Here Are CoinmarketCap’s Top 5 Gainers in the Past 24 Hours

• Bitcoin dragged the rest of the crypto market when it climbed above $27,000.
• Various altcoins have moved at varying paces over the past few days.
• XTZ, ATOM, STX, KLAY, and OKB are the top 5 gainers on CoinMarketCap.

Bitcoin dragged the rest of the crypto market when it climbed above $27,000 at the beginning of Q4 2023. That move breathed new life into the crypto market, injecting some missing volatility. Various altcoins have moved at varying paces over the past few days, and in the past 24 hours, XTZ, ATOM, STX, KLAY, and OKB have topped the gainers’ table on CoinMarketCap.

Tezos (XTZ)

Tezos (XTZ) gained 6.09% in the past 24 hours to top the gainers’ chart on CoinMarketCap. The blockchain network’s token traded at $0.7029 at the time of writing, with a market cap of $671.7 million. Tezos is a smart contract-based blockchain protocol in the vein of Ethereum, with the additional aim of offering a more advanced infrastructure. The native token of the Tezos blockchain is XTZ.

Cosmos (ATOM)

Cosmos (ATOM) traded for $7.09 at the time of writing, representing a gain of 3.88% in the past 24 hours. ATOM, Cosmos’ native coin has a market cap of $2.63 billion, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Cosmos claims to solve the toughest problems of the blockchain industry, including speed, cost, scalability, and energy problems.

Stacks (STX)

At $0.5036, Stacks (STX) had gained 1.60% in the past 24 hours, making it the third-highest gainer on CoinMarketCap. Stacks’ native token is represented with the ticker STX and boasts a $712.4 million market cap. Stacks is a layer 2 protocol on the Bitcoin network that enables smart contracts development. The Stacks project enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use bitcoin as an asset and for transaction settlements.

Klaytn (KLAY)

Klaytn’s price at the time of writing was $0.1201, marking a 1.42% increment in the past 24 hours. That value placed Klaytn’s native coin, KLAY, as the fourth-highest gainer on CoinMarketCap during the said period. Klaytn has a $383.4 million market cap and is a project focused on the metaverse, gamefi, and the creator economy.

OKB (OKB)

OKB is a cryptocurrency released by the OK Blockchain Foundation and the renowned OKEx crypto exchange. The OKEx utility token allows users to access special features on the crypto exchange. OKB traded for $43.27 at the time of writing, reflecting a 0.93% gain in the past 24 hours. Data from CoinMarketCap showed OKB’s market cap to be approximately $2.6 billion.