04:02 PM EDT, 03/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Most major digital assets were mixed Tuesday, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) falling below its recent record high of over $72,000.

The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 182 digital assets, was down 1.4% in the past 24 hours while the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4%, 1.1% and 0.7%, respectively.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, declined 0.8% in the past 24 hours at $71,605 after reaching a day low of $68,728, according to CoinMarketCap data. Trading volume was $62.04 billion, down 3.9%.

Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset, was down 1.4% at $3,988.

BNB (BNB-USD), the third-largest digital asset by market value excluding stablecoins, jumped 4.5% and Solana (SOL-USD), the fourth-largest, rose 1.5%.

XRP (XRP-USD), Cardano (ADA-USD) and Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) decreased 4.7%, 3.7% and 3.8%, respectively. Avalanche (AVAX-USD) soared 20%.

The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.153% on Tuesday, compared to 4.100% Monday, while the five-year Treasury yield closed at 4.155%, up from 4.085% a day ago.

The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry was down 0.5% in the last 24 hours at $2.7 trillion. The total trading volumes decreased 3% to $162.62 billion.

Price: 256.16, Change: +1.99, Percent Change: +0.78