Bitcoin defies $800 million crypto wipeout as South Korea’s AI stock market crashes

Bitcoin rebounded above $83,000 on Tuesday despite a sharp Asian stock selloff, as cryptocurrency liquidations exceeded $800 million.BTC recovered after briefly slipping below $81,000, while semiconductor shares continued a deepening rout that sent South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index down 6%.South Korea's AI stock collapse exposes concentrated market risksReports noted that South Korea's KOSPI plunged up to 7.4% before recovering some losses to close at 6,035.35. The decline briefly pushed the index below 6,000 and triggered a sell-side trading curb as the country's largest semiconductor manufacturers extended their losses.Samsung Electronics fell 7.39%, while SK Hynix declined 10.09%, marking a fifth consecutive session of losses for both companies.Together, the two memory-chip manufacturers account for approximately half of the KOSPI's market capitalization, leaving the broader index particularly sensitive to changes in the outlook for AI infrastructure spending.Foreign investors sold approximately 4.5 trillion won ($3.35 billion) of Korean equities during Tuesday's session, extending a series of withdrawals that have weighed heavily on the country's technology sector.Investment ...