March 01, 2024
The crypto industry group challenging a U.S. Department of Energy survey on crypto mining has reached an agreement that will see the government offices destroy any data they've already collected and circulate the survey for comment from stakeholders — a step the crypto players say the government improperly bypassed the first time around.
February 29, 2024
The Sierra Club is urging a Texas federal judge to consider how the public stands to be harmed if a survey to gauge the growing cryptocurrency mining industry's impacts on the electric grid isn't completed soon to better inform utilities, grid operators and regulators.
February 26, 2024
A Texas federal judge has temporarily barred the U.S. Department of Energy from requiring crypto mining firms to provide data on their electricity usage after a lawsuit from a Texas industry group and a bitcoin mining firm accused the government of skirting the process to approve the survey.
February 23, 2024
A Texas cryptocurrency industry association and a crypto-mining company have sued the U.S. Department of Energy in an attempt to block its plans to solicit mining companies' information about electricity consumption, alleging the department shirked the proper statutory process to collect the data.