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2022
Bitmain and Merkle Standard form a joint venture for mining infrastructure
Bitmain and Merkle Standard partnered in a joint venture to develop up to 500 MW of digital mining infrastructure at Merkle Standard's hydro-powered facilities in Eastern Washington.
2021
Bitmain stops Antminer shipments to mainland China
Bitmain stopped shipping Antminer products to mainland China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan, amid the Chinese authorities' cryptocurrency crackdown. The company said it would contact mainland customers with long-term purchases to provide alternative solutions.
2021
Phoenix Store serves as Bitmain’s official distributor in Turkey
Phoenix Store serves as Bitmain’s official distributor in Turkey and opened the first Bitmain store in Istanbul.
2021
Bitmain opens Istanbul store
Bitmain opened a store in Istanbul, Turkey, operated through its official distributor Phoenix Store.
2021
Bitmain temporarily suspends global sales of new mining machines
Bitmain said on Thursday, June 24, that it had decided to temporarily suspend global sales of new machines to help the industry transition smoothly amid pressure in the second-hand market.
2021
Bitmain sponsors Miners Summit 2021
Bitmain sponsored Miners Summit 2021, a conference for Bitcoin miners, data centers and energy suppliers scheduled for June 15–16 in Missouri.
2021
Bitmain files trade-secret lawsuit against Yang Zuoxing and Bitmain Microelectronics
Bitmain Technology Co. filed a trade-secret infringement lawsuit against Yang Zuoxing, Shenzhen Bitmain Microelectronics Technology Co. and its Beijing branch, seeking 99 million yuan; the Beijing Intellectual Property Court accepted the case.
2021
Bitmain files trade-secret lawsuit against Bitmain Micro and Yang Zuoxing
Bitmain filed a trade-secret lawsuit against Yang Zuoxing, Bitmain Micro and its Beijing branch, seeking 99 million yuan. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court formally accepted the case; the article reports no ruling on the allegations.
2020
Riot Blockchain orders 8,000 Bitmain Antminers
Riot Blockchain announced a $17.7 million purchase agreement with Bitmain for 8,000 S19 Pro Antminers, with deliveries and deployment planned from January through April 2021. Riot said the fully deployed order was expected to bring its total hash-rate capacity to approximately 1.45 EH/s.
2020
Riot receives additional Bitmain miners
Riot Blockchain reported receiving 1,040 S19 95TH miners at Coinmint's facility in Massena, New York, and said deployment had commenced.
2020
BitForce and Bitmain enter strategic cooperation
BitForce and Bitmain reached a strategic cooperation intended to support future mining-machine listings and prioritize resource supply for BitForce projects.
2020
Bitmain begins a new round of layoffs
Bitmain began a new round of layoffs, with the article reporting that the cuts may exceed 50% and that its AI business line was almost entirely cut. Bitmain responded that it would continue normal personnel adjustments based on market conditions and business development.
2020
Bitmain layoffs reported
Bitmain founder Jihan Wu publicly opposed reported large-scale layoffs at the company.
2020
Bitmain appoints Liu Luyao as general manager and legal representative
According to China's National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, Wu Jihan ceased to be Bitmain's legal representative on January 2, and CFO Liu Luyao became general manager and legal representative.
2019
Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu removes co-founder Zhan Ketuan from his positions
Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu sent an email to employees saying that co-founder Zhan Ketuan was relieved of all his positions at Bitmain; the email also instructed employees not to carry out meetings convened by Zhan.
2019
Bitmain launches Texas crypto-mining facility
Bitmain launched a 50MW cryptocurrency-mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, developed with DMG Blockchain Solutions and the Rockdale Municipal Development District. Bitmain said construction would continue and the facility could be expanded to 300MW.
2019
Bitmain announces Antminer S17+ and T17+
At the 2019 World Digital Mining Summit, Bitmain announced that it would officially release two Antminer models, S17+ and T17+, on October 11, 2019.