Top cryptocurrencies fell Tuesday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below the $78,000 level.
The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, fell 2.2% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 dropped 1.3%, the S&P 500, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each lost about 0.8%.
Bitcoin fell 2.2% to $77,270, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume fell 8% to $30.47 billion.
Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, declined 2.7% to $2,415.
XRP (XRP-USD) was down 2.1%, BNB (BNB-USD) fell 1.7%, and Solana (SOL-USD) shed 3.7%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) declined 1.4%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) lost 1.2%.
The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 1.9% in the past 24 hours to $2.61 trillion, with trading volume dropping 7.8% to $81.1 billion.
Price: $77248.34, Change: $-1310.77, Percent Change: -1.67%