Ethereum Tops $3,900 Following Jobs Data; FLOKI Emerges As Top Gainer

Author: Avi Kapoor | March 08, 2024 01:33pm

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the key $67,000 level on Friday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded gains, trading past the key $3,900 mark this morning.

FLOKI (CRYPTO: FLOKI) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Bitget Token (CRYPTO: BGB) turned out to be the biggest loser.

The U.S. economy added 275,000 jobs in February, topping market estimates of 200,000 and higher than the revised 229,000 gain in January. The unemployment rate in the U.S. increased by 0.2 percentage point to 3.9% in February.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $2.58 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 2.7%. BTC was trading higher by 1.3% at $67,856 while ETH rose by around 4.8% to $3,980 on Friday.

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

Gainers

 

FLOKI (CRYPTO: FLOKI)
Price: $0.0002214
24-hour gain: 70%

Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE)
Price: $0.000008659
24-hour gain: 29.6%

dogwifhat (CRYPTO: WIF)
Price: $2.25
24-hour gain: 27.7%

THORChain (CRYPTO: RUNE)
Price: $7.57
24-hour gain: 26.6%

Bonk (CRYPTO: BONK)
Price: $0.00003381
24-hour gain: 21.1%

Losers

 

Bitget Token (CRYPTO: BGB)
Price: $0.8988
24-hour drop: 7.5%

SingularityNET (CRYPTO: AGIX)
Price: $1.14
24-hour drop: 4%

Cosmos (CRYPTO: ATOM)
Price: $13.44
24-hour drop: 2.9%

Axelar (CRYPTO: AXL)
Price: $2.16
24-hour drop: 2.7%

Kaspa (CRYPTO: KAS)
Price: $0.1546
24-hour drop: 2.4%

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