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Bill Maher says crypto mining uses 8% of world’s electricity — he’s wrong

Maher was lambasted online after he broadcast the false crypto figures on TV and to nearly 12 million followers on social media.

Iran is offering $20 bounty to snitch on illegal crypto miners

Officials from Iran’s state-backed electricity firm say illegal crypto miners and a 49.7C heatwave are damaging the country’s power network.

Airbnb owner Ashley said the guest ran up a $1,500 electricity bill and also installed an electric vehicle charging point.

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

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