Bitcoin, Ethereum Fall Following Jobless Claims Data; BitTorrent Becomes Top Loser

Bitcoin BTC/USD moved lower, with the cryptocurrency prices trading below the key $44,000 level on Thursday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also fell slightly, but remained above the key $2,200 mark this morning.

ORDI ORDI/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while BitTorrent (New) BTT/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

U.S. initial jobless claims rose by 1,000 to 220,000 in the week ending Dec. 2, compared to market estimates of 222,000.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.58 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 1.2%. BTC was trading lower by 1.8% at $43,204 while ETH fell by around 0.4% to $2,251 on Thursday.

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

Gainers

ORDI ORDI/USD
Price: $55.11
24-hour gain: 21.8%

Helium HNT/USD
Price: $5.01
24-hour gain: 19%

Beam BEAM/USD
Price: $0.01613
24-hour gain: 6.6%

Gala GALA/USD
Price: $0.03053
24-hour gain: 5.6%

Kava KAVA/USD
Price: $0.8569
24-hour gain: 5.5%

Losers

BitTorrent (New) BTT/USD
Price: $0.000000756
24-hour drop: 21.6%

Pepe PEPE/USD
Price: $0.000001452
24-hour drop: 7.6%

Render RNDR/USD
Price: $3.58
24-hour drop: 6.8%

THORChain RUNE/USD
Price: $6.31
24-hour drop: 6.2%

Dogecoin DOGE/USD
Price: $0.09475
24-hour drop: 6.2%

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