Bitcoin, Ethereum Record Losses Following Jobs Data; Pepe, Fantom Among Top Losers

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved lower, but the cryptocurrency prices remained above the $30,000 level on Friday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also recorded losses, trading below the key $1,900 mark this morning.

The U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in June versus a revised gain of 306,000 jobs in May, recording the lowest reading since Dec. 2020. Analysts were expecting for a gain of 225,000 jobs. 

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

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.17 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 3.2%. BTC was trading lower by 3.2% at $30,176 while ETH fell by around 3.9% to $1,863 on Friday.

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

Gainers

• eCash XEC/USD

Price: $0.00003928
24-hour gain: 4.1%

• Dai DAI/USD

Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%

• Binance USD BUSD/USD

Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%

• Tether USDT/USD

Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%

• USD Coin USDC/USD

Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%

Losers

• Pepe PEPE/USD

Price: $0.000001539
24-hour drop: 11.5%

• Fantom FTM/USD

Price: $0.2685
24-hour drop: 11.5%

• ApeCoin APE/USD

Price: $1.89
24-hour drop: 10.5%

• Lido DAO LDO/USD

Price: $1.91
24-hour drop: 9.6%

• Compound COMP/USD

Price: $55.55
24-hour drop: 9.5%

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