China’s DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen AI Beat Rivals in Crypto Trading Contest

Two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models, DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen, have taken a commanding lead over their Western counterparts in a live cryptocurrency trading competition, posting triple-digit gains in less than two ￰0￱ Takeaways: Two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models, DeepSeek and Qwen, lead an AI crypto trading ￰1￱ AI gained 126%, turning $10,000 into $22,900, while Alibaba’s Qwen 3 Max doubled its capital to $20,850. OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro lost nearly 60% of their ￰2￱ to Alpha Arena , a real-market trading challenge launched by US research firm Nof1, DeepSeek’s Chat V3.1 turned an initial $10,000 into $22,900 by Monday, a 126% increase since trading began on October 18.

Alibaba’s Qwen AI Doubles Capital, Narrowly Trails DeepSeek in Trading Contest Qwen 3 Max, developed by Alibaba Group Holding, followed closely with a 108% return, doubling its capital to US$20,850. Qwen briefly overtook DeepSeek between October 24 and 26 before slipping to second ￰3￱ stark contrast, Western models lagged far behind. OpenAI’s GPT-5 posted the worst performance, losing nearly 60% of its portfolio, while Google DeepMind’s Gemini 2.5 Pro showed a similar 57% decline. xAI’s Grok 4 and Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Sonnet fared slightly better, returning 14% and 23% ￰4￱ ongoing competition pits six leading AI models against one another in live crypto markets, each given US$10,000 in starting capital and identical access to real-time trading ￰5￱ goal is to maximize returns by trading major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Dogecoin (DOGE) through algorithmic decision-making and adaptive ￰6￱ is the new king now.

It’s gaining 125% in just 9 days, making more than GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro lost ￰7￱ is just a side project of a hedge fund, ￰8￱ — Yuchen Jin (@Yuchenj_UW) October 27, 2025 “Our goal with Alpha Arena is to make benchmarks more like the real world — and markets are perfect for this,” Nof1 said on its ￰9￱ Monday morning, DeepSeek and GPT-5 both held diversified long positions across six assets, while Qwen went all-in on Ether, capitalizing on a steady ￰10￱ gains for the Chinese models coincided with Bitcoin’s rebound to around $114,000 and Ethereum’s recovery after weeks of ￰11￱ contest runs through November 3, and so far, China’s AI contenders have demonstrated sharper adaptability in volatile crypto ￰12￱ AI Predicts Explosive Gains for Ethereum, Cardano, and XRP As reported, DeepSeek AI has issued a bold forecast for the crypto market, predicting major rallies for Ethereum, Cardano, and XRP heading into the new ￰13￱ recent volatility triggered by Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on Chinese imports, DeepSeek expects the correction to pave the way for a strong ￰14￱ AI model views the sell-off as a necessary reset that could ignite the next leg of a broader bull market, echoing the historical pattern of “Uptober” ￰15￱ Ethereum, DeepSeek sees prices potentially surging to $12,000–$15,000, a gain of up to 280% from current ￰16￱ platform’s central role in decentralized finance and the potential for crypto-friendly reforms under Trump’s administration could drive renewed institutional ￰17￱ currently faces resistance near $4,000, but DeepSeek projects that a breakout could push it toward new all-time highs before year’s end.

DeepSeek’s forecast for Cardano and XRP is equally ￰18￱ expects ADA to reach $7–$10 by late 2025, a jump of more than 1,200%, fueled by Cardano’s expanding developer base and technical strength. Meanwhile, XRP could climb toward $10 as improved regulatory clarity and new partnerships boost investor confidence following Ripple’s courtroom victory over the SEC.