Top Cryptocurrencies Rise; Bitcoin Holds Above $81,000

03:45 PM EDT, 10/19/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies rose Monday with bitcoin (BTC-USD) holding above $81,000. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including bitcoin, declined 0.1% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 rose 1.4%, the S&P 500 gained 0.6%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.1%. Bitcoin rose 1.3% to $81,938.2, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume increased 71% to $27.6 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, rose 2.3% to $2,398. XRP (XRP-USD) rose 2.9%, BNB (BNB-USD) gained 2.6%, and Solana (SOL-USD) increased 2.7%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) gained 3.4%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) climbed 2.1%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry rose 1.3% in the past 24 hours to $2.73 trillion, with trading volume jumped 53% to $73.6 billion. Price: 81914.92, Change: -97.42, Percent Change: -0.12