Bitcoin, Ethereum Record Gains Following Jobless Claims Data; Bone ShibaSwap Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the $26,000 level on Thursday.

Ethereum ETH/USD, also recorded gains, trading above the key $1,600 mark this morning.

U.S. initial jobless claims fell by 10,000 from the previous week’s revised reading to 230,000 in the week ending Aug. 19, compared to market estimates of 240,000.

Bone ShibaSwap BONE/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Monero XMR/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.06 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 1.6%. BTC was trading higher by 1.9% at $26,388 while ETH rose by around 1.6% to $1,667 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

Bone ShibaSwap BONE/USD
Price: $1.33
24-hour gain: 10.4%

dYdX DYDX/USD
Price: $2.19
24-hour gain: 9.5%

Render RNDR/USD
Price: $1.47
24-hour gain: 7.6%

Immutable IMX/USD
Price: $0.5998
24-hour gain: 7%

Internet Computer ICP/USD
Price: $3.61
24-hour gain: 6.7%

Losers

Monero XMR/USD
Price: $137.72
24-hour drop: 3.9%

THORChain RUNE/USD
Price: $1.52
24-hour drop: 3.8%

Curve DAO Token CRV/USD
Price: $0.4587
24-hour drop: 1.5%

Akash Network AKT/USD
Price: $1.41
24-hour drop: 1.3%

UNUS SED LEO LEO/USD
Price: $3.83
24-hour drop: 0.2%

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