Top Cryptocurrencies Fall; Bitcoin Drops Below $85,000 Level

04:02 PM EDT, 09/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies fell Wednesday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below the $85,000 Level. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, fell 3.4% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 shed 0.9%, the SP 500 lost 0.8%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.6%. Bitcoin fell 2% to $84,527, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 9.3% to $46.85 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, declined 2.7% to $2,677. XRP (XRP-USD) lost 5.2%, BNB (BNB-USD) slumped 2.4%, and Solana (SOL-USD) shed 2.9%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) dropped 7.3%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) decreased 5.3%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 2.3% in the past 24 hours to $2.87 trillion, with trading volume rising 11.2% to $130.57 billion. Price: 84527.49, Change: -1667.79, Percent Change: -1.93