Bitcoin Tops This Key Level; Gala, Solana Among Top Gainers

Bitcoin BTC/USD traded higher this morning following the release of jobs data on Friday, with prices surging past the key $17,000 level.

Ethereum ETH/USD, also moved higher, trading above the key $1,300 mark on Monday.

Gala (GALA) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Gemini Dollar (GUSD) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $850.54 billion, recording a 24-hour gain of 3.1%. BTC was trading higher by 1.8% at $17,254, while ETH rose by around 4.6% to $1,322.18 on Monday.

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

Gainers

• Gala (GALA)

Price: $0.04119
24-hour gain: 73%

• Zilliqa (ZIL)

Price: $0.02557
24-hour gain: 46.3%

• Solana (SOL)

Price: $16.27
24-hour gain: 19.2%

• Optimism (OP)

Price: $1.30
24-hour gain: 17.2%

• Lido DAO (LDO)

Price: $1.88
24-hour gain: 16.7%

• Curve DAO Token (CRV)

Price: $0.6345
24-hour gain: 15.5%

Losers

• Gemini Dollar (GUSD)

Price: $1.00
24-hour drop: 0.7%

• Fei USD (FEI)

Price: $0.9987
24-hour drop: 0.1%

• USD Coin (USDC)

Price: $1.00
24-hour drop: 0.1%

• Dai (DAI)

Price: $0.9998
24-hour drop: 0.1%

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