Key Highlights for Next Week
January 5
January 6
The Infinex token sale has officially started and will continue until January 6th ;
Ranger announced that it will launch a token sale on January 6 ;
January 9
The non-farm payrolls report will be released next Friday at the scheduled time .
Other (specific time to be determined)
Trump: Considering suing and firing Powell; Fed chair nominee expected to be announced in January .
The following is a preview of more noteworthy events in the industry from January 5th to January 11th.
January 5
Bitget TradFi will support trading of traditional assets such as gold starting January 5th.
According to Odaily Odaily, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen announced on the X platform that on the first day of 2026, Bitget distributed New Year's gifts to all full-time employees, each receiving $100 worth of gold stablecoins. On January 5th, Bitget TradFi will be fully operational, supporting trading in traditional assets such as gold.
According to Odaily, Huione Pay in Cambodia suddenly announced on December 1st that it would cease operations until January 5th of next year and implement a delayed repayment plan due to a large-scale run on the bank. Long queues of users have formed outside its Phnom Penh headquarters, and Chinese notices regarding the delayed repayment have been posted at its stores.
It is worth noting that in May of this year, the US FinCEN listed the Huiwang Group as a major money laundering risk entity, accusing it of providing money laundering channels for transnational fraud organizations in North Korea and Southeast Asia, and being involved in cryptocurrency scams such as "pig butchering" scams. (Cambodia China Times)
According to Odaily Odaily, Huma Finance responded on the X platform to user complaints that their Vanguard badges were revoked after the launch of the Q2 airdrop event. Huma Finance clarified that holders need to continuously meet relevant staking requirements to retain their badges, including holding 10,000 HUMA tokens or staking 100% of the airdrop tokens received. However, some users did not fully understand this ongoing requirement. Huma Finance has temporarily restored the Vanguard badges and set a new grace period, ending on January 5, 2026 at 00:00 (UTC).
January 6
Binance will delist several FDUSD margin trading pairs on January 6, 2026.
According to an official Odaily, Binance's margin trading platform will remove several cross margin and isolated margin margin trading pairs, including BCH/FDUSD and TAO/FDUSD, at 06:00 (UTC) on January 6, 2026. The platform will suspend lending and borrowing functions for the aforementioned isolated margin trading pairs at 06:00 (UTC) on December 31, 2025, and will automatically close, settle, and cancel all pending orders at 06:00 (UTC) on January 6, 2026. Users must close their positions or transfer their assets before this time.
The Infinex token sale has officially begun and will continue until January 6th.
Odaily Odaily reports that the Infinex token sale officially started at 14:00 today and will continue until 14:00 Beijing time on January 6th.
Previously, it was reported that Infinex's token sale valuation had been lowered from the initial $300 million to $99.99 million to better adapt to the current market environment.
Ranger announced that it will launch its token sale on January 6th.
Odaily Odaily reports that Ranger, a project on the Solana ecosystem's Perp DEX, will launch a token sale on January 6th, planned to last for 4 days, selling 39.02% of the total supply of tokens.
Odaily Odaily reports that Hyperliquid has clarified its team token ownership and unlocking schedule in a statement released on Discord. According to the disclosure, the team will unlock 1.2 million HYPE tokens on January 6th, with any subsequent unlocks taking place on the 6th of each following month.
January 7
According to Odaily Odaily, the ZKsync development team officially announced that ZKsync Era will end its support for Etherscan (data indexing service) on January 7, 2026. In the future, it will focus on supporting its native browser to better serve the protocol features of interoperability trading, Gateway settlement, and EVM compilers such as Solx.
January 8
None available
January 9
The non-farm payrolls report will be released next Friday at the normal time.
According to Odaily Odaily, U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly at the start of the new year, but ended the week mixed, with a series of new data releases scheduled for next week. Investors may focus on December employment indicators, starting with the ADP report on Wednesday, followed by the non-farm payroll data released on Friday according to the regular schedule (released at 21:30 Beijing time).
Capital Economics expects the unemployment rate to fall slightly from 4.6% to 4.5%, while Citigroup predicts it will rise further to 4.7%. (Jinshi)
January 10
None available
January 11
None available
Other (specific time to be determined)
Trump: Considering suing and firing Powell; Fed Chair nominee expected to be announced in January.
Odaily Odaily reported on December 30th that US President Trump commented on the Federal Reserve, stating: "I'm considering suing Fed Chairman Powell. Powell should resign. I'd love to fire him, but his term is almost over. Maybe I will eventually fire him." The nominee for Fed Chairman is expected to be announced in January. (Jinshi)
