This move follows the Iranian rial's 37% devaluation against the US dollar in 2024, which led many Iranians to seek digital assets like bitcoin.

Bitaxe Touch is a touch screen Bitcoin miner. It features an 800×480 LCD displaying real-time Bitcoin price, Mempool data, power usage, hashrate, and temperature. Dynamic screens include a clock, a mining dashboard, system monitoring, and a Bitcoin news feed.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Russian citizens Roman Ostapenko, Alexander Oleynik, and Anton Tarasov, charging them with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting businesses via custodial mixers Blender.io and Sinbad.io.