Joe Biden orders Chinese cryptocurrency mining company to sell land near US military base

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The White House has ordered a Chinese group that runs a cryptocurrency mining operation in Wyoming to sell the land where they have servers because the facility is located next to a US nuclear ballistic missile base.

President Joe Biden ordered MineOne Partners and its partners to sell the land next to Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming within 120 days. The White House said the company, a British Virgin Island corporation, is majority owned by Chinese citizensdid not notify the US government about the sensitive transaction.

Warren AFB is one of the locations where the US deploys nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. In the divestment order, Biden said MineOne used specialized equipment to electronic money exploitation that includes foreign-origin technology poses a national security risk to the United States.

“The proximity of foreign-owned real estate to strategic missile bases and key elements of the US nuclear triad, as well as the presence of specialized and well-sourced equipment,” he said. foreign origin has the ability to facilitate surveillance and espionage activities, posing national security risks.” to America.”