Citing fears about espionage, US President Joe Biden has ordered a Chinese-owned bitcoin miner and its partners to sell land they hold close to a US nuclear missile station.
The White House has given MineOne Partners, which is reportedly primarily owned by Chinese nationals, 120 days to sell the property on which it runs a cryptocurrency mining operation.
The area is situated 1.6 km (less than a mile) from an air force base in Wyoming that houses intercontinental ballistic missiles.
News has reached out to MineOne Partners and the US embassy in China for comments.
The proximity of the foreign-owned Real Estate to a strategic missile base… and the presence of specialised and foreign-sourced equipment potentially capable of facilitating surveillance and espionage activities, presents a national security risk , according to the White House.
