Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) edged higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the key $29,000 level on Friday.
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also moved slightly higher, trading above the key $1,800 mark this morning.
The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in July, compared to market estimates of 200,000 and compared to a revised 185,000 gain in June. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in July from 3.6% in June and versus market estimates of 3.6%.
XDC Network (CRYPTO: XDC) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Conflux (CRYPTO: CFX) turned out to be the biggest loser.
At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.17 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.1%. BTC was trading higher by 0.2% at $29,170 while ETH rose by around 0.2% to $1,836 on Friday.
Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:
Gainers
- XDC Network (CRYPTO: XDC)
Price: $0.08452
24-hour gain: 10.2%
- OKB (CRYPTO: OKB)
Price: $44.72
24-hour gain: 7%
- Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)
Price: $0.000008598
24-hour gain: 4.5%
- GMX (CRYPTO: GMX)
Price: $51.69
24-hour gain: 4.4%
- Optimism (CRYPTO: OP)
Price: $1.72
24-hour gain: 3.8%
Losers
- Conflux (CRYPTO: CFX)
Price: $0.1836
24-hour drop: 4.3%
- Compound (CRYPTO: COMP)
Price: $56.86
24-hour drop: 3.6%
- Stacks (CRYPTO: STX)
Price: $0.5898
24-hour drop: 3.4%
- Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC)
Price: $83.13
24-hour drop: 3.4%
- Kava (CRYPTO: KAVA)
Price: $0.8357
24-hour drop: 3%
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