📋 Daily Crypto Hot Topics - January 9, 2026
Theme: 🌪️ Macro Double Whammy + CZ's New Book Buzz, Recap of Today's Top 10 Crypto Events
1. 📖 CZ @cz_binance's new book (Binance Life) triggers a Memecoin boom
CZ announced his personal memoir, possibly titled (Binance Life), sparking instant excitement in the Chinese-speaking community. The on-chain meme token named (Binance Life) and related concept coins surged vividly, once again demonstrating the classic scenario where 'one word moves the market'.
2. 🇺🇸 Macro 'Super Friday': Non-Farm Payrolls + Supreme Court Ruling
Today is the decisive day for macro markets. The market is holding its breath, awaiting two major events:
NFP data: The just-released employment data will directly impact expectations for Fed rate cuts.
Tariff ruling: The US is expected to make a key policy decision today on Trump's tariffs. The likelihood of Polymarket tariff cancellation is extremely high, seen as positive for risk assets.
3. 🏦 Morgan Stanley enters the three-part suite
Major institutional signal! Morgan Stanley has officially filed ETF applications for BTC, ETH, and SOL. Wall Street's acceptance of Solana is catching up to Bitcoin and Ethereum, with SOL rising over 1% today (currently around $140), showing strong resilience.
4. 🔮 $2.2 billion options expiry, BTC locked at $90k
Today, there are 21,000 BTC and 126,000 ETH contract symbols, with a notional value of approximately $2.2 billion. The BTC maximum pain point is precisely at $90,000, causing price to repeatedly oscillate between $89k and $92k, resulting in a double whammy for both longs and shorts.
5. 🦄 Polygon (POL) surges 15%逆势
Polygon revealed to be acquiring US Bitcoin ATM operator Coinme for $100M–$125M. This 'real industry + Web3' acquisition directly boosted POL token, becoming a bright spot in today's otherwise gloomy market.
6. ⚠️Zcash (ZEC) team volatility triggers sharp drop
News from the core team of the veteran privacy coin Zcash triggered panic selling in the community, with ZEC dropping nearly 20% in a single day.
7. 🚨 Truebit (TRU) hit by attack
The veteran project Truebit protocol suffered a severe vulnerability attack today, with its price nearly dropping to zero. The blockchain security alarm is ringing continuously, and blind抄底 (copying bottom) is underway.
8. 🇰🇷 South Korea plans to open spot ETFs by 2026
The South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) has explicitly planned to open the market to spot crypto ETFs in its newly released 2026 growth strategy. The Kimchi Premium may soon become history, but compliant access channels for South Korean capital will be fully unlocked.
9. 📉 Market sentiment turns cold: fear index at 27
Affected by macroeconomic uncertainty, the cryptocurrency fear and greed index stands at 27 (fear). Total market cap has retreated to $3.11 trillion, with altcoins frequently correcting. Due to lack of liquidity, some smaller coins continue to decline steadily.
10. 🕸️RWA new development: Bitget Wallet x Ondo
Bitget Wallet announced a deep integration with Ondo Finance, expanding its tokenized US stock products (such as Apple, Tesla) to over 200 types. RWA will continue high-intensity infrastructure updates through early 2026.
