Bitcoin Surpasses $30,000; Stellar Emerges As Top Gainer


Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) traded higher, with the cryptocurrency prices rising above the key $30,000 level on Thursday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also moved higher, trading above the key $1,900 mark this morning.

U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 9,000 from the earlier week to 228,000 in the week ending July 15, versus market expectations of 242,000.

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Stellar (CRYPTO: XLM) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Rocket Pool (CRYPTO: RPL) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.22 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 1.2%. BTC was trading higher by 1.3% at $30,386 while ETH rose by around 0.9% to $1,925 on Thursday.


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

Gainers

Price: $0.1636
24-hour gain: 18.1%

Price: $8.02
24-hour gain: 16.9%

  • XDC Network (CRYPTO: XDC)

Price: $0.03961
24-hour gain: 12.1%

Price: $0.905
24-hour gain: 8%

Price: $0.00003367
24-hour gain: 7.4%

Losers

  • Rocket Pool (CRYPTO: RPL)

Price: $32.61
24-hour drop: 4%

Price: $5.99
24-hour drop: 2.6%

Price: $2.73
24-hour drop: 2.5%

  • 1inch Network (CRYPTO: 1INCH)

Price: $0.3408
24-hour drop: 1.8%

  • Terra Classic (CRYPTO: LUNC)

Price: $0.00008752
24-hour drop: 1.6%

 

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