Top Cryptocurrencies Rise; Bitcoin Tops $100,000

Major digital assets were mostly firmer Thursday with Bitcoin (BTC/USD) topping $100,000. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 124 digital assets, rose 1% in the past 24 hours. US stock indexes were little changed to lower with the Nasdaq 100 down 0.6% and the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average steady. Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, gained 0.8% to $100,563 with the 24-hour trading volume declining 3% to $54.13 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data. Ethereum (ETH/USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, dropped 3.2% to $3,336. XRP (XRP/USD) surged 12%, Solana (SOL/USD) gained 4.7%, and BNB (BNB/USD) advanced 0.7%. Dogecoin (DOGE/USD) climbed 2%, and Cardano (ADA/USD) jumped 6.5%. The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.604%, down from Wednesday's close of 4.651%, while the five-year yield eased to 4.394% from 4.442%. The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry increased 1.1% in the past 24 hours to $3.54 trillion, while trading volume rose 9% to $159.25 billion.