# Jihan Wu

> Jihan Wu is a Chinese-born Singaporean entrepreneur who helped bring Bitcoin to a Chinese-speaking audience, co-founded mining-hardware maker Bitmain, and later built Bitdeer and Matrixport. As Bitdeer's founder, chairman and CEO, he now directs a public company spanning proprietary mining chips, global data centers, Bitcoin production and AI infrastructure.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Bitdeer Technologies Group
- **Organizations:** Bitdeer Technologies Group, Matrixport, Bitmain Technologies, 8BTC (Babite)
- **From:** Chongqing, China
- **Nationality:** Singaporean
- **Education:** Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Psychology, Peking University
- **Known for:** Produced the first Mandarin translation of the Bitcoin white paper in 2011., Co-founded Bitmain, which became a major global designer and manufacturer of Bitcoin-mining chips and hardware., Co-founded Babite, an early Chinese Bitcoin community site.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Graduated from Peking University with degrees in economics and psychology, then worked as a financial analyst at a private-equity firm.
- **2011** — Discovered Bitcoin, helped raise 100,000 yuan to buy 900 bitcoins, co-founded the early Chinese Bitcoin community Babite, and produced the first Mandarin translation of the Bitcoin white paper.
- **2012** — Invested in early ASIC mining ventures, including ASICMINER, gaining direct exposure to the economics and technical risks of specialized mining hardware.
- **2013** — Co-founded Bitmain with chip designer Micree Zhan.
- **2017** — Became a prominent supporter of Bitcoin Cash during the block-size split; Bitmain reported $2.5 billion in revenue for the year.
- **2018** — Ranked third on Fortune's Ledger 40 Under 40 and second on the Hurun Blockchain Rich List.
- **2019** — Established digital-asset financial-services company Matrixport.
- **2021** — Left Bitmain after a settlement with co-founder Micree Zhan; became chairman of Bitdeer as it emerged independently.
- **2023** — Bitdeer became publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker BTDR.
- **2024** — Returned to day-to-day operating leadership as Bitdeer's CEO while remaining chairman.
- **2025** — Led Bitdeer through accelerated deployment of its proprietary SEALMINER rigs and a broader push into AI cloud and high-performance-computing infrastructure.
- **2026** — On Bitdeer's fourth-quarter call, described U.S. data-center ownership as an advantage for AI deployment and said Bitcoin would remain the overwhelming focus of its coin-mining operations.

## Achievements

- Produced the first Mandarin translation of the Bitcoin white paper in 2011.
- Co-founded Bitmain, which became a major global designer and manufacturer of Bitcoin-mining chips and hardware.
- Co-founded Babite, an early Chinese Bitcoin community site.
- Founded Bitdeer and took it to the Nasdaq public market in 2023.
- Established Matrixport in 2019 and continues to serve as its chairman.
- Ranked No. 3 on Fortune's 2018 Ledger 40 Under 40 list.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Bitdeer's 2025 annual filing continued to list Wu as founder, chairman and chief executive officer.
- **2026-02** — On Bitdeer's fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call, Wu said U.S.-based data centers were a key advantage for AI deployment and estimated new GPU infrastructure could be ready in the third or fourth quarter of 2026.
- **2026-01** — Bitdeer reported 55.2 EH/s of self-mining hashrate and 636 bitcoins mined in December 2025 as proprietary SEALMINER deployments expanded.
- **2025-11** — Bitdeer reported third-quarter revenue of $169.7 million and said early SEAL04 chip samples achieved 6-7 J/TH efficiency under low-voltage testing.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bitdeer.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wu-jihan-31972417/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/JihanWu

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Last updated: 2026-09-26