Bitcoin Holds Gains Near $84,000 as US Stocks Brush Off Korean Selloff

Bitcoin kept pressure on the $84,000 level as US trading opened Tuesday, holding onto roughly 2% gains after a rocky Asian session. The leading cryptocurrency climbed back toward $83,800, preserving its overnight recovery from a dip below $81,000.

US Equities Avoid Copycat Rout

American stocks opened lower but quickly steadied, refusing to mirror the collapse in Korean tech shares. The KOSPI index shed 5.4% on Tuesday and lost 7.4% across two days, with semiconductor giants leading the slide as fears grew over AI spending levels and rising competition from Chinese chipmakers. Still, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite briefly turned positive early in the session and sat less than half a percent lower at the time of writing.