Market News: U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes certain imported Bitmain mining rigs
Golden Finance reported that according to market news, The Mining Pod blog program revealed that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is detaining certain imported Bitmain Antminers at the U.S. port of entry. The equipment involved is Bitmain’s Antminer S21 and T21. series, this is Bitmain’s latest ASIC mining machine series. The FCC and CBP are not targeting other ASIC manufacturers such as MicroBT or Canaan, sources said. Beyond revealing that the FCC requested the freeze, U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not provide affected parties with specific reasons for the action or how long the shipments would be held.