Trump: Person We're Talking to Is Not Iran's Top Leader

March 23 — The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a series of large-scale strikes in Tehran on Monday, targeting multiple headquarters linked to the Iranian regime (which the IDF labels a terrorist entity). The military said the operations are part of ongoing efforts to degrade the Iranian regime’s military infrastructure and capabilities, per a report from The Times of Israel.

On March 23, Iranian media—including Tasnim News Agency—denied that Parliament Speaker Kalibaf was involved in negotiations with the United States. Earlier, U.S. outlet Axios reported that the U.S. President’s envoy Wiekoff and former President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had been “negotiating with Kalibaf.” Israeli media also noted that senior Iranian and U.S. officials are scheduled to meet in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, later this week. The U.S. representative is reportedly “possibly Vice President Mike Pence.” (Source: CCTV International News)

On March 23, Magic Eden announced via a tweet that in Q3, it will raise the share of core revenue allocated to ME token buybacks and staker dividends from the previous 15% to 30%.

March 23rd — Onchain Lens data shows High Stakes Capital sold 300,000 HYPE tokens in the past two hours at an average price of $38.17, totaling $11.45 million in proceeds. The firm still holds 302,421 HYPE (valued at ~$11.54 million), with profits exceeding $33.2 million.

March 23: The ARFC proposal to activate Aave V4 on the Ethereum mainnet has passed voting, per the Aave Governance page. The proposal aims to deploy Aave V4 to Ethereum mainnet with a security-first approach, using conservative risk parameters and a Hub and Spoke configuration. In the initial release, Aave V4 will operate on a dedicated interface. Next steps include submitting an AIP proposal with full risk parameters to formally complete code deployment and activation. Aave V4 features a modular architecture: a liquidity core holds shared liquidity, while branches define specific lending environments with governance-constrained risk exposure. The initial deployment plan establishes three cores—Core, Prime, and Plus—supporting assets like AAVE, GHO, wstETH, weETH, cbBTC, USDC, USDT, LINK, and XAUt, among others.

March 23 — Per AXIOS: An Israeli official stated that an intermediary nation is seeking to convene a meeting in Islamabad later this week, with attendees including Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf, U.S. Envoy Wells, Jared Kushner, and Avril Haines.