Bitcoin Rises Above This Key Level Following Recent Labor Market Data; Stacks Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the key $28,000 level on Monday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also moved higher, trading above the key $1,800 mark this morning.

On Friday, the Labor Department reported the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in March, just shy of economist estimates of 240,000 new jobs. U.S. wages grew 4.2% year-over-year, while the unemployment rate ticked lower from 3.6% to 3.5%.

Stacks STX/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Mask Network MASK/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.18 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.7%. BTC was trading higher by 1.2% at $28,306 while ETH rose by around 0.7% to $1,855 on Monday.

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

Gainers

• Stacks STX/USD

Price: $0.85
24-hour gain: 6.1%

• SingularityNET AGIX/USD

Price: $0.3918
24-hour gain: 4.8%

• Render Token RNDR/USD

Price: $1.32
24-hour gain: 3.8%

• THORChain RUNE/USD

Price: $1.60
24-hour gain: 3.5%

• Kava KAVA/USD

Price: $0.8847
24-hour gain: 3.1%

Losers

• Mask Network MASK/USD

Price: $5.44
24-hour drop: 2.5%

• Chiliz CHZ/USD

Price: $0.1283
24-hour drop: 2.5%

• Curve DAO Token CRV/USD

Price: $0.9944
24-hour drop: 1.8%

• Enjin Coin ENJ/USD

Price: $0.4267
24-hour drop: 1.7%

• Frax Share FXS/USD

Price: $8.85
24-hour drop: 1.6%

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