Top Cryptocurrencies Fall; Bitcoin Drops Below $82,000
MT newswire2026/10/08 19:5203:52 PM EDT, 10/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies fell Thursday with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below $82,000. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, dropped 4.4% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 declined 1.3%, the S&P 500 fell 0.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed. Bitcoin fell 2.1% to $81,658, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 21% to $46.2 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, dropped 4.3% to $2,459. XRP (XRP-USD) declined 3.7%, BNB (BNB-USD) shed 5.4%, and Solana (SOL-USD) lost 6%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) tumbled 5.5%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) slumped 9.6%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 2.7% in the past 24 hours to $2.76 trillion, with trading volume rising 16% to $120.5 billion. Price: 81673.47, Change: -1602.05, Percent Change: -1.92
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