Group 1 - The Asia-Pacific markets experienced a widespread decline, continuing the sell-off trend in technology stocks from Wall Street, with semiconductor stocks being particularly hard hit [1][2] - The South Korean Kospi index fell by 3.68%, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dropping by 4.14% and 4% respectively [2] - U.S. chip manufacturer AMD's first-quarter earnings forecast fell short of some analysts' expectations, leading to a 17% drop in its stock price and triggering a chain reaction in Asian tech stocks, including Broadcom and Micron Technology, which fell by 3.8% and 9.5% respectively [1] Group 2 - The Nikkei 225 index saw a slight decline of 0.73% to 53,898.35 points, while the broader Topix index rose by 0.23%, reaching a historical high, making it the only major index in the Asia-Pacific region to close in the green [4] - Bitcoin also weakened amid the tech stock sell-off, dropping over 3% and briefly falling below the $73,000 mark [6] - Spot silver experienced a significant drop of over 16%, falling below the $74 mark, while spot gold also declined, dropping over 3% and falling below $4,800 [9]