Ethereum Falls After Jobless Claims Data; ApeCoin Becomes Top Loser

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) edged higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the $28,400 level on Thursday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), however, moved lower, trading below the key $1,600 mark this morning.

U.S. jobless claims declined by 13,000 from the previous week to 198,000 in the week ending October 14, compared to market expectations of 212,000.

Bitcoin SV (CRYPTO: BSV) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.08 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 0.5%. BTC was trading higher by 0.3% at $28,449 while ETH fell by around 1.8% to $1,554 on Thursday.

Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:

Gainers

Bitcoin SV (CRYPTO: BSV)
Price: $42.61
24-hour gain: 7.3%

Injective (CRYPTO: INJ)
Price: $8.17
24-hour gain: 3.3%

Mina (CRYPTO: MINA)
Price: $0.3806
24-hour gain: 2.8%

Render (CRYPTO: RNDR)
Price: $1.93
24-hour gain: 2.3%

UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO)
Price: $3.74
24-hour gain: 1.5%

Losers

ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE)
Price: $1.07
24-hour drop: 6.1%

Rocket Pool (CRYPTO: RPL)
Price: $18.46
24-hour drop: 4.9%

Flow (CRYPTO: FLOW)
Price: $0.419
24-hour drop: 4.5%

Curve DAO Token (CRYPTO: CRV)
Price: $0.4168
24-hour drop: 4.1%

Conflux (CRYPTO: CFX)
Price: $0.1034
24-hour drop: 4.1%

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