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MIAMI (Reuters) -Top enforcement officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday said the agencies will continue to police market misconduct, remarks that arrive as the Trump administration seeks to remake Washington and enforcement. Both market regulators have already undergone dramatic policy changes since Republicans took the helm at the agencies in late January, including a policy overhaul of cryptocurrency regulations at the SEC, while the CFTC has reorganized its enforcement division. "You can expect to see some changes based on priorities and the different policies we may pursue," Antonia Apps, acting deputy enforcement director at the SEC, said at an American Bar Association event in Miami.

Bitcoin's fundamentals held up well during the latest dip, suggesting underlying strength, Swissblock analysts said.

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Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels in more than three years amid fears that Donald Trump’s trade war is already starting to slow down the world economy.

U.S. authorities have in recent weeks begun releasing seized Chinese-made equipment used for cryptocurrency mining, two industry executives told Reuters. Cryptocurrency miners – basically souped-up computers with advanced chips – compete with one another to solve mathematical puzzles, a process which helps build the blockchains underpinning the cryptocurrency world and earn rewards in the form of new digital currency. “Thousands of units have been released,” said Taras Kulyk, CEO and co-founder of Synteq Digital, a cryptocurrency mining equipment broker.