According to the Daily Planet, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) agreed to suspend mandatory investigations into the energy use of Bitcoin miners after being sued. Previously, the Texas Blockchain Council and a number of U.S. mining companies, led by Riot Platforms, jointly filed a civil lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy and the Energy Information Administration (EIA), accusing the defendants of "illegally" collecting 82 Bitcoin mining companies, including Riot. proprietary data. Recently, the EIA issued an "urgent" investigation into Bitcoin miners, requesting highly proprietary information such as the specifications of the machines used at each mine, the specific location of mining operations, and the commercial energy partners associated with each contract information, etc.