Dogecoin Records Sharp Losses, Litecoin Emerges As Top Gainer

Author: Lisa Levin | November 02, 2022 09:04am

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), the two most valued cryptocurrencies in the world, traded lower on Wednesday as investors are awaiting the interest-rate decision from the US Federal Reserve.

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), meanwhile, recorded sharp losses on Wednesday following gains on Tuesday after Elon Musk disclosed that he is the Chief Executive Officer of post-merger company after Twitter deal. Dogecoin fell 7.7% to $0.1293 on Wednesday.

Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Chain (CRYPTO: XCN) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.01 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 1.5%. BTC was trading lower by 0.7% at $20,415, while ETH fell by around 2.3% to $1,556 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

• Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC)

Price: $59.42
24-hour gain: 7.3%

• Basic Attention Token (CRYPTO: BAT)

Price: $0.3161
24-hour gain: 5.4%

• Toncoin (CRYPTO: TON)

Price: $1.59
24-hour gain: 4.4%

• Theta Network (CRYPTO: THETA)

Price: $1.19
24-hour gain: 1.6%

• UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO)

Price: $4.65
24-hour gain: 1.6%

Losers

• Chain (CRYPTO: XCN)

Price: $0.05655
24-hour drop: 11.2%

• Aptos (CRYPTO: APT)

Price: $7.29
24-hour drop: 10.1%

• The Sandbox (CRYPTO: SAND)

Price: $0.815
24-hour drop: 8.1%

• Klaytn (CRYPTO: KLAY)

Price: $0.2411
24-hour drop: 8%

• ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE)

Price: $4.33
24-hour drop: 7.9%

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