Bitcoin Tumbles Below $26,000, THORChain, Synthetix Among Top Losers

Author: Lisa Levin | August 21, 2023 09:56am

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) moved lower, with the cryptocurrency prices trading below the $26,000 level on Monday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded losses, trading below the key $1,700 mark this morning.

Optimism (CRYPTO: OP) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while THORChain (CRYPTO: RUNE) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.05 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 1.1%. BTC was trading lower by 0.9% at $25,942 while ETH fell by around 0.4% to $1,668 on Monday.

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

Gainers

Optimism (CRYPTO: OP)
Price: $1.49
24-hour gain: 1.5%

Hedera (CRYPTO: HBAR)
Price: $0.06318
24-hour gain: 1.4%

APENFT (CRYPTO: NFT)
Price: $0.0000003163
24-hour gain: 1.3%

GateToken (CRYPTO: GT)
Price: $3.91
24-hour gain: 1.2%

Monero (CRYPTO: XMR)
Price: $148.04
24-hour gain: 1.2%

Losers

THORChain (CRYPTO: RUNE)
Price: $1.62
24-hour drop: 7.1%

Synthetix (CRYPTO: SNX)
Price: $2.10
24-hour drop: 6.8%

Injective (CRYPTO: INJ)
Price: $7.37
24-hour drop: 6.4%

Akash Network (CRYPTO: AKT)
Price: $1.36
24-hour drop: 6.1%

ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE)
Price: $1.53
24-hour drop: 6.1%

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