Dominant Chinese makers of bitcoin mining machines set up US production to beat tariffs

THE world’s three best-selling makers of bitcoin mining machines – all of Chinese origin – are setting up manufacturing footholds in the United States as President Donald Trump’s tariff war reshapes the cryptocurrency supply chain. Bitmain, Canaan and MicroBT build over 90% of global mining rigs – essentially computers dedicated to number-crunching that produces bitcoin….

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Fiscal reform to balance fiscal sustainability, social equity – Treasury Sec-Gen

KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s fiscal reform initiatives, including expanding the Sales and Services Tax (SST) scope and rationalising electricity and diesel subsidies, are aimed at ensuring fiscal sustainability while protecting lower-income groups and essential sectors. Treasury secretary-general Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican said one of the key fiscal reform elements is the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which…

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Bitcoin Traders’ Are Looking at a Key Data Point in Fed Meeting and Its Not Interest Rate Decision

The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Open Market Committee, comprising 12 officials, is scheduled to announce its decision on interest rates at 18:00 UTC on Wednesday, followed by Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference half an hour later. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool indicates that the central bank is again likely to hold ground and keep interest rates…

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