Bitcoin Leads AI Trading Battle as Qwen 3 Rebounds to Profit and Claude Struggles in the $10K Model Contest

COINOTAG News notes that CoinBob, an on-chain analytics tool, tracks six top AI trading models with an $10,000 seed in a live crypto competition across BTC, ETH, SOL and perpetuals.

In performance, Claude 4.5 slipped to fourth as profits faded into a 13% drawdown, while Qwen 3 delivered an over 25% return, closing in on GROK.

Specifically, Qwen 3 exited its BTC long near $110,200–$112,000 at 22:00 to lock in a $2,336 gain, with SOL remaining short and 13% unrealized.

Meanwhile, Claude 4.5 opened new long bets in ETH, BTC, and SOL at about $111,800 but liquidated before 7 a.m., losing around $3,000 while reporting $8,737 total and gains in XRP (31%) and DOGE (6%).