Ethereum Rises Above $1,900; Here Are The Top Crypto Movers For Wednesday

Author: Lisa Levin | August 17, 2022 03:55am

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the world’s oldest cryptocurrency, managed to surpass the $24,000 level on Wednesday.

The second-most valued cryptocurrency, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), showed a steady growth, topping the $1,900 mark.

Other popular crypto coins, including Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP) and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), traded higher this morning.

EOS (CRYPTO: EOS) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Celsius (CRYPTO: CEL) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.16 trillion, recording a 24-hour rise of 1.2%. BTC was trading lower by around 0.3% to $24,045, while ETH rose by around 1.4% to $1,907 on Wednesday.

Investors are now awaiting earnings results from Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) and Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW), scheduled for release today.

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

Gainers

• EOS (CRYPTO: EOS)

Price: $1.59
24-hour gain: 25.9%

• Tezos (CRYPTO: XTZ)

Price: $1.97
24-hour gain: 9.3%

• Quant (CRYPTO: QNT)

Price: $119.66
24-hour gain: 6.2%

• Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)

Price: $0.08548
24-hour gain: 5.3%

• UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO)

Price: $5.40
24-hour gain: 4.4%

 

Losers

• Celsius (CRYPTO: CEL)

Price: $2.40
24-hour drop: 13.6%

• Convex Finance (CRYPTO: CVX)

Price: $6.27
24-hour drop: 3.9%

• Monero (CRYPTO: XMR)

Price: $165.18
24-hour drop: 3.2%

• STEPN (CRYPTO: GMT)

Price: $1.05
24-hour drop: 3.1%

• Oasis Network (CRYPTO: ROSE)

Price: $0.09118
24-hour drop: 2.1%

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