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Bitcoin Miners Show Muscle Pushing Back Against Warrantless 'Emergency' Order
5.3.2024
In another example of crypto using the courts to fight back against unwarranted regulatory interference, blockchain advocates stopped a U.S. statistics agency from issuing an “emergency” request for mining energy metrics
EIA Agrees to Wipe Out Prior Bitcoin Mining Survey Data, Plans Fresh Study
4.3.2024
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has agreed to discard any data it already collected in response to its emergency Bitcoin mining survey, court documents filed Friday showed.
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Texas Miners’ Lawsuit Spurs EIA to Temporarily Halt Bitcoin Miner Survey
26.2.2024
A US judge has temporarily halted the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) attempt to enforce a mandatory survey on Bitcoin miners.
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Riot Platforms Made Over $280 Million Last Year, New Annual Report Reveals
23.2.2024
Bitcoin mining operation Riot Platforms made over $280 million last year alone, the company's 2023 annual report released Thursday, February 22, reveals.
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Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?
21.2.2024
US EIA Starts Requiring Energy Consumption Data From Cryptocurrency Miners
17.2.2024
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistics agency of the U.S. Energy Department, has sent letters to cryptocurrency miners requiring data related to energy consumption and configuration of their mining sites. According to one of the letters posted on social media, miners have...
Blockchain Industry Groups Call EIA’s Moves on Bitcoin Mining as ‘politically Motivated’
9.2.2024
Two blockchain industry groups have called the US Energy Department’s mandatory data collection from crypto mining operators as “politically motivated campaign.” Texas Blockchain Council president Lee Bratcher and Chamber of Digital Commerce CEO Perianne Boring presented an industry statement...
EIA Launches ‘Emergency Survey’ on Crypto Mining’s Power Use Amid Concerns of Alleged ‘Public Harm’
1.2.2024
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has gained clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an urgent survey regarding electricity usage by cryptocurrency mining firms across the U.S. The EIA submitted this request on the grounds that “public harm...