I totally missed that cryptocurrency mining chips were now the leading adopters of new semiconductor technology.
For instance the Samsung GAA FET process was first adopted by MicroBT, a Chinese mining chip company because “such chips are easy to build and make for great pipe cleaners for the latest process technologies, so it is not surprising that Samsung Foundry is making them rather than large ASICs on its SF3E.”
https://www.anandtech.com/show/18960/samsung-foundry-s-3nm-and-4nm-yields-are-improving-report
