Top Cryptocurrencies Fall; Bitcoin Drops Below $84,000

03:53 PM EDT, 09/28/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies fell Monday with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below $84,000. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, fell 1.6% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 declined 0.9%, the S&P 500 lost 0.8%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.7%. Bitcoin fell 1.7% to $83,292, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume more than doubled to $43.2 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, fell 0.8% to $2,671. XRP (XRP-USD) dropped 3.3%, BNB (BNB-USD) lost 2.1%, and Solana (SOL-USD) shed 4%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) decreased 4.2%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) slumped 4.7%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 1.9% in the past 24 hours to $2.85 trillion, with trading volume rising 83% to $113.6 billion. Price: 83275.97, Change: -1181.33, Percent Change: -1.40