KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has suffered losses amounting to RM4.57bil from illegal electricity use linked to bitcoin mining activities between 2020 and August 2025, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
Fadillah, who is also the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister, said that Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) uncovered 13,827 premises involved in electricity theft for cryptocurrency mining, particularly bitcoin farms, over the past five years.
