04:07 PM EDT, 03/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Most major digital assets were mostly in the green Wednesday, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) crossing the $73,000 threshold for the first time.

The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 182 digital assets, was up 1.8% in the past 24 hours while the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 declined 0.6% and 0.2%, respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, rose 2.7% in the past 24 hours at $73,280 after reaching a day high of $73,637, according to CoinMarketCap data. Trading volume was $49.41 billion, down 20%.

Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset, was up 0.5% at $4,001.

BNB (BNB-USD), the third-largest digital asset by market value excluding stablecoins, jumped 10.1% and Solana (SOL-USD), the fourth-largest, rose 7.8%.

XRP (XRP-USD) decreased 0.8%, while Cardano (ADA-USD) and Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) were up 0.7% and 1%, respectively. Avalanche (AVAX-USD) declined 4.9%.

The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.190% on Wednesday, compared to 4.153% Tuesday, while the five-year Treasury yield closed at 4.185%, up from 4.155% a day ago.

The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry was up 1.8% in the last 24 hours at $2.75 trillion. The total trading volumes decreased 16.6% to $135.47 billion.

Price: 251.29, Change: -4.85, Percent Change: -1.89