That is correct, though the story of how it ended up under his ownership involves one of the most famous corporate disputes in cryptocurrency history.
Here is the context behind the current ownership of BTC.com:
1. Origins under Bitmain BTC.com (which operates both a major mining pool and a widely used block explorer) was originally acquired and operated by Bitmain, the crypto mining hardware giant co-founded by Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan.
2. The “Bitmain Civil War” (2019–2020) In 2019, a highly publicized power struggle erupted between co-founders Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan over the strategic direction and control of Bitmain. This resulted in a complex corporate restructuring and a eventual settlement between the two.
3. The Split: AntPool vs. BTC.com As part of the separation of assets:
- Micree Zhan retained control of Bitmain and its flagship mining pool, AntPool.
- Jihan Wu stepped away from Bitmain and took control of Bitdeer (a cloud mining and infrastructure company he had founded), along with associated assets like BTC.com and the crypto financial services platform Matrixport.
4. Current Status Today, Bitdeer Technologies Group operates the BTC.com mining pool and block explorer. Bitdeer went public on the NASDAQ in 2023 (under the ticker BTDR). Jihan Wu serves as the founder and Chairman of Bitdeer, making your statement entirely accurate: BTC.com is no longer a Bitmain asset, but rather a key property of Bitdeer and Jihan Wu.