Bitcoin BTC/USD edged higher, with the cryptocurrency prices trading above the $42,800 level on Wednesday.

Ethereum ETH/USD also recorded gains, trading above the key $2,200 mark this morning.

Bitcoin SV BSV/USD was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while Bonk BONK/USD turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap rose to $1.67 trillion, recording a 24-hour gain of 0.5%. BTC was trading higher by 0.2% at $42,842 while ETH rose by around 1.7% to $2,284 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

Bitcoin SV BSV/USD
Price: $62.24
24-hour gain: 24%

Polygon MATIC/USD
Price: $1.09
24-hour gain: 21.8%

Mina MINA/USD
Price: $1.43
24-hour gain: 21.5%

Astar ASTR/USD
Price: $0.1317
24-hour gain: 20.5%

Optimism OP/USD
Price: $3.66
24-hour gain: 10%

Losers

Bonk BONK/USD
Price: $0.00001559
24-hour drop: 14.1%

Oasis Network ROSE/USD
Price: $0.1328
24-hour drop: 9.7%

NEAR Protocol NEAR/USD
Price: $4.15
24-hour drop: 8.8%

Beam BEAM/USD
Price: $0.01881
24-hour drop: 8.3%

Quant QNT/USD
Price: $140.45
24-hour drop: 7%