US miners are waiting for their miners but a branch of Homeland Security won’t let them take them.
The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) is holding up the delivery of some Bitmain Antminer application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) at US ports of entry. Some US miners have been waiting for their Chinese mining equipment for two months already, according to a report.
Seven unnamed US Bitcoin mining companies have reported problems with their shipments, Blockspace reported on Nov. 25. The ASICs are being held at several ports of entry and some ASICs have been held for two months already.
Bitmain Antminer S21 and T21 series ASICs — the latest models — are subject to the delivery freeze. The mining companies affected by the freeze said the CBP, an enforcement branch of the Department of Homeland Security, was acting on a request of the US Federal Communications Commission Agency.
