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MARA Holdings is making a significant land grab in Texas, agreeing to acquire a large powered plot to fuel both its Bitcoin mining operations and an expanding push into AI computing infrastructure. The move sent MARA stock higher, signaling investor confidence that the company is positioning itself for multiple high-demand workloads simultaneously.
Across the Atlantic, UK lawmakers are pushing to make a ban on cryptocurrency political donations permanent. Labour MPs have tabled amendments amid widening controversy over Reform UK's funding sources. The proposal reflects growing unease in Westminster about the transparency and traceability of digital assets flowing into political campaigns.
And on the cybersecurity front, consulting giant Accenture has confirmed a breach after a threat actor known as eight-eight-eight claimed to have stolen thirty-five gigabytes of source code, access keys, and configuration data from its Azure DevOps repositories. Accenture says the incident has been remediated with no operational impact, though the appearance of sensitive credentials in a hacker's advertisement is the kind of detail that tends to linger.
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