Bitcoin Surpasses $72,000 Following Inflation Data; Toncoin Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the key $72,000 level on Tuesday.

Ethereum ETH/USD, meanwhile, edged lower, but remained above the key $4,000 mark this morning.

Toncoin TON/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Pepe PEPE/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

The Consumer Price Index in the U.S. rose 0.4% month-over-month in February, up from 0.3% in January.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $2.7 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.1%. BTC was trading higher by 1% at $72,208 while ETH fell by around 0.1% to $4,023.21 on Tuesday.

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

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Gainers

Toncoin TON/USD
Price: $3.68
24-hour gain: 19.3%

Injective INJ/USD
Price: $47.78
24-hour gain: 17.1%

THORChain RUNE/USD
Price: $10.16
24-hour gain: 12.2%

XRP XRP/USD
Price: $0.696
24-hour gain: 12.2%

WEMIX WEMIX/USD
Price: $3.41
24-hour gain: 9%

Losers

Pepe PEPE/USD
Price: $0.0000082
24-hour drop: 9.7%

Render RNDR/USD
Price: $11.07
24-hour drop: 8.8%

dogwifhat WIF/USD
Price: $1.93
24-hour drop: 8.2%

Theta Network THETA/USD
Price: $3.38
24-hour drop: 8.1%

Akash Network AKT/USD
Price: $5.96
24-hour drop: 6.1%

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