Chinese Maker Behind Most of World’s Bitcoin Miners Has Been Focus of US National Security Probe

Chinese Bitcoin-Mining Giant Bitmain Under Probe

U.S. officials have spent months investigating whether Bitcoin-mining machines made by Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies pose espionage or sabotage risks, according to people familiar with the probe.Bitmain supplies most of the world's mining rigs, including 16,000 units sold to a project backed by two of President Donald Trump's sons.A federal review last year flagged "significant national security concerns" after Bitmain equipment was deploye…

Chinese Bitcoin-Mining Giant Bitmain Under Probe

U.S. officials have spent months investigating whether Bitcoin-mining machines made by Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies pose espionage or sabotage risks, according to people familiar with the probe.Bitmain supplies most of the world's mining rigs, including 16,000 units sold to a project backed by two of President Donald Trump's sons.A federal review last year flagged "significant national security concerns" after Bitmain equipment was deploye…

Chinese Bitcoin-Mining Giant Bitmain Under Probe

U.S. officials have spent months investigating whether Bitcoin-mining machines made by Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies pose espionage or sabotage risks, according to people familiar with the probe.Bitmain supplies most of the world's mining rigs, including 16,000 units sold to a project backed by two of President Donald Trump's sons.A federal review last year flagged "significant national security concerns" after Bitmain equipment was deploye…

Chinese Bitcoin-Mining Giant Bitmain Under Probe

U.S. officials have spent months investigating whether Bitcoin-mining machines made by Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies pose espionage or sabotage risks, according to people familiar with the probe.Bitmain supplies most of the world's mining rigs, including 16,000 units sold to a project backed by two of President Donald Trump's sons.A federal review last year flagged "significant national security concerns" after Bitmain equipment was deploye…

Chinese Maker Behind Most of World’s Bitcoin Miners Has Been Focus of US National Security Probe

Homeland Security thinks Chinese firm's Bitcoin mining chips could be used for espionage or to sabotage the power grid — Bitmain probed by U.S. gov't over national security concerns

The U.S. government is looking into Bitmain to see whether its products pose a risk to its national security.