Top Cryptocurrencies Fall; Bitcoin Falls Below $82,000 Level

03:53 PM EDT, 10/22/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies fell Thursday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below the $82,000 level. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, dropped 4.1% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 declined 3.2%, the S&P 500 decreased 1.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. Bitcoin fell 3.8% to $81,253, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 17.4% to $34.85 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, dropped 4.7% to $2,377. XRP (XRP-USD) shed 5.9%, BNB (BNB-USD) declined 2.3%, and Solana (SOL-USD) lost 4.5%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) fell 5.3%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) slumped 7%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 3.6% in the past 24 hours to $2.72 trillion, with trading volume rising 1.8% to $80.65 billion. Price: 81288.20, Change: -2736.24, Percent Change: -3.26