04:15 PM EDT, 04/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Most major digital assets rallied Thursday with bitcoin (BTC-USD) topping $69,000.

The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 182 digital assets, was up 3.5% in the past 24 hours while the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.4%, 1.2% and 1.4%, respectively.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, rose 4.3% in the past 24 hours to $68,719, according to CoinMarketCap data. Earlier, the price topped $69,000. Trading volume was $32.76 billion, down 6.8%.

Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset, was trading 1.5% higher at $3,369.

BNB (BNB-USD), the third-largest digital asset by market value excluding stablecoins, was up 6.7% and Solana (SOL-USD), the fourth-largest, rose 0.6%.

XRP (XRP-USD), Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) and Cardano (ADA-USD) jumped 3.9%, 4.4% and 1.6%, respectively. Avalanche (AVAX-USD) was up 3.1%.

The US 10-year Treasury yield closed Thursday at 4.315%, compared with 4.353% Wednesday, while the five-year Treasury yield closed at 4.301%, down from 4.336%.

The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry increased 3.7% in the past 24 hours to $2.57 trillion. The total trading volumes decreased 9.2% to $93.03 billion.

Price: 250.65, Change: -0.93, Percent Change: -0.37