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Are there Chinese-owned bitcoin mines in the US?

The Times found Chinese-owned or -operated Bitcoin mines in at least 12 states, including Arkansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, that together use as much power as 1.5 million homes. Some are owned by people or companies with links to the Chinese government or the Communist Party.

Is a crypto mine in Wyoming a national security risk?

An investigation identified national security risks posed by a crypto facility in Wyoming. It is near an Air Force base and a data center doing work for the Pentagon. The bitcoin mine in Cheyenne, Wyo., has been ordered to cease operations immediately. Stephen Speranza for The New York Times

Does China own a bitcoin mine?

The reporters have investigated Chinese ownership of Bitcoin mines across the United States. President Biden on Monday ordered a company with Chinese origins to shut down and sell the Wyoming cryptocurrency mine it built a mile from an Air Force base that controls nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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