Bitcoin, Ethereum Record Gains; Fantom Emerges As Top Gainer

Crypto prices traded higher this morning, with Bitcoin BTC/USD, the most valued cryptocurrency in the world, trading above the $16,800 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also recorded gains, trading above the major $1,200 level.

Fantom FTM/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while ApeCoin APE/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $849.70 billion, recording a 24-hour gain of 2%. BTC was trading higher by 2.4% at $16,815.27, while ETH rose by around 4.4% to $1,262 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

• Fantom FTM/USD

Price: $0.2362
24-hour gain: 10.7%

• GMX GMX/USD

Price: $45.55
24-hour gain: 9.4%

• NEAR Protocol NEAR/USD

Price: $1.70
24-hour gain: 6.2%

• Zcash ZEC/USD

Price: $42.30
24-hour gain: 5.5%

• Quant QNT/USD

Price: $118.23
24-hour gain: 5.1%

Losers

• ApeCoin APE/USD

Price: $4.00
24-hour drop: 3.3%

• Chain XCN/USD

Price: $0.04082
24-hour drop: 3.2%

• BinaryX BNX/USD

Price: $139.23
24-hour drop: 2.9%

• Helium HNT/USD

Price: $2.41
24-hour drop: 2.5%

• Huobi Token HT/USD

Price: $6.86
24-hour drop: 2.2%