Monday's Cryptocurrency Sell-Off: Widespread Losses Across Major Assets

Cryptocurrency markets started the week on a sour note Monday morning, September 28th, 2026. The downturn was widespread, affecting all eight major digital assets tracked in the session.

Bitcoin led the pack with a 1.78% decline to $82,954.93, while Ethereum fell by 0.95% to $2,662.14, showing relative resilience compared to other cryptos.

The broader market saw sharper losses among smaller-cap tokens. Solana plummeted 3.03% to $118.36, and Avalanche dropped 3.86% to $10.49. Cardano led the altcoin decline with a 4.10% drop to $0.24, followed closely by Dogecoin's 4.18% fall to $0.09.

The uniformity of losses suggests risk-off sentiment rather than any specific issue affecting individual coins.