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💥 Russian stocks experience a boost as trading continues among brokers. Shares of Gazprom (GAZP) rise by 2.5%, while Sberbank (SBER) sees a 2% increase.

❗️🇺🇦 Some Western media do not rule out the possibility of an extension of the Easter truce.

🚨 The United States, Europe, and Ukraine must document a potential ceasefire in the upcoming London meeting, according to Kellogg on Fox News. Earlier, CNN reported that the U.S. seeks to organize another meeting between Whitcoff and Russian representatives to discuss a framework agreement for conflict resolution.

🇺🇸 The United States seeks to arrange another meeting between representatives of Witkoff and Russia to discuss a framework agreement on resolving the conflict in Ukraine, reports CNN.

🔊 Ukrainian President Zelensky reported hearing sirens and observing drones over Ukraine after Putin's Easter truce declaration, reported at 17:43 Moscow time, before the truce's scheduled start. Foreign Minister Sibiga highlighted distrust in Moscow and scrutinizing Russia's actions without confirming Ukraine's agreement to the truce. Western media suggests Zelensky's comments imply a truce rejection, noting Putin's unexpected move as a potential step toward negotiations and a message to Trump's administration.

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💥 Russian stocks are up by an average of 2% in weekend trading with brokers after the announcement of an Easter truce. Meanwhile, the U.S. aims to organize another meeting between Witkoff and Russian representatives to discuss a framework agreement for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, reports CNN.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The second round of talks between the US and Iran has concluded, with both sides describing the discussions as productive. The Iranian Foreign Minister stated that the US and Iran have achieved greater mutual understanding on several issues during talks in Rome. Indirect negotiations in Rome led to an agreement on future nuclear deal goals. A third round, mediated by Oman, is scheduled for April 26.

🚨 Crypto exchange eXch will cease operations on May 1 following allegations of laundering $1.4 billion stolen from Bybit by North Korean hackers Lazarus. More details on the situation can be found here.

🤔 "American venture funds should urgently start buying #TRX before it's too late — the token is rising and shows no signs of stopping," — Justin Sun

⚠️ The Trump administration announced the imposition of fees on Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports.

🇷🇺 UNAC aviation news: Deliveries of import-substituted "Superjets" are scheduled for 2026. The certification of the PD-8 engine for the "Superjet" is planned for fall 2025, according to Rostec.

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🌎 The US Dollar to Chinese Yuan exchange rate stands at 7.297, while the US Dollar to Russian Ruble is at 82.6.

🌟 Today is April 18, 2025. It's Friday.

Markets in the US, UK, Canada, Hong Kong, and more are closed for Good Friday. In Japan, consumer inflation CPI data for March was released at 02:30 MSK. Central Bank speaker Daly from the US will be speaking.

Rubio and Witkoff continue talks in Paris on Ukraine. US-Japan tariff negotiations enter day three. Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev visits Beijing.

SPB Exchange adds new stocks to trading; more details available here and here. Trump tokens worth $320 million expected to be unlocked. Weekly options expiration for BTC and ETH.

⚠️🇷🇺 During the morning session, the MOEX Index declined by 1%.

⚠️ Western nations at the UN Security Council failed to declare readiness to enforce a moratorium on strikes against energy facilities in Kyiv, according to Nebenzya - TASS.

💥✴️ In the first quarter of 2025, Solana reportedly earned more than all other L1 and L2 networks combined.

💥 Investor Bill Ackman has acquired a stake in Hertz, leading to a 43% increase in the company's share value.

💥🇺🇸 Netflix reported earnings surpassing expectations. The company posted an EPS of $6.61, exceeding the anticipated $5.71. Revenue reached $10.54 billion, slightly above the expected $10.51 billion. For more details, visit this link.

⚠️ Markets are pricing in a 90% probability that the Federal Reserve will leave the interest rate unchanged at the next meeting in May, according to Bloomberg.

📈 Moscow Exchange and SPB Exchange will conduct trading on April 18 (Friday). The Moscow Exchange will not hold trades on April 19 and 20. SPB Exchange will not hold trades on April 19, but will operate on April 20 from 10:00 to 23:50 MSK. Moscow Exchange and SPB Exchange have announced their respective schedules.

🚨 Former President Trump has been privately discussing the potential dismissal of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Trump reportedly consulted with former Federal Reserve member Kevin Warsh about replacing Powell before his term ends.

