Bitcoin Edges Lower Following Economic Data; Maker, Filecoin Among Top Losers

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved slightly lower, with the cryptocurrency prices trading below the key $25,000 level on Thursday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also moved lower, trading below the $1,700 mark this morning.

US initial jobless claims dropped by 20,000 from the prior week to 192,000 in the week ending March 11, compared to market expectations of 205,000.

GMX GMX/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Maker MKR/USD 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 1.4%. BTC was trading lower by 0.2% at $24,834, while ETH fell by around 1.5% to $1,657 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

  • GMX GMX/USD

Price: $83.48
24-hour gain: 14.1%

  • MAGIC MAGIC/USD

Price: $1.67
24-hour gain: 8.7%

  • Tezos XTZ/USD

Price: $1.19
24-hour gain: 0.3%

  • Pax Dollar USDP/USD

Price: $0.9989
24-hour gain: 0.3%

  • USDD USDD/USD

Price: $0.9946
24-hour gain: 0.3%

Losers

  • Maker MKR/USD

Price: $733.49
24-hour drop: 12.7%

  • Filecoin FIL/USD

Price: $5.70
24-hour drop: 12.7%

  • Conflux CFX/USD

Price: $0.2904
24-hour drop: 12.2%

  • Lido DAO LDO/USD

Price: $2.40
24-hour drop: 11.7%

  • Flare FLR/USD

Price: $0.02923
24-hour drop: 11%

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