PETALING JAYA: The glow of cryptocurrency’s promise has cast a long shadow across Malaysia, not in the form of digital wealth, but in the electricity meters that never tick.
From Melaka to Sarawak, crypto mining activities are leaving behind multimillion-ringgit losses, fire risks and strained infrastructure.
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