Authorities moved to the third phase of Operation Ironside, using AN0M intelligence to expand drug, weapons and laundering cases.
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Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton did not mince words about the Houston Texans and the area that his team and staff wanted to attack. They did so, and now the Texans are looking for solutions while awaiting further updates about C. J. Stroud’s (concussion) status. The Texans entered the contest 3-4, and they were underdogs [.] The post Broncos HC Sean Payton Delivers Reality Check About Texans After Win appeared first on Heavy Sports.
The post Iran’s Bitcoin Mining Industry: Inside the World’s Fifth-Largest Operaticom. With 95% of mining operations running illegally and consuming enough power to light up entire cities, Iran’s crypto boom is pushing an already fragile power grid to the breaking point. A Nation Turning to Digital Currency Iran’s cryptocurrency interest exploded after 2017 when international sanctions cut off access to global banking systems. Unable to use traditional finance, the country turned to Bitcoin and other digital currencies as a way around restrictions. Today, Iran controls about 4. 2% of global Bitcoin mining power, ranking fifth worldwide behind the United States, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Canada. This is a major drop from March 2021 when Iran held 7. 5% of the global hashrate, but it still represents significant operations. The appeal is simple: electricity in Iran costs between $0. 01 and $0. 05 per kilowatt-hour, making it incredibly cheap to mine Bitcoin. With costs as low as $1,300 to mine a single Bitcoin that can sell for over $100,000, the profit margins are enormous. Around 22% of Iran’s population now uses or owns cryptocurrency, with an estimated 10 million users in the country. For many Iranians facing severe inflation-the rial lost 37% of its value against the dollar in 2024 alone-crypto offers a way to protect savings from collapse. The Illegal Mining Problem Iranian officials report that approximately 427, 000 active crypto mining devices operate across the country. The shocking part? An estimated 95% are illegal, operating without proper authorization. These underground operations consume roughly 2, 000 megawatts of electricity-equal to what two nuclear reactors produce. Energy officials say crypto mining now accounts for 15-20% of Iran’s electricity shortage problems. The illegal miners hide their operations everywhere: abandoned homes, rural farms, underground tunnels, and even industrial facilities disguised as legitimate businesses. During one internet outage related to conflict with Israel, power consumption dropped by 2, 400 megawatts when over 900, 000.
On Thursday, Tesla shareholders will gather for the company’s annual meeting and will vote on Musk’s $1 trillion compensation package.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel on Sunday announced that the remains of three hostages had been handed over from Gaza and would be examined by forensic experts, as.
Mac Jones, Christian McCaffrey and the Niners made winning look easy against the Giants. It won’t always work that way.
A hateful handwritten letter sent to Kelly Comperatore Meeder, the sister of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore Kelly Comperatore Meeder, the sister of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was tragically killed during the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, revealed she received a handwritten hate letter mocking her brother’s death. In her Facebook post, Meeder described opening what she thought was a thank-you card from a grateful family, part of her work organizing events at a local hall, only to find a venom-filled rant from what she called “another deranged Democrat.” Meeder wrote: “I pour myself into every wedding.
[Catholic Caucus] From the Church of the Twilight ZoneYou know you’re in the Twilight Zone of Catholicism when: A German priest, with full approval of the diocese, holds a “queer Mass” publicly broadcast and not a peep or rebuke comes from the Vatican in correction. Meanwhile the attack on the Traditional Latin Mass and all things traditional get the hobnailed boot! The priest wears a rainbow flag stole. The paschal candle celebrates not Christ the King but LGBTQ pride. The lights in the church, glorify, not God, but the LGBTQ lifestyle. Rorate Caeli reported: German public broadcaster ZDF has for decades presented Sunday “divine services”: Evangelical.
Parts of the U. S. economy, particularly housing, may already be in recession because of high interest rates, U. S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, repeating his call for the Federal Reserve to accelerate rate cuts.
A man died late Saturday night after being struck by multiple vehicles on Interstate 64 in Midtown.