Ethereum Tops $1,800 Following Economic Data; Gala, Dogecoin Among Top Gainers

Bitcoin BTC/USD traded slightly lower, but the cryptocurrency prices traded above the $34,000 level on Thursday.

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

Gala GALA/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Solana SOL/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

The U.S. economy grew an annualized 4.9% in the third quarter, higher than market expectations of 4.3% and compared to a 2.1% growth in the second quarter. U.S. initial jobless claims increased by 10,000 to 210,000 in the week ending Oct. 21, above market estimates of 208,000.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.27 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.6%. BTC was trading lower by 0.1% at $34,321 while ETH rose by around 2% to $1,822 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

Gala GALA/USD
Price: $0.01922
24-hour gain: 26.2%

Dogecoin DOGE/USD
Price: $0.07479
24-hour gain: 13.8%

The Graph GRT/USD
Price: $0.1008
24-hour gain: 10.1%

Shiba Inu SHIB/USD
Price: $0.000008085
24-hour gain: 9.2%

Pepe PEPE/USD
Price: $0.000001209
24-hour gain: 7.7%

Losers

Solana SOL/USD
Price: $32.22
24-hour drop: 4.3%

Injective INJ/USD
Price: $11.90
24-hour drop: 3.8%

Stacks STX/USD
Price: $0.6678
24-hour drop: 3.5%

Casper CSPR/USD
Price: $0.03301
24-hour drop: 2.5%

Aave AAVE/USD
Price: $82.10
24-hour drop: 1.3%

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