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A government survey to get data on cryptocurrency mining companies' electricity usage has been tabled, according to a court document filed on Friday. …
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A government survey to get data on cryptocurrency mining companies' electricity usage has been tabled, according to a court document filed on Friday.
The Department of Energy was sued in a Texas court after the Energy Information Administration — a statistical and analytical agency within the department — announced in February that it would begin surveying crypto mining firms following an "emergency collection of data request." The Texas Blockchain Council and bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms then sued the Department of Energy last week and said the survey was a product of "sloppy government process."
The parties involved in the lawsuit said they came to an agreement, according to a notice filed on Friday. As part of that agreement, EIA has to "destroy any …