Dogecoin Records Sharp Losses, Litecoin Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD and Ethereum ETH/USD, the two most valued cryptocurrencies in the world, traded lower on Wednesday as investors are awaiting the interest-rate decision from the US Federal Reserve.

Dogecoin DOGE/USD, meanwhile, recorded sharp losses on Wednesday following gains on Tuesday after Elon Musk disclosed that he is the Chief Executive Officer of post-merger company after Twitter deal. Dogecoin fell 7.7% to $0.1293 on Wednesday.

Litecoin LTC/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Chain XCN/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.01 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 1.5%. BTC was trading lower by 0.7% at $20,415, while ETH fell by around 2.3% to $1,556 on Wednesday.

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


Gainers

Price: $59.42
24-hour gain: 7.3%

  • Basic Attention Token BAT/USD

Price: $0.3161
24-hour gain: 5.4%

  • Toncoin TON/USD

Price: $1.59
24-hour gain: 4.4%

  • Theta Network THETA/USD

Price: $1.19
24-hour gain: 1.6%

  • UNUS SED LEO LEO/USD

Price: $4.65
24-hour gain: 1.6%


Losers

  • Chain XCN/USD

Price: $0.05655
24-hour drop: 11.2%

  • Aptos APT/USD

Price: $7.29
24-hour drop: 10.1%

  • The Sandbox SAND/USD

Price: $0.815
24-hour drop: 8.1%

  • Klaytn KLAY/USD

Price: $0.2411
24-hour drop: 8%

  • ApeCoin APE/USD

Price: $4.33
24-hour drop: 7.9%

Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs
Comments
Loading...
Posted In: CryptocurrencyNewsMarketsMoversTrading IdeasCrypto MoversTop Gainers
Benzinga simplifies the market for smarter investing

Trade confidently with insights and alerts from analyst ratings, free reports and breaking news that affects the stocks you care about.

Join Now: Free!