Bitcoin Price Rises but Ether Outpaces as Merge Nears

Bitcoin (BTC): $24,164 +1.9%

Ether (ETH): $1,896 +3.9%

S&P 500 daily close: 4,207.27 −0.1%

Gold: $1,804 per troy ounce +0.4%

Ten-year Treasury yield daily close: 2.89% +0.1

Bitcoin, ether and gold prices are taken at approximately 4pm New York time. Bitcoin is the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX); Ether is the CoinDesk Ether Price Index (ETX); Gold is the COMEX spot price. Information about CoinDesk Indices can be found at coindesk.com/indices.