$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$, the world's oldest cryptocurrency, managed to remain above the $20,000 mark, but traded slightly lower this morning on Wednesday.

The second-most valued cryptocurrency, $Ethereum (ETH.CC)$, however recorded gains, inching towards the $1,600 level.

Other popular crypto coins, including $Dogecoin (DOGE.CC)$ and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), also traded in red this morning.

Lido DAO (CRYPTO: LDO) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while eCash (CRYPTO: XEC) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $987.33 billion, recording a 24-hour decline of 0.5%. BTC was trading lower by around 0.7% to $20,274, while ETH climbed by around 0.7% to $1,588 on Wednesday.

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

Gainers

• Lido DAO (CRYPTO: LDO)

Price: $2.04
24-hour gain: 8.9%

• Nexo (CRYPTO: NEXO)

Price: $1.06
24-hour gain: 5.9%

• NEAR Protocol (CRYPTO: NEAR)

Price: $4.30
24-hour gain: 4.8%

• Curve DAO Token (CRYPTO: CRV)

Price: $1.16
24-hour gain: 4.7%

• UNUS SED LEO (CRYPTO: LEO)

Price: $5.50
24-hour gain: 4.2%

Losers

• eCash (CRYPTO: XEC)

Price: $0.00004407
24-hour drop: 9.6%

• Synthetix (CRYPTO: SNX)

Price: $3.03
24-hour drop: 9%

• Helium (CRYPTO: HNT)

Price: $5.60
24-hour drop: 5.7%

• EOS (CRYPTO: EOS)

Price: $1.42
24-hour drop: 4.7%

• OKB (CRYPTO: OKB)

Price: $15.58
24-hour drop: 4.5%