03:56 PM EDT, 04/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Most major digital assets were mostly lower Wednesday, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below $66,000.

The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 182 digital assets, was down 0.2% in the past 24 hours, while the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.2%, the S&P 500 advanced 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, fell 0.5% in the past 24 hours to $65,864, according to CoinMarketCap data. Trading volume was $35.16 billion, down 29%.

Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset, was trading 1.2% higher at $3,320.

BNB (BNB-USD), the third-largest digital asset by market value excluding stablecoins, was down 0.2% and Solana (SOL-USD), the fourth-largest, fell 0.9%.

XRP (XRP-USD), Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) and Cardano (ADA-USD) fell 2.8%, 7.4% and 1.9%, respectively. Toncoin (TON-USD) was up 0.9%.

The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.353% on Wednesday, compared with 4.363% Tuesday, while the five-year Treasury yield closed at 4.336%, down from 4.352%.

The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry decreased 0.2% in the past 24 hours at $2.48 trillion. The total trading volumes decreased 20% to $102.46 billion.

Price: 250.63, Change: +4.79, Percent Change: +1.95