American Bitcoin Corp., a mining company linked to US President Donald Trump’s family, has completed one of the largest hardware purchases in the crypto sector this year.
Reports have disclosed that the firm paid around $314 million for 16,290 Antminer U3S21EXPH units from Chinese mining giant Bitmain .
Massive Purchase Ahead Of Tariffs
The order locks in a huge amount of high-performance ASIC machines capable of producing about 14.02 exahashes per second in combined hashing power.
This level of output could boost American Bitcoin’s share of global mining capacity. The company originally had an option for as many as 17,280 units but decided to move fast to avoid price hikes from US tariffs on Chinese-made mining gear.
Industry trackers say orders of this scale have been rare for A