Top Cryptocurrencies Drop; Bitcoin Falls Below $72,000 Level

03:54 PM EST, 11/12/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies dropped in Thursday trading, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) falling below the $72,000 level. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, fell 3.8% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 declined 0.4%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.3%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.3%. Bitcoin fell 4.2% to $71,455, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 16.6% to $28 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, dropped 3% to $2,017. XRP (XRP-USD) declined 2.3%, BNB (BNB-USD) lost 4.6%, and Solana (SOL-USD) shed 4%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) decreased 3.8%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) fell 2.6%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 3.4% in the past 24 hours to $2.39 trillion, with trading volume rising 14.3 to $69.42 billion. Price: 71466.60, Change: -2458.59, Percent Change: -3.33