Ethereum Drops Below $1,900 Following Economic Data; Zilliqa Becomes Top Loser

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the $30,500 level on Thursday.

Ethereum ETH/USD, however, traded lower, falling below the key $1,900 mark this morning.

U.S. initial jobless claims increased by 12,000 from the previous week to 248,000 in the week ending July 1, versus market estimates of 245,000. The U.S. trade gap narrowed to $69 billion in May from $74.4 billion in the previous month.

eCash XEC/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Zilliqa ZIL/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.19 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.1%. BTC was trading higher by 0.6% at $30,556 while ETH fell by around 0.4% to $1,898 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

• eCash XEC/USD

Price: $0.00003649
24-hour gain: 20.6%

• Bitcoin Cash BCH/USD

Price: $288.59
24-hour gain: 10%

• Frax Share FXS/USD

Price: $6.77
24-hour gain: 8%

• Bitcoin SV BSV/USD

Price: $44.24
24-hour gain: 7.9%

• Solana SOL/USD

Price: $19.69
24-hour gain: 4.8%

Losers

• Zilliqa ZIL/USD

Price: $0.02134
24-hour drop: 4.6%

• Enjin Coin ENJ/USD

Price: $0.3074
24-hour drop: 3.6%

• Lido DAO LDO/USD

Price: $2.05
24-hour drop: 2.2%

• Filecoin FIL/USD

Price: $4.48
24-hour drop: 1.9%

• Fantom FTM/USD

Price: $0.2971
24-hour drop: 1.9%

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