Bitcoin BTC/USD moved lower, with the cryptocurrency prices below the $29,000 level on Friday.
Ethereum ETH/USD also edged lower, trading close to the key $1,900 mark this morning.
The US economy added 253,000 jobs in April, beating market expectations of 180,000 and versus a revised 165,000 gain in March. The unemployment rate fell to 3.4% in April, versus market expectations of 3.6%. Average hourly earnings increased by 0.5% to $33.36 in April.
Pepe PEPE/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Stacks STX/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.
At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.20 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 0.1%. BTC was trading lower by 0.3% at $28,967 while ETH fell by around 0.1% to $1,901 on Friday.
Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:
Gainers
Price: $0.000002894
24-hour gain: 80.3%
Price: $0.00005409
24-hour gain: 59.6%
Price: $0.4997
24-hour gain: 3.2%
Price: $1.35
24-hour gain: 1.5%
Price: $0.2991
24-hour gain: 1.5%
Losers
Price: $0.7301
24-hour drop: 6.5%
Price: $1.87
24-hour drop: 5.2%
Price: $2.19
24-hour drop: 4.8%
Price: $2.04
24-hour drop: 4.3%
Price: $3.14
24-hour drop: 4.1%
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