Bitcoin Tops $64,000 Ahead Of Fed's Decision; Pepe Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading past the key $64,000 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also recorded gains, trading above the key $3,300 mark this morning.

Pepe PEPE/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while dogwifhat WITF/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

The US Federal Reserve will announce its policy decision today, with markets expecting no change in interest rates.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $2.41 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.3%. BTC was trading higher by 0.7% at $64,031 while ETH rose by around 1.9% to $3,355 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

Pepe PEPE/USD
Price: $0.000007334
24-hour gain: 10.9%

KuCoin Token KCS/USD
Price: $14.02
24-hour gain: 10.2%

Starknet STRK/USD
Price: $2.07
24-hour gain: 9.5%

Toncoin TON/USD
Price: $4.23
24-hour gain: 8.4%

Optimism OP/USD
Price: $3.49
24-hour gain: 8.2%

Losers

dogwifhat WITF/USD
Price: $2.10
24-hour drop: 15.2%

Avalanche AVAX/USD
Price: $53.86
24-hour drop: 10.6%

Aptos APT/USD
Price: $14.81
24-hour drop: 5.5%

Solana SOL/USD
Price: $174.83
24-hour drop: 5.1%

Jupiter JUP/USD
Price: $1.17
24-hour drop: 4.8%

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