Top Cryptocurrencies Fall; Bitcoin Drops Below $69,000 Level

03:54 PM EST, 11/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Top cryptocurrencies fell Friday, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below the $69,000 level. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including bitcoin, dropped 2.4% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.7%, the S&P 500 declined 0.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1%. Bitcoin fell 3.8% to $68,827, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume rose 52.1% to $42.56 billion. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, declined 3.6% to $1,946. XRP (XRP-USD) fell 1.2%, BNB (BNB-USD) shed 2.5%, and Solana (SOL-USD) declined 1.7%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) lost 0.7%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) fell 0.9%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry fell 2.7% in the past 24 hours to $2.32 trillion, with trading volume rising 34% to $92.9 billion. Price: 68894.15, Change: -2477.62, Percent Change: -3.47