K Wave Media shifts $485 million from Bitcoin to AI

K Wave Media has redirected $485 million in funding away from a planned Bitcoin treasury strategy toward AI infrastructure investments. The K-Pop firm's stock plunged following the announcement. The shift comes amid company restructuring and efforts to reduce debt.

K Wave Media, a K-Pop firm, announced it is pivoting $485 million from its Bitcoin treasury plan to AI infrastructure. The decision was detailed in a Form 6-K filing, as the company undergoes restructuring and focuses on debt reduction. The move triggered a sharp decline in the company's stock price, according to reports from Decrypt on May 4, 2026, published just before midnight UTC. (Published date: 2026-05-04T21:15:24, prior to today's date of 2026-05-05. No specific event timing beyond the announcement itself; the pivot is presented as current action in sources. No contradictions between sources. Unrelated crypto price lists in first source discarded as non-article content. Location unspecified, so no lat/long.)

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Bitcoin falls to two-month low amid AI stock rotation

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Bitcoin dropped below $67,000 on Tuesday, marking its lowest level since April. The decline triggered nearly $400 million in liquidations within an hour and over $1 billion over 24 hours. Analysts linked the selloff to capital shifting toward AI-related equities and heavy outflows from Bitcoin ETFs.

Shares of Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia surged 7.6 percent on Friday, pushing its market value above ¥44 trillion.

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Coinbase announced a restructuring plan on May 5, 2026, cutting about 700 employees, or 14% of its workforce. CEO Brian Armstrong attributed the move to cryptocurrency market volatility and artificial intelligence-driven productivity gains. The changes aim to create a leaner, AI-native organization ahead of Q1 earnings on May 7.

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