Bitcoin, Ethereum Edge Higher Following Jobs Data; XDC Network Emerges As Top Gainer
Bitcoin BTC/USD edged higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the key $29,000 level on Friday. Ethereum ETH/USD also moved slightly higher, trading above the key $1,800 mark this morning. The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in July, compared to market estimates of 200,000 and compared to a revised 185,000 gain in June. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in July from 3.6% in June and versus market estimates of 3.6%. XDC Network XDC/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Conflux CFX/USD turned out to be the biggest loser. At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.17 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.1%. BTC was trading higher by 0.2% at $29,170 while ETH rose by around 0.2% to $1,836 on Friday. Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours: Gainers XDC Network XDC/USD Price: $0.08452 24-hour gain: 10.2% OKB OKB/USD Price: $44.72 24-hour gain: 7% Shiba Inu SHIB/USD Price: $0.000008598 24-hour gain: 4.5% GMX GMX/USD Price: $51.69 24-hour gain: 4.4% Optimism OP/USD Price: $1.72 24-hour gain: 3.8% Losers Conflux CFX/USD Price: $0.1836 24-hour drop: 4.3% Compound COMP/USD Price: $56.86 24-hour drop: 3.6% Stacks STX/USD Price: $0.5898 24-hour drop: 3.4% Litecoin LTC/USD Price: $83.13 24-hour drop: 3.4% Kava KAVA/USD Price: $0.8357 24-hour drop: 3% Read This Next: Top 5 Financial Stocks That May Implode This Quarter Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs© 2025 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.