooled as stock markets battled another day of resurgent AI fears during Friday’s Asia trading session. Bitcoin (BTC) ranged below $82,000 into Friday’s Wall Street open as stock markets slid further on AI financing concerns. Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD stabilizing after shedding 3.2% on Thursday, falling as low as $80,840 on Bitstamp. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Market nerves over AI-sector profitability and the cost of insuring large players against default reemerged this week. CoreWeave, a neocloud provider, was among the biggest decliners, down 15.5% week to date at the end of Thursday’s US trading session, its lowest levels since May 2025. A >price target downgrade by Bernstein from $74 to $51 contributed to the pressure. “The spread of credit stress across the neocloud infrastructure sector has triggered broader equity market weakness as institutional investors evaluate capital expenditure commitments and profitability across technology firms dependent on AI infrastructure expansion,” crypto trading company QCP Capital >wrote in analysis. CoreWeave stock one-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView On Friday, fresh downside impacted Asian equities markets. South Korea’s KOSPI Composite Index opened at 5,402 points before dropping as low as 5,305 points, marking its lowest levels since late July. It finished the session 0.3% higher on the day. KOSPI Composite Index one-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Speaking to >CNBC on Thursday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke of a “scarcity of capital” impacting the neocloud buildouts in particular. “The demand [for] the capital is much greater than the availability of the capital,” he said. Previously, Cointelegraph reported on lower-than-expected capital expenditure by Tesla despite Q3 earnings broadly conforming to market expectations. QCP Capital stated that the capex figures “reinforced concerns that elevated financing costs will constrain the pace of artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout and potentially reduce expected return profiles for capital-intensive projects.” Capital flows into ETF products reacted strongly to the recent price moves within Bitcoin’s local trading range between $80,000 and $87,000. Related:

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