Satellites spotted a huge heat signature. It's coming from America's biggest Bitcoin mining center. That's a lot of energy turning into waste heat. It shows just how power-hungry crypto mining can be. The facility uses enough electricity for a small city. All that computing power creates a thermal footprint visible from space.
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A crypto investor in San Francisco was robbed at gunpoint. The thieves forced him to transfer a large sum of cryptocurrency. This highlights the unique dangers of digital asset theft. Unlike a bank, there's no fraud protection to recover the funds. Once the transaction is confirmed, the money is simply gone.
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