Bitcoin Edges Higher But Remains Below This Key Level; Helium Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) managed to record slight gains this morning, but prices for the most valued cryptocurrency in the world still traded below the key $17,000 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), also traded slightly higher, remaining above the $1,200 mark on Wednesday.

Helium (CRYPTO: HNT) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Neutrino USD (CRYPTO: USDN) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $811.50 billion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.2%. BTC was trading higher by 0.4% at $16,859, while ETH rose by around 0.5% to $1,215 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

• Helium (CRYPTO: HNT)

Price: $2.09
24-hour gain: 28.2%

• Toncoin (CRYPTO: TON)

Price: $2.56
24-hour gain: 11.7%

• Decred (CRYPTO: DCR)

Price: $20.14
24-hour gain: 5.6%

• Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO: ETC)

Price: $16.44
24-hour gain: 5.1%

• XDC Network (CRYPTO: XDC)

Price: $0.02771
24-hour gain: 3.6%

Losers

• Neutrino USD (CRYPTO: USDN)

Price: $0.5018
24-hour drop: 8.6%

• Lido DAO (CRYPTO: LDO)

Price: $0.9448
24-hour drop: 3.9%

• Kava (CRYPTO: KAVA)

Price: $0.6981
24-hour drop: 3.3%

• Terra Classic (CRYPTO: LUNC)

Price: $0.0001297
24-hour drop: 2.7%

• Mina (CRYPTO: MINA)

Price: $0.4707
24-hour drop: 2.7%

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