Top Cryptocurrencies Rise; Bitcoin Tops $84,000 Level

03:52 PM EDT, 10/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Major digital assets rose Wednesday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) topping the $84,000 level. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, rose 2.6% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 rose 1.2%, the S&P 500 added 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.5%. Bitcoin gained 2.5% to $84,517, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume surged 15.4% to $29.64 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, rose 2.5% to $2,494. XRP (XRP-USD) rose 4.7%, BNB (BNB-USD) gained 1.5%, and Solana (SOL-USD) advanced 2.3%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) climbed up 2%, while Cardano (ADA-USD) added 3.3%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry rose 2.4% in the past 24 hours to $2.82 trillion, with trading volume rising 10.3% to $79.25 billion. Price: 84485.91, Change: +1545.77, Percent Change: +1.86