Crypto Legislation, Enforcement Highlight a Busy Fall for Financial Regulators; Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $19K

Ether, the second largest crypto by market cap and token of the Ethereum blockchain, was recently changing hands above $1,600, up 0.8% from a day earlier. Ethereum’s Merge, which will shift the protocol from proof-of-work to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake protocol, and has excited investors, is roughly a week away.