SHELL Buyback Address has once again withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance, and the buyback progress has reached 81.2%.

On March 23, Iran’s Mehr News Agency reported that the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated Donald Trump’s remarks were intended to drive down energy prices and buy time for the U.S. military plans. “While there has been a proposal for de-escalation, our response is that the United States should be the one engaging in dialogue—we are not the ones who started the conflict,” the ministry noted, per the report. (FX168)

On March 23, Strategy announced it had purchased approximately 1,031 bitcoins for roughly $76.6 million, at an average price of about $74,326 per coin. As of March 22, 2026, the company holds a total of 762,099 bitcoins, with an approximate total cost of $57.69 billion and an average holding cost of around $75,694 per bitcoin.

March 23 — Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported that the Strait of Hormuz will not revert to its pre-war status via psychological warfare.

On March 23, per market data, Backpack’s official token BP opened at $0.214, with a corresponding fully diluted valuation (FDV) of roughly $2.14 billion. ### Notes on American English adaptation: 1. **Date format**: Added "On" before the date (standard for news briefs in U.S. English). 2. **Monetary notation**: Used "$" instead of "US dollars" (common in financial/tech news for brevity). 3. **Abbreviation clarity**: Added the full term "fully diluted valuation" alongside "FDV" (U.S. readers often expect abbreviations to be defined on first mention). 4. **Lexicon**: Swapped "according to" for "per" (more concise and typical in U.S. market reports) and "about" for "roughly" (natural synonym in financial context). 5. **Flow**: Kept the sentence structure tight (matches the brevity of crypto news alerts).

On March 23, Iran’s Fars News Agency denied any direct or indirect contact with former U.S. President Donald Trump—prompting a temporary pullback in market gains. As of press time, Bitcoin was trading at $70,197.27, down 2.3% over the past hour, per HTX market data. Separately, Brent crude briefly fell below $90 before rebounding sharply and is now trading at $101.29, according to Bitget market data.

March 23 – A senior Iranian security official told Tasnim News Agency that former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent related comments are psychological warfare. The official noted Iran has not engaged in any negotiations to date, nor are there ongoing talks. Iran will continue to respond and defend its nation, he added. (FX168)