Crypto On Sept. 20: Bitcoin Back Above $19,000, Ether Eyes $1,400

The crypto market opened on a bullish note Tuesday as the leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) are back above the $19,000 and $1,300 price levels, respectively, following the major market crash at the beginning of the week.

The price of BTC and ETH tokens as of 12.52 a.m. ET was $19,313 and $1,353 respectively, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The trading volume of the world's biggest cryptocurrency surged 8.84% in the last 24 hours, while that of ETH dropped 7.45%, confirming that the sell-off of BTC and ETH was taking place.

Data from Alternative.me showed the crypto market sentiment was "extreme fear" and the value of the Fear and Greed Index was 23. Moreover, in the last seven days, BTC dropped 13.41%, while ETH's price dropped 21.12%.

The other top 10 cryptocurrencies were all in green, with Solana (SOL) up 3.10% to $32.28; Binance Coin (BNB) up 3.06% to $269.38; Cardano (ADA) up 1.63% to $0.448; Dogecoin (DOGE) up 2.24% to $0.05845; and Ripple (XRP) up 9.12% to $0.3777.

The best performers in the crypto market were Algorand (ALGO), which was up 13.11% to $0.3381; Terra Classic (LUNC), which was up 7.27% to $0.0003047; ApeCoin (APE), which was up 12.71% to $5.79; and Terra Classic (USTC), which was up 15.95% to $0.03484.

The top losers in the crypto market included Chainlink (LINK), which was down 0.16% to $7.18; Ravencoin (RVN), which was down by 0.26% to $0.04182; Huobi Token (HT), which was down by 0.58% to $4.47; and Decred (DCR), which was down by 0.20% to $24.53.

Other major tokens in the crypto market were also bullish with Stellar (XLM) up 6.78% to $0.1122, Chiliz (CHZ) up 7.48% to $0.2457; and Aave (AAVE) up 5.04% to $75.86.