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🚨 Former President Trump announced he expects a response from Russia regarding Ukraine this week.

💥 American stock markets rose as the S&P 500 gained 0.9% and the NASDAQ climbed 0.7%. Former President Trump criticized the Federal Reserve, urging it to cut interest rates for the benefit of the American people, arguing there is no inflation and predicting Chairman Powell will eventually lower rates due to intense political pressure. Trump also mentioned ongoing successful trade negotiations with numerous countries.

💥 Russian stocks rally during the evening session as the MOEX index climbs by 1.6%.

💥 The MOEX Russia Index has surpassed the 2,900 mark.

🏦 Charles Schwab, a financial giant with trillions of dollars in assets under management, will launch spot cryptocurrency trading within 12 months.

📈 The token TRUMP shows unexpected growth after a large unlock of $300 million (approximately 20% of the total supply).

Rumors have emerged that Donald Trump is unhappy with how much the token's price has dropped (almost 90% from its peak), and he plans to organize a dinner for major TRUMP holders.

His team is also working on creating a separate webpage dedicated to the token.

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⚠️✴️ Galaxy Digital, led by Mike Novogratz, sold $100 million worth of ETH between April 12 and 17.

⚠️✴️ Synthetix has been unable to restore the peg in its stablecoin sUSD for several days.

✴️ Adam Back, a cypherpunk legend, states that the crypto market and industry are still in their early stages of development, and BTC remains inexpensive.

🇷🇺 UGLD's financial performance report for the year 2024 under IFRS will be released on April 21.

🇷🇺 Self-driving cars may hit public roads by 2027, according to the Ministry of Transport.

⚠️ In 2025, rug pull incidents became less frequent, but the financial damage they caused significantly increased, according to DappRadar.

🇷🇺 Mosenergo reported a net profit under RAS of 10.85 billion rubles for 2024, compared to 19.26 billion rubles in the previous year.

🇺🇦 U.S. Vice President Vance expressed optimism and confidence in finding a resolution to the Ukrainian conflict.

⚠️🇺🇸🇷🇺 Experts believe the Trump administration will soon tighten sanctions against Russia. Previously, WSJ reported plans to strengthen sanctions if Trump deems Russia uninterested in resolving the Ukrainian conflict. Axios stated that if a ceasefire is not reached by the end of April, Trump may impose additional sanctions and appeal to Congress for new legislation.

🇮🇩🇺🇸 Indonesia is considering purchasing arms from the United States as part of trade discussions related to tariffs. More details can be found in the article on Bloomberg.

🌍 Emerging market stocks have rebounded from half of the tariff shock induced by Trump. They are closing the week with the strongest growth in two months.

🛢 European Council President Antonio Costa indicated that the European Union's upcoming release of a roadmap to gradually phase out purchases of Russian fossil fuels will serve as a signal for European companies to increase their acquisition of LNG from the United States.

🔥 Russian development company "Etalon" has received official consent from Cyprus to change its jurisdiction and submitted documents for registration in Russia. More details can be found in the release.

🇷🇺 #RUB #fx #Russia #observation Indicators signal the beginning of the end for the strengthening of the ruble. BBG headline on April 15 and RTRS headline on April 18.

📰 Reports suggest that at 23:00 Moscow time (16:00 ET), Trump will officially speak about the Ukraine negotiations in France.

🇷🇺 April 23 - SOLLERS set to determine 2024 dividends in shareholders' meeting.

✴️ Hyperliquid has expanded its market share to 70% in perpetual futures trading among decentralized exchanges, according to data.

⚡️🇷🇺 The Russian ruble weakened despite expert predictions of its strengthening, reports the Bogdanoff Market Monitor service.

⚠️ Former President Trump has announced he will halt peace talks on Ukraine "within a few days" if no progress is made, according to a report by the Financial Times. This decision underscores the urgency and challenges faced in the diplomatic efforts surrounding the ongoing geopolitical tensions.

💎 Russia is home to up to 45% of global diamond reserves, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. More details can be found here.

🇷🇺 "Vostok Investments," which acquired assets from the Baring Vostok fund, sold its stake in Ozon. The transaction involved the sale of 27.64% of Ozon's shares in 2024 for 38.2 billion rubles. More details can be found in this RBC report.

💵 Australian designer Katie Perry has filed a lawsuit against American singer Katy Perry, alleging trademark infringement, according to the WSJ.

