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Bitmain Axes Staff Over Salary Leak, Cites Unauthorized Announcement Sharing: Report

Bitcoin ASIC manufacturing giant – Bitmain – has reportedly fired four of its employees who leaked salary information and cited the “illegal publication of the company’s announcement on salary release” as the reason behind the move. It emphasized its “Management Standards for External Information Disclosure” once again in the notification, underscoring the requirement that employees should refrain from sharing any company information with external parties without proper...

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Bitmain Invests $53.9 Million in Core Scientific to Support Mining Operations

Core Scientific, Inc., a prominent player in high-performance blockchain computing data centers and software solutions, has revealed that Bitmain, a global leader in manufacturing digital currency mining servers, will be making a significant investment of $53.9 million in it. This move further strengthens the longstanding relationship between the two companies. Bitmain and Core Scientific have agreed to acquire new Bitcoin mining equipment and host a new hosting agreement....

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Crypto Mining Giant Bitmain to Invest $53.9 Million in Core Scientific

Bitmain’s investment represents not only a significant financial commitment but also a strategic move to fortify its partnership with Core Scientific. Bitmain, a leading manufacturer of crypto mining rigs, has announced a substantial investment of $53.9 million in Core Scientific, a major North American blockchain data center provider and digital asset miner since 2017. Core Scientific operates data centers in multiple US states and utilizes their Minder software for efficient mining...

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Bitmain Fined About $3.7 Million for Tax Violations in China

The Chinese tax authority claim Bitmain was issued with a tax violations notice in August last year but has withheld paying individual tax income of about $2.4 million. Bitmain Technologies Ltd., a Beijing-based company that is well known for designing application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips used in Bitcoin mining, has reportedly been fined approximately 25 million Chinese yuan, equal to about $3.7 million, for allegedly failing to pay personal income taxes in China....

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Crypto Mining Firm Bitdeer Set to Merge with Blue Safari

Singapore-stationed crypto mining firm Bitdeer Technologies Holding Co. is merging with a company known as Blue Safari Group Acquisition Corp. The former enterprise is controlled by Jihan Wu – a Chinese billionaire who is responsible for bringing Bitmain to life – and will begin trading on the Nasdaq once the $4 billion acquisition is complete. Bitdeer Has Some Big Plans As one of the most influential people in the digital currency space, Wu worked as the head equipment...

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Bitmain Stops Shipping Bitcoin Mining Machines to Mainland China

Bitmain – one of the world’s largest manufacturers of bitcoin mining machines – revealed it would no longer deliver crypto mining rigs to mainland China addresses. However, the firm would continue shipping its products to overseas destinations. The Crypto Ban Reached Bitmain The Chinese crackdown on cryptocurrency mining and trading has affected Bitmain as well. The Beijing-based company announced on its WeChat account that it will halt shipping its Antminer crypto mining...

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Bitmain Sells 42,000 S19 Antiminers to Riot Blockchain

Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain has decided to expand its mining capacity by purchasing 42,000 S19 Antimners from Bitmain, a Hong Kong crypto-mining products manufacturer. The purchase was worth at least $138.5 million and it’s part of the company’s plans to increase its Bitcoin mining hashrate, aiming at 7.7 EH/s by mid-2021 (an increase in the target by more than 90%). Riot Blockchain Exceeding its EH/s Expectations. Bitmain will be delivering 2000 S19j Antiminers...

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Bitmain Saga Over: Jihan Wu Steps Down as CEO

​Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu officially announced his resignation in a signed statement published on Tuesday.An excerpt from Wu’s cryptographic message reads: “The disagreement between Micree and myself, the two co-founders of Bitmain, has been finally settled in an amicable and, more importantly, a constructive manner.”As part of the settlement, fellow co-founder and rival Micree Zhan bought out Wu’s ownership equity valued at $600 million.According to Wu’s statement, two-third of that sum...

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