Huobi HTX has launched AERGO perpetual contracts and kicked off a contract trading party.

On January 7, Coinbase updated its listing roadmap to include Raydium (RAY), Energy Dollar (ENERGY), Elsa (ELSA), and FunTokens (FUN).

Space(@intodotspace), the first leveraged prediction market on #Solana, has raised $10.5M+ in its public sale, 423%+ oversubscribed. $2.7M of inflows took place in just the last 24 hours alone.

January 7: After the founder of Prince Group was arrested in Cambodia, its "legitimate" business units—including Prince Bank and Prince Real Estate—continue to operate normally, with storefronts visible on Phnom Penh streets. However, following lawsuits and asset freezes against Prince Group and Chen Zhi in countries like the U.S. and Singapore, these businesses have also encountered operational difficulties. In October 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) froze 127,000 bitcoins belonging to Prince Group, worth approximately $15 billion at the time. The DOJ stated that Prince Group’s campus had a staff size of 5,000 to 10,000 people, with over 700,000 registered fraudulent accounts. During the same period, the Singapore government froze a large portion of the Chen family’s assets—including luxury cars like Bentleys and Rolls-Royces, high-value properties, and bank accounts—totaling 150 million Singapore dollars (about 800 million yuan).

On January 7, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that a trader is betting on a sharp Bitcoin (BTC) volatility spike by late March via options trades on Deribit. The trader purchased 660 BTC call options with a $120,000 strike price (costing ~$860,000) and 660 BTC put options with an $80,000 strike price (costing ~$1.5 million). Both contracts expire on March 27 this year. This is a pure volatility play: the trader profits if BTC sees significant price swings by expiration (up or down) but incurs losses if BTC trades sideways between $80,000 and $120,000. The maximum loss is the total premium paid—~$2.36 million.

Jan. 7 — Chainwire reports that non-custodial staking provider Everstake has partnered with Cometh, a DeFi infrastructure firm holding an EU MiCA license, to offer compliant fiat-to-crypto staking services to EU institutions and corporate clients. Clients can deposit fiat via bank transfer, convert it to crypto assets post-KYC/KYB verification, stake securely with Everstake, and redeem staking rewards in fiat. The partnership streamlines institutional access to Web3 staking.

On January 7, Arkham Data reported that Grayscale collectively transferred approximately 1,327.81 BTC—valued at roughly $121 million—to Coinbase Prime within nearly six minutes.