Pharos launched an RWA stablecoin pre-deposit campaign ahead of its mainnet debut, offering a 100-day staking period with 14-16% yield. The campaign quickly reached its staking cap, attracting $50 million in total value locked.

Gate News, according to the Gate official announcement on April 14, 2026. Gate launches the GUSD minting newcomer limited-time reward, Episode 11. New users mint GUSD using USDT/USDC, and the current maximum annualized yield can reach 100%. The activity runs from April 14, 2026, 16:00 to April 20, 2026, 16:00 (UTC+8). GUSD is Gate’s launched ongoing principal-protected wealth management product. Its yield is sourced from income generated by the Gate ecosystem, Treasury RWA, and high-quality yield assets supported by stablecoins. After users mint GUSD, they can receive daily annualized yield. Upon redemption, they are exchanged for USDT/USDC at a 1:1 ratio (after deducting redemption fees). While users participate in other wealth management products such as Launchpool and Launchpad, the GUSD they hold can simultaneously earn the corresponding product wealth management yield, GUSD minting rewards, and campaign rewards. Only eligible new users can enjoy the annualized rewards of this campaign, including users who have never held GUSD spot, have never participated in GUSD minting distributions, and have never earned coins on-chain. The annualized yield rate will be dynamically adjusted based on the yield performance of Gate ecosystem income, Treasury RWA, and stablecoin-related assets.

Gate News message, on April 14, Lighter officially announced the launch of a Liquidity Partner Program, which will reward users who provide liquidity for RWA assets on the platform. The RWA asset categories covered by the program include crude oil, precious metals, U.S. stocks, and more.

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.

On April 20, 2026, the RWA & Payments 2026 conference will be held in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay, focusing on Web3 payments and on-chain finance, featuring keynote speeches and interactive sessions, organized and co-organized by Mask Network and others.

The RWA Layer1 public chain SimpleChain officially launched its testnet on April 10 and initiated an ecosystem airdrop program. Users can obtain points through testnet tasks, and these points will serve as the basis for future token airdrops. Team members come from Qianch Qin Technology and Ant Group, and have completed a $15 million seed round. The testnet verifies core capabilities, including trusted data services, a compliance engine, and asset issuance protocols.

SimpleChain announced on April 11 that it has completed a $15 million seed round, mainly involving family offices and institutional investors. The network positions itself as the “institutional operating system” for real-world assets (RWA), aiming to build an RWA Layer 1 network and provide enterprise-grade infrastructure to support the global tokenization of real-world assets.

SimpleChain completed a $15 million seed round on April 10, with funding provided by family offices and institutional investors. The project focuses on building an institutional-grade real-world assets (RWA) Layer 1 operating system, driving asset tokenization, on-chain verification, and compliance automation, and aims to enable seamless global interaction among assets, data, and institutions.

Gate News update: On April 10, RWA tokenization platform Libeara announced it has completed a new round of funding. AlloyX Ventures, a venture capital firm under Nasdaq-listed company SOLOWIN HOLDINGS, participated in the investment. The specific amount has not been disclosed. Libeara said the new funds will be used to advance the development of compliant digital infrastructure.