Crypto prices traded higher this morning, with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the most valued cryptocurrency in the world, trading above the $16,800 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded gains, trading above the major $1,200 level.

Fantom (CRYPTO: FTM) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $849.70 billion, recording a 24-hour gain of 2%. BTC was trading higher by 2.4% at $16,815.27, while ETH rose by around 4.4% to $1,262 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

• Fantom (CRYPTO: FTM)

Price: $0.2362
24-hour gain: 10.7%

• GMX (CRYPTO: GMX)

Price: $45.55
24-hour gain: 9.4%

• NEAR Protocol (CRYPTO: NEAR)

Price: $1.70
24-hour gain: 6.2%

• Zcash (CRYPTO: ZEC)

Price: $42.30
24-hour gain: 5.5%

• Quant (CRYPTO: QNT)

Price: $118.23
24-hour gain: 5.1%

Losers

• ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE)

Price: $4.00
24-hour drop: 3.3%

• Chain (CRYPTO: XCN)

Price: $0.04082
24-hour drop: 3.2%

• BinaryX (CRYPTO: BNX)

Price: $139.23
24-hour drop: 2.9%

• Helium (CRYPTO: HNT)

Price: $2.41
24-hour drop: 2.5%

• Huobi Token (CRYPTO: HT)

Price: $6.86
24-hour drop: 2.2%