Ethereum Tops $3,900 Following Jobs Data; FLOKI Emerges As Top Gainer

Mar 8, 202417:33 UTC

Bitcoin moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the key $67,000 level on Friday.

Ethereum also recorded gains, trading past the key $3,900 mark this morning.

FLOKI was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Bitget Token turned out to be the biggest loser.

The U.S. economy added 275,000 jobs in February, topping market estimates of 200,000 and higher than the revised 229,000 gain in January. The unemployment rate in the U.S. increased by 0.2 percentage point to 3.9% in February.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $2.58 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 2.7%. BTC was trading higher by 1.3% at $67,856 while ETH rose by around 4.8% to $3,980 on Friday.

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

Gainers

FLOKI

Price: $0.0002214

24-hour gain: 70%

Pepe

Price: $0.000008659

24-hour gain: 29.6%

dogwifhat

Price: $2.25

24-hour gain: 27.7%

THORChain