Freshly 45,000 crypto mining rigs were detained by the authorities of Iran for illegally using subsidized electricity from the state-owned power utility Tavanir. The reason behind detaining these 45,000 crypto mining rigs was due to the integrated circuit (ASIC) used by bitcoin miners that consumed 95 megawatts (MW) of electricity per hour at cheap prices, stated the head of Tavanir, Mohammad Hassan Motavalizadeh.