Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin rises above $26,400 amid positive unemployment data in the US

Cryptocurrency markets experienced a slight increase in trading on Friday due to positive weekly unemployment data in the US. Bitcoin rose by 0.93%, reaching $26,450, and Ethereum was above $1,800. Other top crypto tokens, such as Litecoin, Polygon, and XRP, were also trading higher. The total volume in DeFi was around 1.73 billion. Investors are awaiting a clear resolution on the US debt ceiling conversations before making further decisions, according to a CoinSwitch Ventures executive. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading at $1.11 trillion, a rise of 0.70% in the last 24 hours.