04:03 PM EDT, 03/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Most major digital assets were in the red Friday, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) falling to the $64,000 levels.

The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 182 digital assets, was down 2.3% in the past 24 hours, while the Nasdaq 100 was little changed and the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1% and 0.7%, respectively.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down 1.8% in the past 24 hours at $64,068, according to CoinMarketCap data. Trading volume was $41.67 billion, down 16%.

The most popular cryptocurrency is on pace to conclude the week with a loss of 7.2%.

Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset, was trading 2.4% lower at $3,351 and headed for a weekly loss of 9.9%.

BNB (BNB-USD), the third-largest digital asset by market value excluding stablecoins, fell 0.4%, and Solana (SOL-USD), the fourth-largest, decreased 2.7%.

XRP (XRP-USD) fell 3.5%, Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) rose 0.5%, and Cardano (ADA-USD) declined 3.2%. Avalanche (AVAX-USD) was little changed.

The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.216% on Friday, compared to 4.269% Thursday, while the five-year Treasury yield closed at 4.198%, down from 4.251% a day ago.

The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry decreased 2.3% in the last 24 hours at $2.43 trillion. The total trading volumes decreased 15% to $112.31 billion.

Price: 255.70, Change: -6.30, Percent Change: -2.41