Top Cryptocurrencies Rise; Bitcoin Tops $81,000

03:53 PM EDT, 10/28/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Major digital assets rose Wednesday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) topping $81,000. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, rose 0.6% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average all advanced 0.3%. Bitcoin climbed 0.7% to $81,309, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 7.7% to $23.5 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, added 0.6% to $2,362. XRP (XRP-USD) rose 0.6%, BNB (BNB-USD) gained 0.5%, and Solana (SOL-USD) added 1.3%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) climbed 1.6%, while Cardano (ADA-USD) advanced 0.5%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry rose 0.6% in the past 24 hours to $2.72 trillion, with trading volume rising 7.1% to $63.4 billion. Price: 81307.78, Change: +507.36, Percent Change: +0.63