VTB, the second largest bank in Russia, announced that it will launch a Bitcoin purchase service for all investors. （The Bitcoin Historian）

[U.S. Stock Market Open Today, European Stock Markets Remain Closed] On the day after Christmas, the U.S. stock market will open as usual. Precious metals, energy, forex, and stock index futures contracts under CME will also trade normally. However, U.S. Treasury futures contracts will pause trading from 14:00 to 19:00 (UTC+8) due to the European market holiday. The stock markets in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Europe, and Canada will remain closed for the entire day. Investors should take note of the trading arrangements.

[Binance to Support FXS Mainnet Swap and Brand Upgrade to FRAX] Binance has announced support for the mainnet swap and brand upgrade of FXS Share (FXS) to Frax (FRAX). Binance will cease trading and delist all existing FXS spot trading pairs (FXS/USDT) at 11:00 (UTC+8) on January 13, 2026, and automatically cancel all open orders. Spot trading for FRAX/USDT will open at 16:00 (UTC+8) on January 15, 2026.

The TrustWallet vulnerability has resulted in over $6 million in cryptocurrency being stolen, of which approximately $2.8 million remains in hacker wallets (including Bitcoin, EVM, and Solana), and over $4 million has been transferred to centralized exchanges: approximately $3.3 million went to ChangeNOW, approximately $340000 went to FixeFloat, and approximately $447000 went to KuCoin. （PeckShieldAlert）

[Circle mints an additional $500 million USDC on Solana, reaching $55 billion by 2025] According to Onchain Lens, Circle has minted an additional $500 million USDC on the Solana blockchain, bringing the total USDC minted on the Solana network to $55 billion by 2025.