Bitmain has introduced the AR1901 and AR1902 water-cooled mining packages, each built around four ANTMINER S19 XP+ Hyd. units and targeting distributed deployment or integrated mining-and-heating use cases.

Merkle Standard announces purchase of 13,500 ASIC miners from Bitmain, including 6,000 S19 XP and 7,500 S19J Pro, to be deployed at its 225MW flagship site in Eastern Washington, boosting hash rate efficiency.

Cleanspark has purchased 4,500 Antminer S19 units from Bitmain, funding part of the deal with its bitcoin holdings. The company expects the deployment to add 450 PH/s and lift its miner fleet to 24,580 units over the next 12 months.

Bitmain launched the Antminer S21 Pro at WDMS 2024, offering 234 TH/s hashrate and 15 J/T energy efficiency, with an estimated price of $4,422 per unit, just 22 days before the Bitcoin halving.

Bitmain announced the first Monero ASIC miner Antminer X5 (212 KH/s, 1350W) to be sold on September 4. The XMR community worries about centralization and privacy loss, sparking debates on whether to hard fork again to resist ASICs.

Bitmain has introduced the Antminer S23 Hydro with 580 TH/s and 9.5 J/TH efficiency, aiming to appeal to miners facing tighter margins after Bitcoin’s latest halving.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a federal probe, dubbed 'Operation Red Sunset,' into Bitmain Technologies, the world's largest Bitcoin mining hardware maker, over fears its devices could be remotely controlled for espionage or grid sabotage. The investigation also involves a deal with Trump family-backed ventures.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reportedly seized over 200 Bitmain Antminer S21 and T21 units at various ports, racking up more than $200,000 in storage fees. Rivals Microbt and Canaan remain unaffected, with the crackdown possibly linked to Sophgo's alleged chip ties to Huawei.