Market Wrap: Bitcoin Takes Late Dive Below $19K, Ether Falls as Merge Countdown Begins

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) took divergent paths on Tuesday, as BTC traded down while ETH rose in early trading ahead of the much-anticipated transition of the Ethereum blockchain to a proof-of-stake protocol from a proof-of-work. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets.