Crypto On Sept. 2: Bitcoin Retain $20,000, Ether Above $1,500

The crypto market turned a tad bullish as the week is about to close, and leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) retained price action above the $20,000 and $1,500 price level, which have been acting as minor psychological support levels.

In the last 24 hours, Ether outperformed Bitcoin as ETH rose by 2.17%, while BTC rose by 0.25%. As of 2.13 am ET, the price of 1 BTC is $20,097, while the price of 1 ETH is around $1,586, according to the data from CoinMarketCap.

Data from Alternative.me revealed the crypto market is in "Extreme Fear" and uncertainties prevail in the crypto space. Moreover, the value of the Fear and Greed Index is 25. In the last seven days, Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped by 6.26%, while Ether has dropped by 4.75%.

The maximum price of 1 BTC is predicted to be $30,160.72 by the end of the year, as per the chart shared by BitcoinWisdom, while the maximum price of 1 ETH is expected to be $2,379.07.

The other cryptocurrencies in the top 10 were mostly bullish as of 2.15 am ET except Binance Coin (BNB) which was down by 0.07% to $277.91. On the contrary, Cardano (ADA) was up by 1.58% to $0.4563; Dogecoin (DOGE) was up by 1.91% to $0.06217; Ripple (XRP) was up by 1.97% to $0.3332; and Solana (SOL) was up by 0.64% to $31.50.

The best performers in the crypto market as of 2.16 am ET were Polkadot (DOT), which rose by 3.12% to $7.22; Monero (XMR), which rose by 4.63% to $0.8794; Litecoin (LTC), which rose by 4.47% to $57.04; and Eos (EOS), which rose by 13.05% to $1.55.

The worst performers as of 2.17a.m. ET were eCash (XEC), which was down by 2% to $0.00004635; Synthetix (SNX), which was down by 4.69% to $2.95, Nexo (NEXO) which was down by 2.54% to $1.06; and Helium (HNT), which was down by 3.95% to $4.87.