The Federal Security Service of Russia arrested three Telegram investment channel admins for manipulating stock prices through a "Pump&Dump" strategy, involving more than 55k trades across 19 large companies. Research shows that 11% of Telegram investment signals can affect stock returns, and more than 60% of investors rely on such signals. The central bank warned that it will monitor unusual transactions.

Gate News update: On April 14, after the U.S. stock market closed, the Dow Jones rose 0.63%, the S&P 500 Index rose 1.02%, and the Nasdaq rose 1.23%. The crypto sector moved higher across the board—Circle rose 12.09%, Solana rose 7.41%, a certain CEX rose 3.98%, Strategy (MSTR) rose 2.89%, SharpLink rose 2.76%, and Bitmine rose 1.08%.

On April 13, gold and silver prices fell to $4,732.92 per ounce and $74.209 per ounce, respectively. The BTC volatility index rose by 0.42%, and the ETH volatility index rose by 0.31%. The U.S. dollar versus the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen edged up slightly, major European stock indexes generally fell, while WTI and Brent crude oil prices rose. The Gate platform supports trading for multiple asset types.

On April 13, U.S. stocks opened lower: the Dow Jones fell 0.5%, the S&P 500 fell 0.22%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.26%. Crypto-related stocks were broadly down, with one CEX down 1.66% and Robinhood down 1.65%. msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has already launched multiple U.S. stock and ETF tokens.

April 13—Ahead of the U.S. market open, crypto-related stocks generally fell in pre-market trading. MARA, COIN, SBET, and ABTC fell by 3.62%, 2.63%, 2.45%, and 1.49%, respectively. msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has launched various U.S. stock and ETF tokens.

Gate News message. According to Gate’s official announcement, Gate contract stock section will be launched on April 13, 2026 at 14:00 (UTC+8) with live trading of TENCENT (Tencent Holdings 00700.HK), XIAOMI (Xiaomi Group 01810.HK), MEITUAN (Meituan 03690.HK), KUAISHOU (Kuaishou 01024.HK), and HKEX (Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing 00388.HK) perpetual contracts. The trading will use USDT settlement and support 1–20x long and short operations. Among them, the TENCENT contract is based on Tencent Holdings, the XIAOMI contract is based on Xiaomi Group, the MEITUAN contract is based on Meituan, the KUAISHOU contract is based on Kuaishou, and the HKEX contract is based on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing; the price of each contract is denominated in USDT.

Gate News message, April 13, according to Gate Market data, Hong Kong stock market’s “Token first stock,” Xunce(03317.HK), rose more than 20%, with a cumulative gain of over 625% year to date.

Gate News message, April 13, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor posted on the X platform that the annualized breakeven return on Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings is about 2.05%. If Bitcoin’s long-term growth rate exceeds this level, Strategy can pay dividends indefinitely without issuing additional MSTR stock. Michael Saylor said that the relevant data can be tracked in real time on the company’s official website.

Gate News message: On April 12, according to @BitcoinArchive monitoring, Strategy added 3,447 bitcoins worth $250 million yesterday (April 11) through its perpetual preferred stock product STRC. This increase is equivalent to the supply of bitcoin mined by the network over the past 8 days.

Gate News update: On April 11, according to Bloomberg TV, most Wall Street analysts expect Michael Saylor’s MSTR (MicroStrategy) stock price to more than double this year. Most analysts maintain a Buy rating and say it is the world’s most undervalued company.