Top Cryptocurrencies Tumble; Bitcoin Sinks Below $102,000

MT Newswires Live12-19

Major digital assets pulled back Wednesday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) sinking below $102,000

The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 126 digital assets, shed 4.1% in the past 24 hours. US stock indexes were in the red in the late trade, the Nasdaq 100 down 2.8%, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average eased 2.3% and 2.2%, respectively.

Bitcoin was 5% lower at $101,502.9, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular digital currency's 24-hour trading volume increased 27.7% to $86.86 billion.

Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, slid 6% to $3,707.

XRP (XRP-USD) sank 10%, while Solana (SOL-USD) shed 7.9%.

BNB (BNB-USD) dropped 4.2%, Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) tumbled 9.6%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) lost 9.1%.

The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.49%, up from Tuesday's close of 4.383%, while the five-year yield rose to 4.376% from 4.246%.

The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry decreased 6.3% in the past 24 hours to $3.51 trillion. Total trading volume increased 22.1% to $227.99 billion.

Price: 284.14, Change: -27.50, Percent Change: -8.82

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