Major digital assets tumbled late afternoon Monday with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) falling below $86,000 level.
The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, shed 11% in the past 24 hours. US equity indexes fell with the Nasdaq 100 down 2.6%, the S&P 500 falling 1.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 1.5%.
Bitcoin was 9% lower at $85,822, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 32% to $71.74 billion.
Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, dropped almost 20% to $2,129.
XRP (XRP-USD) lost 0.84%, BNB (BNB-USD) declined 7.3%, and Solana (SOL-USD) slumped 18%.
Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) fell 15% lower, and Cardano (ADA-USD) declined 16%.
The US 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.176% at 3 p.m. ET Monday, declining from 4.231% Friday, while the five-year yield fell to 3.988% from 4.026%.
The global cryptocurrency market value decreased 10% in the past 24 hours to $2.81 trillion, with trading volume up 10% at $178.2 billion.
Price: 205.87, Change: -9.75, Percent Change: -4.52