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US Expels Chinese Crypto Firm from Land Near Wyoming Nuclear Missile Base

Published 05/14/2024, 03:11 PM
Updated 05/14/2024, 03:15 PM
US Expels Chinese Crypto Firm from Land Near Wyoming Nuclear Missile Base

  • The US has blocked the Chinese crypto mining firm MineOne from owning land near the F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
  • The country states that the Chinese company’s land near the Wyoming nuclear missile base poses a national security threat.
  • Federal and state officials warn against a common case of Chinese companies targeting the US military installations.

US President Joe Biden prevented a Chinese crypto firm, MineOne Partners Ltd., from owning land located near the F.E. Warren Air Force Base. As the Wyoming Air Force base houses intercontinental ballistic missiles, Biden addressed the mining firm as a threat to national security.

The government has ordered the company and its affiliates to dispossess the real estate it bought in 2022 near the Wyoming Air Force base. While the company refused to comment, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) highlighted the possibility of a potential threat behind the Chinese company’s purchase of the area. The US Treasury pointed out,

“The proximity of the foreign-owned cryptocurrency mining facility to a strategic missile base and key element of America’s nuclear triad, and the presence of s…

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