- Bitcoin surges 5.5% to $74,622 on April 13, 2026.
- Cryptocurrency stocks average 6% gains in BTC rally.
- Fear & Greed Index hits 12, signaling extreme fear and rebound potential.
Key Takeaways
- Bitcoin surges 5.5% to $74,622 on April 13, 2026.
- Cryptocurrency stocks average 6% gains in BTC rally.
- Fear & Greed Index hits 12, signaling extreme fear and rebound potential.
Cryptocurrency stocks rallied 6% on average April 13, 2026, as Bitcoin climbed 5.5% to $74,622, per CoinMarketCap. Ethereum rose 7.3% to $2,350.83; XRP +3.7% to $1.37.
Crypto Fear & Greed Index at 12 Flags Rebound
Alternative.me's Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell to 12, extreme fear zone. Bloomberg's Mike McGlone notes scores under 20 precede 20% BTC gains in 30 days. March 2025's 8 triggered 35% rally; November 2024's 15 yielded 25%.
Coinbase Up 7.2% on $2.1B Revenue, ETF Inflows
Coinbase (COIN) jumped 7.2% to $285.40, volume +40% to 15M shares. Q1 2026 revenue hit $2.1B USD, up 17% QoQ per SEC.gov filings. CoinDesk's Brandon Green cites $10B YTD Bitcoin ETF inflows; CoinMetrics shows 0.85 BTC correlation.
USDC volume reached $300B monthly; subscriptions +25% YoY to $650M.
MicroStrategy Gains 8.1% on 450K BTC Holdings
MicroStrategy (MSTR) rose 8.1% to $1,920, holding 450,000 BTC worth $33.5B USD. Beta of 3.2 amplifies BTC moves, per Yahoo Finance. Chairman Michael Saylor added 50,000 BTC via $500M March debt at $65K average.
2.5x premium to holdings reflects strategy edge.
Miners Soar 9% on 12% Hashrate Rebound
Marathon (MARA) +9.5% to $28.50; Riot (RIOT) +8.8% to $12.20. Hashrate recovered 12% to 650 EH/s, per Glassnode. Slow Ventures' Jill Carlson (Financial Times) highlights AI pivot boosting EBITDA to 45%.
MARA hit 40 EH/s; RIOT 31 EH/s at $0.04/kWh.
Ethereum Trusts Rise 7% on ETF, Staking
Grayscale ETHE +6.9% to $32.10. BlackRock ETH ETF drew $800M inflows. ARK's Cathie Wood (Bloomberg) targets $10K ETH by 2027; staking yields 4.2% APR per Dune Analytics.
Buy Cryptocurrency Stocks: 5-10% Allocation
Allocate 5-10% to cryptocurrency stocks: COIN 40%, MSTR 30%, miners 20%, ETH 10%. Enter Fear & Greed <20; exit >80. Bitcoin dominance 54%; resistance $76K. Fed cuts lift risk assets 15% in 60 days, per JPMorgan. Monitor ETF flows.