Top Cryptocurrencies Fall; Bitcoin Drops Below $76,000

03:55 PM EDT, 09/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies fell Tuesday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below $76,000. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, fell 5% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 shed 0.8%, the SP 500 lost 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.7%. Bitcoin fell 4.1% to $75,847, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 42% to $39.6 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, declined 5.5% to $2,404. XRP (XRP-USD) lost 11%, BNB (BNB-USD) slumped 1.2%, and Solana (SOL-USD) shed 5.4%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) dropped 4.8%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) decreased 7.3%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 4.1% in the past 24 hours to $2.58 trillion, with trading volume rising 31% to $103.1 billion. Price: 75891.45, Change: -2289.88, Percent Change: -2.93