Malaysian authorities are using drones and handheld sensors to crack down on Bitcoin mining operations stealing power from the grid, according to Bloomberg, Decrypt.com reported. Last month, Malaysia launched a special committee made up of staff from the Ministry of Finance, Bank Negara Malaysia and TNB to target illicit actors. The move is the latest in a series by authorities to rein in illegal mining, including a crackdown in May this year that shut down almost 2,400 operations. Among them was the seizure of 45 rigs in the northeast of the country.
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Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed in his bid to stay a bankruptcy notice after the High Court upheld the Inland Revenue Board's (IRB) action against the former prime minister for an unpaid additional assessment of close to RM1.7 billion, TheEdgeMalaysia.com reported. Similarly, his son Datuk Nazifuddin Najib has also failed to obtain a stay over a bankruptcy notice issued against him for not paying RM37 million. With this, the IRB can continue with initiating bankruptcy proceedings against the duo.
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Malaysia’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged as expected, with tariff-related uncertainties looming, the Wall Street Journal reported. Bank Negara Malaysia on Thursday kept the overnight policy rate at 2.75% after July’s first cut in five years. The central bank “considers the monetary policy stance to be appropriate and supportive of the economy amid price stability,” it said in a statement. Malaysia’s economy grew 4.4% in the first half of 2025 and remains on track to meet the central bank’s full-year growth target of between 4% and 4.8%, it said.
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The Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2025 will not undermine national sovereignty, says law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said in addressing concerns from several MPs over possible interference by foreign courts, FreeMalaysiaToday.com reported. She told the Dewan Rakyat that any form of international cooperation would be subject to Malaysian law.
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