SHELL Buyback Address has once again withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance, and the buyback progress has reached 81.2%.

March 18th The Middle East situation remained deadlocked overnight and into Tuesday, with investors digesting the inflationary impact of elevated oil prices and shifting focus to the upcoming Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate decision. U.S. stocks, gold, and oil traded in narrow ranges, while U.S. Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar both declined. Bitcoin, however, failed to extend its strong momentum from Monday, trading sideways around $74,000. Per Bitget market data: - U.S. major indices closed slightly higher: S&P 500 up 0.25%, Nasdaq Composite up 0.47%, Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly unchanged. - Energy stocks gained across the board, with Exxon Mobil rising 1%. - Most crypto-related stocks advanced: MicroStrategy (MSTR) up 1.87%, Bitfarms (BMNR) down 0.68%, Circle (CRCL) adding 5.15% to break above $130. Per HTX market data: Bitcoin once again failed to breach $75,000, retreating to $73,980.53. The Fed will announce its interest rate decision at 2 a.m. B

March 18 — On Tuesday, March 18, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang noted in an interview that OpenClaw marks a major leap forward in how humans interact with artificial intelligence. “It is now the largest, most popular, and most successful open-source project in human history,” he said. “This is undoubtedly the next ChatGPT.” Huang described the technology as a fundamental shift that drastically expands individuals’ ability to leverage AI. “With just one line of code, you can build your own intelligent agent,” he explained. “Then, you just tell that agent to do whatever you need.” The broader impact centers on boosting professional skills: “Now any carpenter can become an architect, any plumber can become an architect. We’ll empower everyone’s capabilities.”

Iranian media confirmed on March 18 that Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been assassinated. (Jinse)

March 18, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday filed criminal charges against prediction market platform Kalshi, accusing it of operating illegal betting services in the state—including allowing users to wager on sports events and election outcomes. In a statement, Mayes said Kalshi, despite positioning itself as a "prediction market," was actually running an illegal gambling business and letting Arizona residents bet on state elections, violating local laws. "No company gets to pick and choose which laws to follow." Prosecution documents show Kalshi faces 20 total criminal charges, including counts of letting Arizona residents wager on professional and college sports, player performance, and election results. Four of the charges are election-related, covering the 2028 U.S. presidential race, 2026 Arizona gubernatorial election, 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary, and 2026 secretary of state election. Kalshi, for its part, called the charges "seriously flawed" and

March 18 (Tuesday) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly released a 68-page regulatory guidance Tuesday, explicitly stating most digital assets are not securities as part of an effort to establish a clearer regulatory framework for the market. SEC Chair Paul Atkins told attendees at the Washington, D.C., Blockchain Summit: “We are no longer the ‘securities and everything commission.’” He noted the interpretive guidance will help market participants better understand how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets. The new guidance outlines a classification framework for crypto assets, including stablecoins, digital commodities, and “digital tools” — categories the document says are generally not considered securities. It also explains when non-securities crypto assets may be deemed securities, and clarifies the application of federal securities laws to activities like mining, protocol staking, and airdrops.

On March 18, cryptocurrency e-commerce platform Bitrefill released an incident report detailing a network attack it suffered on March 1, 2026. The investigation found the attack vector, malware, and on-chain fund flows closely matched those of past crypto industry breaches linked to North Korean hacker groups Lazarus Group and Bluenoroff. Per Bitrefill’s statement, the breach originated from a compromised employee laptop. Hackers stole old credentials to access the system, obtained a snapshot containing production keys, then escalated privileges to access parts of the database and crypto wallets—ultimately transferring funds from the hot wallet. After detecting abnormal gift card purchases and inventory exploitation, the company confirmed the intrusion and immediately shut down all systems for emergency response. Regarding affected data: Attackers accessed roughly 18,500 purchase records including email addresses, crypto payment addresses, IP addresses, and other details. A