Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) traded lower, but the cryptocurrency prices remaining below the key $31,000 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded losses, trading below the key $1,900 mark this morning.

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

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.17 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 1.1%. BTC was trading lower by 0.8% at $30,345 while ETH fell by around 0.9% to $1,862 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

• Compound (CRYPTO: COMP)

Price: $43.75
24-hour gain: 8.4%

• Stellar (CRYPTO: XLM)

Price: $0.1004
24-hour gain: 5.7%

• VeChain (CRYPTO: VET)

Price: $0.01939
24-hour gain: 5.4%

• Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO: BCH)

Price: $232.51
24-hour gain: 3.3%

• UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO)

Price: $3.93
24-hour gain: 1.7%

Losers

• Optimism (CRYPTO: OP)

Price: $1.25
24-hour drop: 7.2%

• Sui (CRYPTO: SUI)

Price: $0.6789
24-hour drop: 7.2%

• Conflux (CRYPTO: CFX)

Price: $0.2155
24-hour drop: 6.8%

• Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE)

Price: $0.000001543
24-hour drop: 6.6%

• Aptos (CRYPTO: APT)

Price: $7.02
24-hour drop: 6.4%

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