‘Challenge to our system’: Malaysia cracks down on illegal Bitcoin mining; power theft losses reach $1.1 billion

Malaysian authorities are stepping up their crackdown on illegal Bitcoin mining after uncovering nearly 14,000 illicit sites over the past five years and reporting about $1.1 billion in power-theft losses for state utility Tenaga Nasional (TNB).With cases rising sharply, including around 3,000 power-theft incidents linked to mining recorded by early October, the government last month…

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Sunetra Pawar set to take over as NCP chief, says Praful Patel; skirts merger talk | India News

NEW DELHI: Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Friday said the party’s immediate focus was on consolidating its organisation and rallying behind Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, who is set to assume charge as the NCP’s national president in the coming fortnight following the death of Ajit Pawar.Patel said Sunetra Pawar…

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North Korean-backed hackers roll out new attack vector targeting crypto executives and firms

The North Korean state-run Lazarus Group is running a new campaign known as “Mach-O Man” that turns routine business communication into a direct path to credential theft and data loss, security experts warned Wednesday. The collective, with cumulative loot estimated at $6.7 billion since 2017, is targeting fintech, cryptocurrency and other high-value executives and firms,…

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Tether’s $344 million USDT freeze linked to U.S. ‘Economic Fury’ against Iran regime

The U.S. Treasury Department said Friday that a $344 million cryptocurrency freeze is part of its latest effort to disrupt financial networks tied to Iran. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an X post that the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning multiple crypto wallets linked to Iran, resulting in the freeze…

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Bitcoin miners chase AI demand as Nvidia says Rubin is already in production

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s next-generation Vera Rubin platform is already in “full production,” unveiling fresh details at the CES tech event in Las Vegas about hardware that he says can deliver five times the artificial-intelligence computing of Nvidia’s previous systems. Rubin is expected to arrive later this year and is aimed squarely…

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US stock market today: Dow tumbles 900 points, S&P 500 and Nasdaq slide 1.6% as oil crosses $90; weak jobs data raise stagflation fears | Business

US stocks fell sharply on Friday as surging oil prices and disappointing economic data fuelled concerns about a potential stagflation scenario, where slowing growth combines with rising inflation.The S&P 500 dropped 1.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 909 points, or 1.9%, to 48,338.36 as of 9:35 am Eastern Time, AP reported. The Nasdaq…

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