⚠️ European officials sought to persuade Washington to adopt a tougher stance against Russia during a meeting with the U.S. side, according to BBG.

⚠️ Deutsche Bank reports that an increasing number of Chinese clients are pulling out of U.S. assets, while the dollar, at least for now, is losing the trust of foreign investors. Read more here.

🌕 Gold has surpassed the S&P 500 index in terms of returns over the past 20 years, including dividends.

🇰🇿 GLTR: Globaltrans Board Approves Special Interim Dividends of 335 RUB per Share.

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⚠️🌎 Moody's has increased its default forecasts amid escalating trade wars. Read more on how this impacts global economic stability.

⚠️🇺🇦 Marco Rubio indicates the U.S. may "withdraw" if progress on Ukraine isn't achieved soon, according to RTRS. Rubio suggests the U.S. could halt mediation between Russia and Ukraine. Experts express concern that the U.S., after igniting conflict, might retreat to focus on domestic matters, reminiscent of strategies seen during World War II, as Europe faces potential escalation.

✴️🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has signed amendments to the constitutional law, granting legal status to the digital som. Test trials for the digital som are set to begin in mid-April 2025, announced earlier by the head of the central bank.

🇷🇺 EU countries need to be involved in Ukraine's resolution so that lifting European sanctions can be part of the agreement, Rubio stated. EU foreign ministers in May aim to discuss the 17th sanctions package against Russia, according to Kallas, April 14, 2025.

🆕 A new version of T-Bank's official app, named Freelance Case, is now available on the App Store. It can be accessed directly. Download it before it's removed.

Results of the day, April 18

🪙 Bitcoin outperforms all key assets 60 days after each major global crisis since 2020.

🪙 CZ stated that BNB is a meme coin.

⛔️ Crypto exchange eXch announced closure on May 1 following allegations of laundering $1.4 billion stolen from Bybit by the North Korean group Lazarus.

☠️ Manta Network co-founder nearly became a victim of a Lazarus attack.

🇧🇷 Founders of Brazilian crypto pyramid Braiscompany were sentenced to a total of 171 years in prison.

🤖 Recently, OpenAI introduced two new neural networks — o3 and o4-mini, which 'think' with images.

🇸🇮 In Slovenia, plans are underway to introduce a 25% tax on cryptocurrency trading profits.

🛒 International chain SPAR has started testing crypto payments. The pilot launch is taking place in one of the stores in Zug, Switzerland.

🛒 International SPAR network starts testing crypto payments. The pilot launch is taking place in one of the stores in Zug, Switzerland.

In the video, a man is paying in BTC through Lightning Network.

The company operates more than 13,900 stores in 48 countries.

🇧🇷 The founders of the Brazilian crypto pyramid Braiscompany were sentenced to a total of 171 years in prison: the mastermind, Joel Ferreira de Souza, received 128 years, and his two accomplices were sentenced to 27 and 15 years.

The Ponzi scheme defrauded approximately 20,000 investors and embezzled $190 million, paying "returns" to old investors using funds from new ones.

🇸🇮 In Slovenia, they plan to introduce a 25% tax on profits from cryptocurrency trading — the new bill proposes taxing the sale of crypto assets for fiat or their use for goods and services, but cryptocurrency-to-cryptocurrency exchanges and transfers between one's own wallets will remain untaxed.

Users will be required to keep records of all transactions for the annual tax return. Authorities find it illogical that the highly speculative crypto asset market has not been taxed so far.

🌍 Emerging market stocks have rebounded from half of the tariff shock induced by Trump. They are closing the week with the strongest growth in two months.

🔥 Russian development company "Etalon" has received official consent from Cyprus to change its jurisdiction and submitted documents for registration in Russia. More details can be found in the release.

🛢 European Council President Antonio Costa indicated that the European Union's upcoming release of a roadmap to gradually phase out purchases of Russian fossil fuels will serve as a signal for European companies to increase their acquisition of LNG from the United States.

🇷🇺 #RUB #fx #Russia #observation Indicators signal the beginning of the end for the strengthening of the ruble. BBG headline on April 15 and RTRS headline on April 18.

📰 Reports suggest that at 23:00 Moscow time (16:00 ET), Trump will officially speak about the Ukraine negotiations in France.

🇷🇺 April 23 - SOLLERS set to determine 2024 dividends in shareholders' meeting.

