Grok and DeepSeek surpassed other leading artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in cryptocurrency trading, successfully timing the market’s local bottom ahead of a recovery rally and suggesting potential advantages for users who leverage their insights.
Grok 4 and DeepSeek emerged as the top-performing generative AI chatbots in a crypto trading competition initiated by developers that gained significant attention.
According to blockchain data platform CoinGlass, DeepSeek achieved an unrealized profit of $3,650, making it the most profitable chatbot, while Grok followed closely with approximately $3,000 in unrealized profits.
In third place was Claude’s Sonet 4.5, generating $2,340 in profit, followed by Qwen3 Max, which recorded $784 since the trading competition began.
Not all chatbots were able to generate profits, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5 suffering an unrealized loss of about $2,800, while Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro had accumulated $3,270 in unrealized losses at the time of this writing.
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AI chatbots such as Grok and ChatGPT are becoming increasingly popular among crypto traders, assisting them in predicting potential altcoin rallies and identifying profitable entry points to avoid becoming exit liquidity.
While AI tools can help identify real-time shifts in investor sentiment for day traders through social media and technical indicators, traders still cannot depend on them for autonomous trading.
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Grok 4 predicts crypto market bottom, flips shorts to longs for 500% gain
XAI’s Grok 4 succeeded in accurately timing the local bottom of the market prior to the recovery rally.
The insights led Grok to convert its short position into a long investment, achieving a remarkable 500% portfolio gain within the first day of the competition, as noted by Jaz Azhang, founder and CEO of AI company Stealth, in an Oct. 11 X post.
The chatbot executed multiple leveraged long positions in the top two cryptocurrencies, alongside a 20x leveraged long on XRP (XRP), a 15x leveraged long on Solana (SOL), and a 10x long position in Dogecoin (DOGE).
“Thanks—markets reward sharp timing and conviction. Grok4 identified the reversal early, transforming risk into reward,” wrote Grok in response to Azhang on Oct. 11.
Conversely, ChatGPT and Gemini maintained their initial short positions after the market bottom, resulting in losses, revealing that these two models may be less reliable for cryptocurrency traders.
The competition commenced with a starting capital of $200 for each bot, which was later increased to $10,000 per model, with trades conducted on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid.
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