Bitcoin rose approximately 2% on March 13, breaking through $72,000 despite strong dollar performance and weakness in US stock futures. Crypto futures open interest across the market increased, with Bitcoin and Ethereum showing particularly strong performance. Meanwhile, the Trump-themed Meme coin TRUMP surged over 30%.

Gate News: On March 13, according to CoinGecko data, Lobster (LOBSTER) rose approximately 18.1% in the past 24 hours, currently trading at 0.02288 USD, with a 24-hour global trading volume of approximately 26.6356 million USD. Data shows that Lobster spot trading volume on the Gate platform is approximately 4.4885 million USD, ranking second among centralized exchanges.

On March 13, the crypto market rose overall, with the AI sector up 7.24%, where Fetch.ai showed the largest gain at 16.86%. Bitcoin broke through $71,000, Ethereum broke through $2,100, and other sectors also showed an upward trend.

2026-03-12 14:00 to 2026-03-12 14:15 (UTC), ETH spot price showed rapid upward movement with a 15-minute return rate of +0.72%, price range between 2065.45 to 2082.77 USDT, and overall volatility of 0.84%. During this market fluctuation, market attention increased, trading volume rose sequentially, and unilateral buy-side orders drove market sentiment to remain bullish. The main driver of this price movement was large-scale on-chain capital inflows and the linkage effect between spot and futures markets. On-chain data shows multiple high-net-worth wallets

On March 12, the price of gold fell to $5,166.58 per ounce, and the price of silver fell to $86.445 per ounce. The volatility indices for Bitcoin and Ethereum were 54.47 and 74.31, respectively. The US dollar declined against the Chinese yuan and rose against the Japanese yen. European stock indices generally declined, while WTI and Brent crude oil rose. The Gate platform supports trading of various financial assets.

U.S. stock market pre-market crypto concept stocks showed mixed performance, with BMNR, SBET, COIN, and MSTR all declining, while CRCL rose slightly. As a decentralized trading platform, msx.com has listed multiple RWA tokens.

Gate News Report, March 12 — Dividend-supported stablecoin protocol Apyx increased its holdings by 200,000 shares of Strategy Perpetual Preferred Stock STRC, valued at approximately $20 million. The total shares held rose to 255,000.

Gate News Report, March 12 — According to data from Alternative.me, the cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index rose to 18 today, up from 15 yesterday, but market sentiment remains in a state of "Extreme Fear."

Gate News Report, March 12 — According to CoinDesk Data, the institutional-focused crypto trading platform Bullish's February spot trading volume increased by 62.6% month-over-month to approximately $76 billion, with market share rising to 5.06%, surpassing a certain CEX's 4.59%. During the same period, overall trading activity on centralized exchanges slowed down, with total spot and derivatives trading volume decreasing by 2.41% month-over-month to about $5.61 trillion, with spot trading volume around $1.50 trillion.