04:00 PM EDT, 04/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Most major digital assets were declining Wednesday, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) falling near $64,000.

The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 187 digital assets, was down 3.5% in the past 24 hours, while the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 rose 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average little changed.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down 3.3% in the past 24 hours at $64,310, according to CoinMarketCap data. Trading volume was $28.18 billion, up 12%.

Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset, was trading 2.5% lower at $3,139.

BNB (BNB-USD), the third-largest digital asset by market value excluding stablecoins, was down 1% and Solana (SOL-USD), the fourth-largest, declined 5%.

XRP (XRP-USD), Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) and Toncoin (TON-USD) fell 3%, 5% and 2%, respectively. Cardano (ADA-USD) was trading 5% lower.

The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.652% on Wednesday, compared to 4.596% Tuesday, while the five-year Treasury yield closed at 4.665%, up from 4.620% a day ago.

The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry decreased 2.8% in the last 24 hours at $2.38 trillion. The total trading volumes increased 18% to $81.91 billion.

Price: 226.10, Change: -10.33, Percent Change: -4.37