Bitcoin Falls Below $26,000 Following PMI Data; Maker Becomes Top Loser

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved slightly lower, with the cryptocurrency prices falling below the $26,000 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum ETH/USD, also moved lower, trading below the key $1,700 mark this morning.

The S&P Global US manufacturing PMI declined to 47 in August from 49 in July, while composite PMI fell to 50.4 in August.

Astar ASTR/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Maker MKR/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.04 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 0.4%. BTC was trading lower by 0.1% at $25,983 while ETH fell by around 0.4% to $1,648 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

Astar ASTR/USD
Price: $0.06613
24-hour gain: 9.6%

Sui SUI/USD
Price: $0.5773
24-hour gain: 6.4%

NEAR Protocol NEAR/USD
Price: $1.17
24-hour gain: 4.6%

dYdX DYDX/USD
Price: $1.99
24-hour gain: 4.4%

WOO Network WOO/USD
Price: $0.1761
24-hour gain: 4.2%

Losers

Maker MKR/USD
Price: $1,018.54
24-hour drop: 7.7%

Akash Network AKT/USD
Price: $1.41
24-hour drop: 5%

Immutable IMX/USD
Price: $0.557
24-hour drop: 4.4%

Hedera HBAR/USD
Price: $0.05874
24-hour drop: 4.1%

THORChain RUNE/USD
Price: $1.58
24-hour drop: 4%

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