AI crypto tokens at risk as Nvidia faces restrictions on China exports

Crypto tokens focused on AI see a decline while Nvidia, the best manufacturer of fleas, fueled in space, could soon take a major financial hit due to new American export restrictions.

In a deposit On April 14, NVIDIA said that it provided about $ 5.5 billion in the first quarter of the 2026 year due to the United States government rules limiting its AI flea sales in China.

On April 9, officials told Nvidia that he now needed special export licenses for his popular and other H20 chips with similar capacities. The new restrictions target China, Hong Kong and Macao, the government warning that the fleas could end up fueling Chinese supercomputers.

The H20 chip is the most advanced NVIDIA AI chip is currently authorized to sell in China according to previous rules. He was allegedly used by the startup of Chinese AI Deepseek to form models, which expressed his concerns among American legislators.

Even if Nvidia said she planned to spend hundreds of millions in the next four years Make flea in the United StatesThis did not prevent the action from sliding after its last deposit and the blow expected to future income. The NVDA fell 6.3% in the event of negotiation after working hours on April 15 at $ 105.10, and it is down around 16.45% so far this year.

Nvidia’s decline reflects a broader withdrawal of technology while Trump’s tariff climbing marks the confidence of investors in the sector. Other leading technological actions were also in red, with Apple down 0.20% compared to the previous $ 202.14, Microsoft on 0.56% to $ 385.73, the alphabet slipped from 1.71% to $ 156.31 and Amazon down 1.33% to $ 179.59.

Adding to NVIDIA problems, a “death cross” formed on the NVDA / USD graph to 1 day, a lower technical signal where its 50 -day mobile average falls below that of 200 days. The last time it happened was in April 2022, and Nvidia’s shares plunged almost 50% over the following six months.

This has investors in crypto tokens have on the edge, as these tokens have Often reacted To the news linked to Nvidia, mainly due to the fact that Nvidia’s equipment plays a central role in the food of AI infrastructure on which many of these projects are based.

For example, in December, China’s reports launching an antitrust survey on Nvidia caused a drop of more than 14% in the market capitalization of the crypto token in one day. In the past, a overvoltage in the course of NVIDIA action has also caused bullish rallies for AI tokens.

After the last NVIDIA depot, the total market capitalization of the tokens linked to AI fell by 3.7% in the last 24 hours, now at around $ 20.1 billion. The negotiation volume has also decreased, reporting lower demand.

Near the protocol (CLOSE), the largest IA crypto by market capitalization, slipped 5.3% in the last day. Other major tokens such as the Internet computer (ICP), Give back (GIVE BACK), Be (BE), Virtual protocol (VIRTUAL), and the Akash network (Akt) also lost between 5% and 12%.