US inflation report, BNB smart chain hard fork: A week ahead for cryptocurrencies

The most influential economic report of the week will be released on Tuesday, when US consumer inflation statistics are released. It is estimated that prices in December rose by 2.7%, the same pace as the previous month.

It’s also the same day BNB Smart Chain activates Fermi hard fork. This upgrade focuses on making the network faster and more responsive, reducing blocking times by 40%.

what to see

(all times Eastern)

cryptography
- January 13th, 1pm: Hedera (HBAR) upgrades mainnet to v0.68.
- January 13th 9:30pm: BNB Smart Chain’s Fermi hard fork upgrade has been enabled, reducing block time from 750ms to 450ms.
- January 14th, 2am: Mantle (MNT) mainnet upgrade (v.1.4.2) focuses on supporting all features of Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade.
- January 15th (planned): RVN$0.007705 The reward for the second block will be halved at block 4,200,000, and the mining reward will be reduced from 2,500. RVN up to 1,250 RVN block by block.
- January 15: U.S. Senate Banking Committee marks up the Digital Asset Market Transparency Act.
macro
- January 13th, 8:30 a.m.: US December consumer price inflation rate. Headline rate expected 2.7% YoY, estimated 0.3% m/m; Core rate expected 2.7% YoY, estimated 0.3% m/m.
- January 14th 8:30am: US November PPI. Headline rate expected to be 2.7% YoY, estimated 0.3% m/m; Core rate expected 2.7% YoY, estimated 0.2% m/m.
- Jan. 15, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. unemployment claims. First edition (week ending January 10th) (208,000 yen). Continued (week ending January 3) (previously 1914K).
Revenue (estimated based on FactSet data)

token event

Governance votes and calls
- Lali Dao is voting on the proposal to transfer 24 people Ethereum From DAO Treasury to foundation-managed multisig for conservative staking. This initiative aims to generate yield from idle assets while maintaining full capitalization. Ethereum exposure. Voting ends on January 11th.
- The Extra Finance DAO is voting on the allocation of financing emissions from epochs 131 to 134. veEXTRA holders use a weighted voting system to allocate rewards across the eligible base chain pool. Voting ends on January 12th.
- Treehouse DAO is voting to implement mesh bridging for assets via Chainlink CCIP. This update enables direct transfers between all supported chains, eliminating the need to route transactions through Ethereum. Voting ends on January 12th.
- Usual DAO is voting to acquire Fira, a fixed rate lending infrastructure developed by Usual Labs, for $1.72 million. Voting ends on January 13th.
- The Moon administration has voted to build a DAO-operated MOON bridge between Arbitrum One and Nova. Voting ends on January 13th.
- Aave DAO is voting on a governance update that requires proponents to explicitly demonstrate readiness before third parties can begin voting. Voting ends on January 12th.
- CoW DAO has voted to renew the grant program for 2026, allocating 500,000 xDAI and remaining COW reserves. Voting ends on January 15th.
unlock
- January 11th: APT$1.7574 Release 0.7% of circulating supply worth $20.47 million.
- January 13th: Chel$0.5616 Freeing up 2.78% of circulating supply worth $11.71 million.
- January 15th: Concus$15.56 Freeing up 1.59% of circulating supply worth $21.16 million.
- January 15th: Strak$0.08236 Frees up 4.83% of circulating supply worth $10.6 million.
- January 16th: ARB$0.2022 Release 1.86% of circulating supply worth $19.29 million.
- January 17th: DBR$0.01859 Release 14.81% of circulating supply worth $11.1 million.
- January 18th: playing cards$5.3644 Freeing up 11.95% of circulating supply worth $268.5 million.
- January 18th: Ondo$0.3926 Releases 57.23% of circulating supply worth $785.96 million.
Activate token
- January 13th: Fogo token generation event occurs.
- January 13: Recall token airdrop claim period ends.
- January 15: Launch of KUBChain gold Token burn will occur.
- January 15th: Mantra’s transition period from OM to MANTRA Chain ends.