Bitcoin Tops $35,000 Following Jobless Claims Data; PancakeSwap Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the key $35,000 level on Thursday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also traded higher, rising past the key $1,800 mark this morning.

PancakeSwap CAKE/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while THORChain RUNE/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

U.S. initial jobless claims increased by 5,000 to 217,000 in the week ending Oct. 28, compared to market estimates of 210,000.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.3 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 2.3%. BTC was trading higher by 1.5% at $35,039 while ETH rose by around 1.6% to $1,828 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

PancakeSwap CAKE/USD
Price: $1.68
24-hour gain: 36.8%

Oasis Network ROSE/USD
Price: $0.05873
24-hour gain: 15.1%

Aave AAVE/USD
Price: $94.34
24-hour gain: 13.5%

Decentraland MANA/USD
Price: $0.4096
24-hour gain: 13.5%

Uniswap UNI/USD
Price: $4.61
24-hour gain: 11.8%

Synthetix SNX/USD
Price: $2.46
24-hour gain: 10.6%

Solana SOL/USD
Price: $43.08
24-hour gain: 9%

Losers

THORChain RUNE/USD
Price: $2.89
24-hour drop: 4.7%

UNUS SED LEO LEO/USD
Price: $3.88
24-hour drop: 2.1%

Tether Gold (CRYPTO: XAUt)
Price: $1,988
24-hour drop: 0.1%

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