Crypto News Now: Bitcoin Near $82K, ETH Up 2.8% As Venom Lead Gainers

Crypto News Now: DeFi Market Rises 3.2% As Fear and Greed Index Hit 70 Cryptocurrency news today, September 21, 2026: Market cap rose 1% to $2.88 trillion, with Bitcoin and Ethereum gaining, Greed sentiment at 70, and Venom and Gravity leading gainers and losers. Crypto Market Update Today: Prices, Volume & Trends According to CoinGecko data recorded on September 21, 2026, at 1:30 AM UTC, the global crypto market capitalization stood at $2.88 trillion, up 1% over 24 hours. Total trading volume was $77.86 billion. Bitcoin’s (BTC) dominance in the industry remains strong at 56.9%, while Ethereum (ETH) holds 11.4%. The largest gainers in the industry over the past day are Tokenized Assets and Real World Assets (RWA) Cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Price Analysis (Note: BTC and ETH are often viewed as less volatile historically, but still risky. The data recorded from Official CoinGecko Data on 21 September 2026 at 1:30 AM UTC) Bitcoin (BTC) price today is $81807.85, up 0.8% over the last 24 hours. Its trading volume reached approximately $25.44 billion, while its market capitalization stood at around $1.64 trillion. Ethereum (ETH) price today is at $2691.52, surging 2.8% over 24 hours. Ethereum recorded about $13.95 billion in trading volume, while its market capitalization stood near $328.4 billion. Top Trending Crypto Coins Price in 24 Hours Several trending assets also posted notable moves over the last 24 hours. Zano (ZANO): $8.29, up 5.2%, with $1.57 million in trading volume. Firo (FIRO): $1.15, down 5.8%, with $142,974 in trading volume. Official Trump (TRUMP): $2.10, up 0.1%, with $193.11 million in trading volume. Avalanche (AVAX): $11.52, up 16.3%, with $1.45 billion in trading volume. NEAR Protocol (NEAR): $4.19, up 17.5%, with $2.03 billion in trading volume. NEAR Protocol recorded the highest 24-hour gain and trading volume among the five, while Firo was the only coin to post a loss over the period. Top 3 Crypto Gainers in 24 hours (Ranked by 24-hour percentage gain): Venom price today (VENOM): $0.01798, surged 76.4%, trading activity $928.41K. ALLINU price today (ALLINU): $0.0235, jumped 54.4%, trading activity $7.12M. Saga price today (SAGA): $0.03872, climbed 49.0%, trading activity $147.01M. VENOM recorded the largest percentage increase among the listed assets, rising more than 76%. However, SAGA had by far the highest trading volume, so its 49% gain was backed by much deeper liquidity than the smaller VENOM move, which saw under $1M in activity. Top 3 Crypto Losers in 24 hours (Ranked by 24-hour percentage loss): Gravity (by Galxe) price (G): $0.00679, down 37.4%, with trading volume near $283.63 million. Marscat Token price (MCAT): $0.5525, lower by 20.8%, with trading activity close to $9.93 million. Akedo price (AKE): $0.05268, slipped 18.6%, trading activity around $140.10 million.