US customs starts releasing Chinese-made Bitcoin miners after regulatory holdup

After having held thousands of Bitcoin Chinese manufacturing bitcoin platforms for months, customs and the protection of the United States began to publish expeditions, according to recent reports.

Addressing Reuters, the CEO of Synteq Digital Taras Kulyk disclosed that “thousands of units have been released” after 10,000 minors were seized in various American ports.

According to him, the detention of these platforms was a deliberate decision of the CBP, motivated by officials who “did not like Bitcoin exploitation” and wanted to make things difficult for the industry.

The whole situation is linked to the increase in American-Chinese tensions, in particular compared to the technology of semiconductors. Rignes Antminer de Bitmain I was caught in disorder After their flea supplier, Sophgo, landed in hot water with the American trade department.

Last October, officials reported fleas linked to Sophgo in a Huawei AI processor, which has alarms given the longtime American sanctions in Huawei.

Even if Sophgo denied any link with Huawei, the Federal Communications Commission would have pressure for crises, saying that Antmin models – in particular S21 and T21 – could violate American regulations.

However, only a small part of the detained minors have been authorized so far. The COO of Luxor Technology, Ethan Vera, said that the reports are true, but only a “minority” of the expeditions has been published.

According to Vera, the authorities have raised concerns about radiofrequency emissions from mining platforms. Last month, crypto.news reported that CBP had expanded its detention to include mining platforms from other Chinese manufacturers such as microbt and canaan, citing similar compliance problems.

However, Vera and Kulyk rejected these complaints as foundation.

Development comes as the US government has tightened restrictions on Chinese imports, with the administration of President Donald Trump imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports.

In response to these current commercial obstacles, Bitmain was Work to get around delays by expanding its production chain in the United States