Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Fintech company Superstate completed an additional Series B round of funding on April 13. Invesco Private Capital, a subsidiary of Invesco (Invesco), participated in the round; the specific amount was not disclosed. At the same time, Invesco will manage Superstate’s flagship tokenization fund USTB starting in 2026, with an estimated fund size of about $900 million.

Gate News message: On April 13, Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that a ceasefire with Iran may end very soon.

Gate News message, according to a Gate official announcement on April 13, 2026 The Gate Stock Trading Zone will be available for the pre-market trading of five USDT-settled perpetual contract order books—OPENAI, ANTHROPIC, ANDURIL, KALSHI, and POLYMARKET—starting on April 13, 2026 at 20:00 (UTC+8). It supports 1x to 10x leverage for long and short positions. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that has developed products such as ChatGPT and DALL·E. It is currently in the Pre-IPO stage. Anthropic is a large-model company founded by former core members of OpenAI, focusing on secure and reliable AI. Anduril Industries is an AI and autonomous defense technology company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus. Kalshi is a prediction market exchange regulated by the U.S. CFTC. Polymarket is the world’s largest decentralized prediction market. All contracts calculate prices using a valuation unit of $1 billion. For example, when a company’s valuation is $800 billion, the unit price is $800.

Bitmine has officially moved from the NYSE American board to the main board in the United States, marking an important milestone for the company. Despite a sharp drop in its share price, it has still increased the share repurchase plan to $4 billion. The company holds a large amount of Ether, and it expects that a rebound in the crypto market will help improve its assets and share price performance.

The UK-listed company Stack BTC Plc bought 37.1898 bitcoins at a price of about £53,778, with a total investment of £2 million. After increasing its holdings, its position rose to 68.1898 bitcoins, strengthening its Bitcoin treasury strategy.

Gate News message: On April 13, according to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Bit Digital—an Nasdaq-listed mining company—staked 29.9k ETH, worth approximately $65.3 million.

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.

Key factors, such as ETF flows, macro factors and on-chain supply favor a rally in bitcoin even as war risks linger.

According to CoinShares’ research report, digital asset investment products recorded a net inflow of $1.1 billion last week, the highest in the year to date. Bitcoin saw inflows of $871 million, Ethereum inflows of $196.5 million, and XRP inflows of $19.3 million, with the U.S. driving the dominant inflows. Overall market risk appetite rebounded, reflecting investor demand.

Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, says strong earnings are helping markets absorb geopolitical shocks, despite ongoing risks.

Key factors, such as ETF flows, macro factors and on-chain supply favor a rally in bitcoin even as war risks linger.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, RIOT (Riot Platforms) has dropped by 4% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, says strong earnings are helping markets absorb geopolitical shocks, despite ongoing risks.

Key factors, such as ETF flows, macro factors and on-chain supply favor a rally in bitcoin even as war risks linger.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong has become a key hub for the movement of Iranian funds, facilitating up to $4.8 billion in financial transactions through shell companies to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions, including oil proceeds and military technology procurement. In addition, Hong Kong’s support has enabled Iran to use the “ghost fleet” to smuggle crude oil and to resist unilateral sanctions, prompting the United States to change its strategy and impose sanctions on the relevant companies.

The U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz caused oil prices to surge sharply, but global stock markets responded relatively calmly. The VIX index suggests that market panic sentiment has eased, and investors have started to factor geopolitical risks into their considerations. Analysts believe that the worst period of panic may already be over and expect oil prices to fall back.

U.S. President Trump threatened to impose a 50% tariff on China due to reports that China would ship air-defense systems to Iran. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded, emphasizing its responsible stance on arms exports and opposing false allegations.

Gate founder Dr. Han introduced the platform’s development in the anniversary public letter, including deepening the AI ecosystem and a multi-asset trading framework. Gate is building an AI product ecosystem and has launched a TradFi trading section, covering multiple asset types to meet users’ needs. In addition, it has rolled out a digital Pre-IPOs participation mechanism, giving users a new way to access high-quality public offering projects. Going forward, Gate will continue to strengthen its infrastructure and enhance users’ global digital asset trading experience.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, JD (JD.com) has surged by 2% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News update, on April 13, BIT posted on X, saying that Bitcoin ETF fund flows have just turned positive again, and that it may achieve a continuous second month of net inflows. BIT noted that the current trend is highly similar to the same period in 2025, when early-year fund inflows were lackluster but were later followed by a concentrated surge of nearly $30 billion, driving a rebound after the tariff policy was implemented in April, and continuing through October. BIT said that net inflows resumed in March, which was the first time it turned positive since the pullback that began last October.