Bitcoin Tops $63,000; Akash Network Emerges As Top Gainer

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) moved higher, with the cryptocurrency prices rising past the key $63,000 level on Friday.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also recorded gains, trading above the key $3,000 mark this morning.

Akash Network (CRYPTO: AKT) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $2.33 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 3.1%. BTC was trading higher by 3.2% at $63,074 while ETH rose by around 1.7% to $3,031 on Friday.

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

Gainers                                                

Akash Network (CRYPTO: AKT)

• Price: $5.91
• 24-hour gain: 22%

The Graph (CRYPTO: GRT)

• Price: $0.3118
• 24-hour gain: 17.3%

Toncoin (CRYPTO: TON)

• Price: $6.96    
• 24-hour gain: 16.8%

Arweave (CRYPTO: AR)

• Price: $44.52
• 24-hour gain: 14.4%

Immutable (CRYPTO: IMX)

• Price: $2.30
• 24-hour gain: 13%

BOOK OF MEME (CRYPTO: BOME)

• Price: $0.01151
• 24-hour gain: 11.5%

Losers

UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO)

• Price: $5.92     
• 24-hour drop: 0.7%

TRON (CRYPTO: TRX)

• Price: $0.1249
• 24-hour drop: 0.3%

Lido DAO (CRYPTO: W)

• Price: $1.88                
• 24-hour drop: 0.1%

BNB (CRYPTO: BNB)

• Price: $594.76
• 24-hour drop: 0.1%

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