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Malaysian minister says crypto miners behind $722M electricity theft

Malaysian minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir revealed the figure at an event to mark the disposal of seized crypto mining equipment.

US Department of Energy plan to collect crypto energy data is ‘abuse of power’

The Texas Blockchain Council has claimed that the EIA’s emergency crypto mining data collection powers are “tantamount to federal overreach.”

A popular short-seller has released a series of scathing allegations about one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin miners, Hut 8.

Europol arrested a 29-year-old accused of making $2 million from mining crypto while passing on the bill to hacked cloud providers.

The Russian crypto miner was kidnapped from his home by three men and told he would be framed for possessing drugs if a ransom was not paid.