Flare Launches First XRP Spot Market on Hyperliquid, Introduces FXRP/USDC Trading Pair

January 9th — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the first 2026 non-farm payrolls (NFP) report tonight at 9:30 PM ET. Expectations call for a 60K increase in NFP, down from the prior month’s 64K reading. Non-farm payrolls track the change in U.S. non-agricultural sector employment (excluding farm workers). The data is derived from a sample survey of U.S. businesses, government agencies, and non-farm establishments. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) releases the report on the first Friday of each month, covering the prior month’s figures. Also scheduled for tonight: the U.S. December unemployment rate. Forecasts sit at 4.50%, down from the prior 4.60%.

On January 9, monitoring data from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel at https://t.me/HyperInsight) shows that the long positions of "Brother Ma" Huang Licheng have widened their floating losses to $400,000—after previously hitting a floating profit of over $1.1 million. Current position breakdown: - 25x leveraged long on 9,800 ETH: Liquidation price = $2,978.30; Floating loss = $400,000 - 10x leveraged long on 272,000 HYPE: Liquidation price = $20.7599; Floating loss = $184,000

**Polygon Nears Deal to Acquire U.S. Bitcoin ATM Operator Coinme for $1B-$1.25B** Polygon is close to acquiring Coinme, a U.S. Bitcoin ATM operator, with a deal value pegged between $1 billion and $1.25 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on January 9. The transaction remains in a confidential stage. The acquisition is advised by investment bank Architect Partners. Coinme—one of the earliest Bitcoin ATM operators in the U.S.—rolled out its first compliant Bitcoin kiosk in May 2014. It now operates across roughly 49 U.S. states, supporting major cryptocurrencies at offline locations like supermarkets. Polygon closed a $450 million funding round in 2023, led by Sequoia Capital India. The potential deal is viewed as a key move for the firm to expand into crypto payments and offline access points.

On Jan 9, per GMGN market data, the Chinese meme token "I've Arrived" briefly topped $16 million in market cap to set a new all-time high. It has since retraced to $15.02 million, with a 24-hour gain of 483%. Binance Life's current market cap stands at $146 million, down 2.68% over the past 24 hours.

**January 9 – The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) announced Wednesday that Prince Bank, a subsidiary of Prince Group, has entered liquidation and is barred from all banking operations, including accepting deposits and issuing loans.** The central bank said the decision complies with Cambodian law, and it has appointed auditing firm Morison Kak MKA as the legal liquidator to oversee the bank’s operations and asset disposal. Prince Bank must immediately halt all new banking activities, per the announcement: opening new accounts, taking new deposits, and approving or disbursing any business or personal loans. Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior confirmed Chen Zhi, along with associates Xu Jiliang and Shao Jihui, was arrested on January 6 and extradited to China. The trio is suspected of involvement in large-scale transnational online fraud, with related charges filed by a U.S. court. Chen’s previously granted Cambodian citizenship was formally revoked by royal decree in December 2025

On January 9, Bitmine deposited over 1 million ETH into Ethereum Proof-of-Stake (PoS) staking, pushing its total staked ETH to 1.032 million—valued at $3.215 billion, per EmberCN monitoring. That staked amount accounts for 25% of the firm’s total ETH holdings, which stand at 4.143 million. As a result, the queue of ETH waiting to be staked has grown to 1.778 million, while the exit queue has already been cleared.