Ethereum Tops $2,000; XRP Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD traded higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the $31,000 level on Friday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also moved higher, trading past the key $2,000 mark this morning.

Ripple achieved a partial victory against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a recent court ruling. Ripple is the company associated with the XRP token.

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

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.25 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 5.8%. BTC was trading higher by 2.7% at $31,250 while ETH rose by around 7.8% to $2,000.68 on Friday.

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

Gainers

• XRP XRP/USD

Price: $0.7849
24-hour gain: 66.4%

• Stellar XLM/USD

Price: $0.1493
24-hour gain: 54.2%

• Solana SOL/USD

Price: $29.53
24-hour gain: 35.1%

• Lido DAO CRYPTO: (LDO)

Price: $2.39
24-hour gain: 25.9%

• Cardano ADA/USD

Price: $0.3544
24-hour gain: 23.6%

Losers

• eCash XEC/USD

Price: $0.00003171
24-hour drop: 4.6%

• Bitcoin Cash BCH/USD

Price: $274.96
24-hour drop: 3.2%

• Compound COMP/USD

Price: $67.97
24-hour drop: 3.1%

• UNUS SED LEO LEO/USD

Price: $3.94
24-hour drop: 1.6%

• PAX Gold PAXG/USD

Price: $1,934.87
24-hour drop: 0.6%

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