Crypto On Sept. 13: Bitcoin Above $22,000, Ether Retains $1,700

KEY POINTS

The best performers were LUNC, QNT, EGLD and CHZ
The worst performers were NEAR, FTT, AVAX and MATIC
In the last seven days, BTC rose 10.41%, while ETH was up 10.88%.

The crypto market opened Tuesday with Bitcoin (BTC) above the $22,000 price level while Ether (ETH) successfully retained the $1,700 price region. In the last 24 hours, BTC outperformed ETH as it rose 2.41% and the latter dropped 1.48%.

As of 3:08 a.m. ET, the price of the leading cryptocurrencies BTC and ETH stood at $22,336 and $1,709, respectively, according to the data from CoinMarketCap.

As per the data from Alternative.me, the crypto market sentiment turned from "extreme fear" to "fear." Moreover, the value of the Fear and Greed Index was 34, indicating that the volatility in the market is gradually dying. In the last seven days, BTC rose 12.45%, while ETH's price increased 2.62%.

The other top 10 cryptocurrencies showed mixed performances with Solana (SOL) up 10.17% to $38.31; Binance Coin (BNB) down 0.17% to $293.43; Cardano (ADA) down 0.82% to $0.5025; Polkadot (DOT) down 0.57% to $7.65; and Ripple (XRP) up 0.76% to $0.3557.

The top losers in the crypto market included Terra Classic (LUNC), which was down 18.53% to $0.0003293; Quant (QNT), which was down 3.74% to $105.33; Chiliz (CHZ), which was down 1.81% to $0.2019; and Elrond (EGLD), which was down 2.71% to $51.52.

The best performers in the crypto space included Polygon (MATIC), which was up 4.50% to $0.9246, Avalanche (AVAX), which was up 4.47% to $21.36, FTX Token (FTT), which was up 3.34% to $28.75; and NEAR Protocol (NEAR), which was up 4.99% to $4.99.

Moreover, metaverse token The Sandbox (SAND) was down 1.70% to $0.9551 and Decentraland (MANA) was down 1.42% to $0.7912 as of 3.10 a.m. ET.