Bitcoin, Ethereum Record Losses Following Jobs Data; Pepe, Fantom Among Top Losers

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) moved lower, but the cryptocurrency prices remained above the $30,000 level on Friday.
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded losses, trading below the key $1,900 mark this morning.
The U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in June versus a revised gain of 306,000 jobs in May, recording the lowest reading since Dec. 2020. Analysts were expecting for a gain of 225,000 jobs.
eCash (CRYPTO: XEC) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE) 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 3.2%. BTC was trading lower by 3.2% at $30,176 while ETH fell by around 3.9% to $1,863 on Friday.
Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:
Gainers
- eCash (CRYPTO: XEC)
Price: $0.00003928
24-hour gain: 4.1%
- Dai (CRYPTO: DAI)
Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%
- Binance USD (CRYPTO: BUSD)
Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%
- Tether (CRYPTO: USDT)
Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%
- USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC)
Price: $1.00
24-hour gain: 0.1%
Losers
- Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE)
Price: $0.000001539
24-hour drop: 11.5%
- Fantom (CRYPTO: FTM)
Price: $0.2685
24-hour drop: 11.5%
- ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE)
Price: $1.89
24-hour drop: 10.5%
- Lido DAO (CRYPTO: LDO)
Price: $1.91
24-hour drop: 9.6%
- Compound (CRYPTO: COMP)
Price: $55.55
24-hour drop: 9.5%
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