Bitcoin Edges Higher Following Current Account Report; Stacks Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD edged higher, but the cryptocurrency prices traded below the key $43,000 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum ETH/USD, meanwhile, moved lower, trading above the key $2,200 mark this morning.

Stacks STX/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Terra Classic LUNC/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

The US current account deficit narrowed by 7.6% to $200.3 billion in the third quarter, versus the revised figure of $216.8 billion in the prior quarter and compared to markets estimates of a $196 billion gap.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.61 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.01%. BTC was trading higher by 0.2% at $42,973 while ETH fell by around 0.9% to $2,211 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

Stacks STX/USD
Price: $1.43
24-hour gain: 21.3%

NEAR Protocol NEAR/USD
Price: $2.90
24-hour gain: 19.7%

Mina MINA/USD
Price: $0.8722
24-hour gain: 16%

Sui SUI/USD
Price: $0.6954
24-hour gain: 10.9%

VeChain VET/USD
Price: $0.03576
24-hour gain: 10.9%

Losers

Terra Classic LUNC/USD
Price: $0.0001538
24-hour drop: 11%

Bonk BONK/USD
Price: $0.00001833
24-hour drop: 6.9%

SATS (CRYPTO: 1000SATS)
Price: $0.0006853
24-hour drop: 5.9%

Terra LUNA/USD
Price: $0.9485
24-hour drop: 5.1%

Osmosis OSMO/USD
Price: $1.40
24-hour drop: 3.3%

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