Bitcoin, Ethereum Fall Following Jobless Claims Data; THORChain Becomes Top Loser

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved lower, but the cryptocurrency prices remained above the key $42,000 level on Thursday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also recorded losses, but traded above the key $2,500 mark this morning.

Siacoin SC/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while THORChain RUNE/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

U.S. initial jobless claims fell by 16,000 to 187,000 in the week ending January 18, compared to market estimates of 207,000.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.67 trillion, recording a 24-hour fall of 0.8%. BTC was trading lower by 0.6% at $$42,413 while ETH fell by around 1.3% to $2,512 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

Siacoin SC/USD
Price: $0.01178
24-hour gain: 9.2%

Manta Network MANTA/USD
Price: $2.46
24-hour gain: 8.6%

Flare FLR/USD
Price: $0.02291
24-hour gain: 8.4%

Blur BLUR/USD
Price: $0.7071
24-hour gain: 6.7%

dYdX (ethDYDX) ETHDYDX/USD
Price: $3.08
24-hour gain: 4.4%

Losers

THORChain RUNE/USD
Price: $4.11
24-hour drop: 12.3%

Beam BEAM/USD
Price: $0.02001
24-hour drop: 11.3%

Bonk BONK/USD
Price: $0.00001271
24-hour drop: 8.4%

WOO WOO/USD
Price: $0.4284
24-hour drop: 8.4%

Injective INJ/USD
Price: $38.06
24-hour drop: 7.5%

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