Taiwan accuses China's crypto chip king of poaching 100 engineers

Prosecutors' claims over Bitmain activity come as Beijing hosts NPC

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Bitmain Technologies, the world's leading cryptocurrency mining chip developer, is alleged by Taiwanese prosecutors to have illegally poached engineers. © Reuters

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Taiwanese prosecutors said China's Bitmain Technologies, the world's leading cryptocurrency mining chip developer, has allegedly illegally poached more than 100 engineers in Taiwan in a bid to boost its AI prowess.

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