Top Cryptocurrencies Lower; Bitcoin Falls Below $80,000 Level
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03:53 PM EDT, 10/26/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies were lower on Monday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below the $80,000 level. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, dropped 0.8% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 rose 1.2%, the S&P 500 added 0.7%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%. Bitcoin fell 0.8% to $79,862, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume surged 149.3% to $27.71 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, dropped 1.5% to $2,312. XRP (XRP-USD) lost 0.5%, BNB (BNB-USD) declined 0.05%, and Solana (SOL-USD) shed 1.3%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) dropped 0.04%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) slumped 0.3%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 0.7% in the past 24 hours to $2.68 trillion, with trading volume rising 85.4% to $68.84 billion. Price: 79842.01, Change: -197.68, Percent Change: -0.25
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