Ethereum Edges Lower Following Jobless Claims Data; Synthetix, Compound Among Top Losers

Bitcoin BTC/USD edged lower, with the cryptocurrency prices trading below the $26,000 level on Thursday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also moved lower, trading below the key $1,700 mark this morning.

U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 13,000 from the previous week's revised reading to 216,000 in the week ending Sept. 2, compared to market expectations of 234,000.

Astar ASTR/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Synthetix SNX/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.04 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 0.1%. BTC was trading lower by 0.2% at $25,706 while ETH fell by around 0.4% to $1,627 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

Astar ASTR/USD
Price: $0.05812
24-hour gain: 5.1%

THORChain RUNE/USD
Price: $1.58
24-hour gain: 3.8%

IOTA MIOTA/USD
Price: $0.175
24-hour gain: 3.3%

Toncoin TON/USD
Price: $1.81
24-hour gain: 3%

Render RNDR/USD
Price: $1.41
24-hour gain: 2.8%

Losers

Synthetix SNX/USD
Price: $2.35
24-hour drop: 6.5%

Compound COMP/USD
Price: $39.64
24-hour drop: 2.7%

EOS EOS/USD
Price: $0.576
24-hour drop: 2.3%

XDC Network XDC/USD
Price: $0.05392
24-hour drop: 2.2%

SafePal SFP/USD
Price: $0.5898
24-hour drop: 2.2%

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