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Bitcoin BTC/USD, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency, traded slightly higher on Thursday, and managed to remain above the $23,000 level.
However, Ethereum ETH/USD, the second-most valued cryptocurrency, continued its bull run with the crypto staying above the $1,600 mark for the second day in a row.
Other popular crypto coins, including Solana SOL/USD and Dogecoin DOGE/USD also recorded slight gains today.
Optimism OP/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Cronos CRO/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.
At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.08 trillion, recording a 24-hour increase of 1.8%. BTC was trading higher by around 0.9% to $23,069, while ETH gained around 1.8% to $1,647 on Thursday.
Investors are now awaiting earnings results from eBay Inc. EBAY, Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABA, Eli Lilly and Company LLY and Block, Inc. SQ, scheduled for release today.
Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:
Gainers
Price: $2.07
24-hour gain: 24.4%
Price: $2.64
24-hour gain: 15.5%
Price: $7.59
24-hour gain: 9.6%
Price: $0.3622
24-hour gain: 8.9%
Price: $4.65
24-hour gain: 8.6%
Losers
Price: $0.1458
24-hour drop: 3%
Price: $4.01
24-hour drop: 1.1%
Price: $29.58
24-hour drop: 0.8%
Price: $0.9833
24-hour drop: 0.5%
Price: $161.98
24-hour drop: 0.5%
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