Ethereum Tumbles Below $1,800 Following Jobless Claims Data; Sei Becomes Top Loser

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) moved lower, with the cryptocurrency prices trading below the $28,500 level on Thursday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded losses, falling below the key $1,800 mark this morning.

U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 11,000 from the previous week’s revised level to 239,000 in the week ending August 12, compared to market expectations of 240,000.

Rocket Pool (CRYPTO: RPL) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Sei (CRYPTO: SEI) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.13 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 1.7%. BTC was trading lower by 2.2% at $28,454 while ETH fell by around 1.8% to $1,787 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

Rocket Pool (CRYPTO: RPL)
Price: $27.01
24-hour gain: 2.8%

Kava (CRYPTO: KAVA)
Price: $0.7688
24-hour gain: 2.7%

Nexo (CRYPTO: NEXO)
Price: $0.6349
24-hour gain: 2%

Arweave (CRYPTO: AR)
Price: $5.09
24-hour gain: 1.8%

Injective (CRYPTO: INJ)
Price: $7.15
24-hour gain: 1.3%

Losers

Sei (CRYPTO: SEI)
Price: $0.1825
24-hour drop: 18.4%

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)
Price: $0.000008896
24-hour drop: 8.2%

Hedera (CRYPTO: HBAR)
Price: $0.06134
24-hour drop: 7.6%

Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO: BCH)
Price: $208.17
24-hour drop: 5.7%

Compound (CRYPTO: COMP)
Price: $46.29
24-hour drop: 5.6%

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