-- Major digital assets rose Thursday, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) topping the $72,000 level.
The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, rose 0.8% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.8%, the S&P 500, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.7%.
Bitcoin rose 1.2% to $72,182, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume declined 34.8% to $35.4 billion.
Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, climbed 0.5% to $2,219.
XRP (XRP-USD) gained 0.6%, BNB (BNB-USD) added 0.7%, and Solana (SOL-USD) rose 1.2%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) climbed 0.8%, while Cardano (ADA-USD) advanced 1.3%.
The US 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.287% at 3 p.m. ET Thursday, down from 4.289% Wednesday, while the five-year yield fell to 3.911% from 3.918%.
The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry rose 0.9% in the past 24 hours to $2.44 trillion, with trading volume gaining 1.2% to $148.22 billion.
Price: $72198.57, Change: $+1104.81, Percent Change: +1.55%