Top Cryptocurrencies Fall; Bitcoin Drops Below $83,000 Level

03:56 PM EDT, 10/12/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies fell Monday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below the $83,000 level. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, fell 2% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 declined 0.7%, the S&P 500 eased 0.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.3%. Bitcoin fell 1.2% to $82,660, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 82.8% to $22.87 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, declined 0.8% to $2,514. XRP (XRP-USD) fell 3.2%, BNB (BNB-USD) shed 0.9%, and Solana (SOL-USD) lost 2.9%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) declined 2.1%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) slumped 4.3%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 1.3% in the past 24 hours to $2.79 trillion, with trading volume rising 51.1% to $71.16 billion. Price: 82694.32, Change: -978.69, Percent Change: -1.17