Y Combinator makes its first fully stablecoin investment through the Solana network, paying Totalis, a prediction-market startup, $500k in USDC, and plans to open up stablecoin payment options for all supported startups. Totalis will use the platform to execute stablecoin-to-fiat trades.

Gate News news, April 13, asset management company WisdomTree released a March monthly performance report showing that in the first quarter of 2026 its digital-asset net inflows totaled $98 million, and as of March 31 its digital-asset assets under management reached a record $867 million. The report noted that although the overall cryptocurrency market has been lackluster, WisdomTree’s digital-asset business saw significant growth thanks to the launch of tokenized money market funds. (Businesswire)

Gate News update, April 13, @defioasis data shows that Polymarket’s weekly platform fees reached $9.8 million in the past week, setting a historical high, with annualized fees exceeding $500 million. In the same period, on-chain prediction market fees first surpassed $10 million for the week, with Polymarket accounting for 96.9% of the market share.

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.

TRUMP token rose as much as 50% after its announcement of a state banquet in March, but it is currently down more than 33%. Blockchain data shows that some crypto whales have withdrawn large amounts of tokens; concentration in holdings has led to price volatility. The banquet is scheduled for April 25, and the first 297 holders have been invited.

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.

A Bank of Korea central bank governor candidate, Shin Hyun Song, said that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and deposit tokens issued by commercial banks should be the core of the digital currency ecosystem. He supports a Korean won stablecoin, but emphasized that maintaining monetary trust comes first. He suggested issuing stablecoins through a bank-led consortium, which could later be expanded to non-bank institutions, while also carefully assessing the stablecoin’s regulatory compliance.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Chen Weimin, said the timeline for issuing the second batch of stablecoin licenses is still uncertain and may be affected by the two institutions granted licenses in the first batch. In addition, China-funded institutions were advised to put their applications on hold, and the number of institutions ultimately granted licenses will be limited, with only a small number meeting the requirements of the “Stablecoin Ordinance.” HSBC Payme users can enable a stablecoin account, but they must be Hong Kong local residents.

Gate News message, on April 13, on-chain analyst Yu Jin’s monitoring shows that RAVE’s spot price surged from $0.3 to $6.2 this morning over the past three days, achieving an increase of about 20x. During this period, the RAVE team first transferred 30.58 million RAVE tokens (worth about 19283746565.75T) to a certain CEX to attract funds to short. Then, within nearly two days, they withdrew 31.94 million RAVE tokens from that exchange back onto the chain, and on a certain CEX and other trading platforms, significantly boosted RAVE’s spot price.

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.