An unrelenting plunge in crypto prices on Tuesday has paused after the U.S. House very narrowly passed a funding package that will now head to the president's desk for signature.

Major declines in artificial-intelligence-linked stocks, software names and private equity are leading U.S. indices lower.

The exchange said it has added support for outcome-based trading in a move to compete with prediction markets.

Crypto bulls who have theorized that bitcoin can't begin rising until money flows out of red-hot precious metals are about to find out if they were correct.

The world's largest cryptocurrency has shed nearly $10,000 over the past 24 hours, now threatening to take out its recent November low just under $81,000.

While precious metals and stocks bounce from their worst levels of the session, crypto remains near the day's low.

Soaring to $5,600 at one point earlier on Thursday, gold quickly pulled back to below the $5,200 level in U.S. morning trade.