According to Foresight News, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted a notice to the Waco Western District Court in Texas, stating that it will temporarily suspend its mandatory investigation into the energy usage of cryptocurrency miners. This decision comes after lawsuits were filed against the DOE by Riot Blockchain and the Texas Blockchain Committee (TBC). The department has also agreed to seal the data it collected on Bitcoin miners' details since the beginning of this month.
The TBC and Riot Platforms had previously initiated a lawsuit, accusing the DOE, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and their leadership of attempting to conduct 'intrusive' data collection on cryptocurrency miners.