Benzinga - Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) moved lower, with the cryptocurrency prices falling below the key $58,000 level on Wednesday.
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded losses, trading below the key $2,900 mark this morning.
Optimism (CRYPTO: OP) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Arweave (CRYPTO: AR) turned out to be the biggest loser.
U.S. private employers added 192,000 new jobs during the month of April, compared to a revised 208,000 in March, topping market estimates of a 175,000 gain.
At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $2.14 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 4.9%. BTC was trading lower by 6% at $57,623 while ETH fell by around 4.3% to $2,887 on Wednesday.
Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:
Gainers Optimism (CRYPTO: OP)
- Price: $2.53
- 24-hour gain: 7.2%
Cosmos (CRYPTO: ATOM)
- Price: $8.38
- 24-hour gain: 7.1%
Starknet (CRYPTO: STRK)
- Price: $1.21
- 24-hour gain: 5.7%
Flare (CRYPTO: FLR)
- Price: $0.0295
- 24-hour gain: 4.8%
Axelar (CRYPTO: AXL)
- Price: $1.09
- 24-hour gain: 4.2%
Losers Arweave (CRYPTO: AR)
- Price: $27.22
- 24-hour drop: 19.3%
Stacks (CRYPTO: STX)
- Price: $2.02
- 24-hour drop: 12.2%
Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE)
- Price: $0.000006141
- 24-hour drop: 11.4%
Neo (CRYPTO: NEO)
- Price: $15.64
- 24-hour drop: 11.4%
Sei (CRYPTO: SEI)
- Price: $0.5292
- 24-hour drop: 9.1%
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