Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the world’s most valued cryptocurrency, traded higher on Thursday, surpassing the $21,500 level.
The second-most valued cryptocurrency, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), also recorded gains, approaching the $1,700 level this morning.
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Other popular crypto coins, including Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP), Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), also traded higher this morning.
Ankr (CRYPTO: ANKR) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while EOS (CRYPTO: EOS) turned out to be the biggest loser.
At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.04 trillion, recording a 24-hour increase of 1%. BTC was trading higher by around 0.6% to $21,571, while ETH rose by around 2.5% to $1,679 on Thursday.
Investors are now awaiting earnings results from Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG), Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) and Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL), scheduled for release today.
Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:
Gainers
- Ankr (CRYPTO: ANKR)
Price: $0.04098
24-hour gain: 11.9%
- Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO: ETC)
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Price: $36.21
24-hour gain: 8%
- Decred (CRYPTO: DCR)
Price: $31.18
24-hour gain: 8%
- Lido DAO (CRYPTO: LDO)
Price: $2.21
24-hour gain: 5.8%
- Curve DAO Token (CRYPTO: CRV)
Price: $1.22
24-hour gain: 5.4%
Losers
- EOS (CRYPTO: EOS)
Price: $1.69
24-hour drop: 3.8%
- UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO)
Price: $5.21
24-hour drop: 2.5%
- STEPN (CRYPTO: GMT)
Price: $0.7973
24-hour drop: 1.9%
- Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO: BCH)
Price: $130.15
24-hour drop: 1.7%
- Neutrino USD (CRYPTO: USDN)
Price: $0.9732
24-hour drop: 1.5%