⚡️🇷🇺 The Russian ruble weakened despite expert predictions of its strengthening, reports the Bogdanoff Market Monitor service.

💎 Russia is home to up to 45% of global diamond reserves, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. More details can be found here.

⚠️ Former President Trump has announced he will halt peace talks on Ukraine "within a few days" if no progress is made, according to a report by the Financial Times. This decision underscores the urgency and challenges faced in the diplomatic efforts surrounding the ongoing geopolitical tensions.

✴️ Hyperliquid has expanded its market share to 70% in perpetual futures trading among decentralized exchanges, according to data.

🇷🇺 "Vostok Investments," which acquired assets from the Baring Vostok fund, sold its stake in Ozon. The transaction involved the sale of 27.64% of Ozon's shares in 2024 for 38.2 billion rubles. More details can be found in this RBC report.

💵 Australian designer Katie Perry has filed a lawsuit against American singer Katy Perry, alleging trademark infringement, according to the WSJ.

⚠️ Deutsche Bank reports that an increasing number of Chinese clients are pulling out of U.S. assets, while the dollar, at least for now, is losing the trust of foreign investors. Read more here.

⚠️ European officials sought to persuade Washington to adopt a tougher stance against Russia during a meeting with the U.S. side, according to BBG.

🇰🇿 GLTR: Globaltrans Board Approves Special Interim Dividends of 335 RUB per Share.

🌕 Gold has surpassed the S&P 500 index in terms of returns over the past 20 years, including dividends.

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⚠️🇺🇦 Marco Rubio indicates the U.S. may "withdraw" if progress on Ukraine isn't achieved soon, according to RTRS. Rubio suggests the U.S. could halt mediation between Russia and Ukraine. Experts express concern that the U.S., after igniting conflict, might retreat to focus on domestic matters, reminiscent of strategies seen during World War II, as Europe faces potential escalation.

⚠️🌎 Moody's has increased its default forecasts amid escalating trade wars. Read more on how this impacts global economic stability.

🆕 A new version of T-Bank's official app, named Freelance Case, is now available on the App Store. It can be accessed directly. Download it before it's removed.

🇷🇺 EU countries need to be involved in Ukraine's resolution so that lifting European sanctions can be part of the agreement, Rubio stated. EU foreign ministers in May aim to discuss the 17th sanctions package against Russia, according to Kallas, April 14, 2025.

✴️🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has signed amendments to the constitutional law, granting legal status to the digital som. Test trials for the digital som are set to begin in mid-April 2025, announced earlier by the head of the central bank.

⚠️🇺🇦 Rubio emphasizes the urgency of knowing if peace in Ukraine cannot be achieved.

⚠️🇺🇦 France, the UK, and Germany could help achieve a resolution to the Ukraine conflict, according to Rubio. However, Merz and other EU countries support further escalation. Europe leans toward provoking continued war, claims the Kremlin (April 14, 2025). The US plans to hand over to Britain the leadership in supplying arms to Ukraine, states Lavrov (March 12, 2025).

🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump announced he does not wish to continue raising tariffs on Chinese goods, citing a strong relationship with President Xi and indicating ongoing communication. Previously, China had stated it would not increase tariffs on U.S. products any further, considering it pointless at rates exceeding 100%.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Rubio emphasized the importance of the negotiation process with Russia.

🚨 The United States might soon assess if the Ukraine conflict can be resolved, reports RTRS citing Rubio. He notes that America is ready to aid in resolving the conflict if both parties truly seek peace. Otherwise, the U.S. will redirect its efforts. Rubio emphasizes that discussions on Ukrainian settlement "cannot continue indefinitely." If efforts to halt the conflict fail shortly, they will inform President Trump that negotiations are not feasible options.

🔗 The volume of locked assets in the tokenization sector (RWA) continues to reach record levels. Experts forecast significant growth for the tokenization sector in the near future.

🇺🇦 US officials at a meeting in Paris with European counterparts expressed optimism about achieving a significant breakthrough in ceasefire efforts for Ukraine. They aim to secure a complete halt to hostilities within the coming weeks. More details can be found in the full article on Bloomberg.

⚠️🇺🇦 In geopolitical news, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff mentioned that during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the discussion centered on the "question of territories" concerning the Ukraine settlement. According to Witkoff, this issue might be partially solved. However, experts suggest that a partial solution is unacceptable for Russia, as reported by the WSJ.