Bitcoin, Ethereum Gain Following Jobs Data; Injective Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD traded higher, with the cryptocurrency prices above the $27,000 level on Friday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also recorded gains, trading close to the key $1,900 mark this morning.

The US economy added 339,000 jobs in May, significantly higher than market estimates of 190,000. The unemployment rate, however, increased to 3.7% in May.

Injective INJ/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while GateToken GT/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.15 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 1.2%. BTC was trading higher by 0.8% at $27,114 while ETH rose by around 1.8% to $1,893 on Friday.

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

Gainers

• Injective INJ/USD

Price: $8.06
24-hour gain: 11.7%

• Lido DAO LDO/USD

Price: $2.28
24-hour gain: 10.5%

• Arbitrum ARB/USD

Price: $1.24
24-hour gain: 7.9%

• Aptos APT/USD

Price: $9.11
24-hour gain: 7.1%

• WOO Network WOO/USD

Price: $0.2351
24-hour gain: 6.6%

Losers

• GateToken GT/USD

Price: $4.32
24-hour drop: 3.5%

• Pepe PEPE/USD

Price: $0.000001276
24-hour drop: 2.4%

• Toncoin TON/USD

Price: $1.77
24-hour drop: 1.6%

• Monero XMR/USD

Price: $145.89
24-hour drop: 1.3%

• Conflux CFX/USD

Price: $0.2891
24-hour drop: 1%

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