U.S. Jobs Report, Ethereum Upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead

MEVictim · 2026-01-05T14:28:09+00:00

![image](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-7858a54d28-dc4c8f3db8-8b7abd-e2c905)Source: CryptoNewsNetOriginal Title: U.S. jobs report, Ethereum upgrade: Crypto Week AheadOriginal Link: Welcome to the new year. It's looking like a quiet week to kick things off.The Ethereum blockchain is activating an incremental upgrade as part of its Fusaka roadmap, and BNB Chain is voting on a proposal to tweak some system parameters to align with the Fermi hard fork, scheduled for Jan. 14.The economic report most likely to influence markets doesn't come till Friday. U.S. nonfarm payrolls data is forecast to show the world's largest economy created 57,000 jobs in December.## What to Watch### Crypto- **Jan. 7**: Ethereum activates its second "Blob Parameter Only" (BPO-2) hard fork, raising the blob target to 14 and the maximum to 21 blobs per block to expand data capacity for rollups as part of the Fusaka scaling roadmap.- **Jan. 8, 11 a.m.**: AMA ("Product Roadmap & Tokenomics for 2026") on X.### Macro- **Jan. 5, 10 a.m.**: U.S. Dec. ISM Manufacturing PMI Est. 48.3.- **Jan. 6, 7 a.m.**: Mexico Dec. Consumer Confidence (Prev. 44.2).- **Jan. 6, 8 a.m.**: Brazil Dec. S&P Global PMI. Services (Prev. 50.1); Composite (Prev. 49.6).- **Jan. 6, 9:30 a.m.**: Canada Dec. S&P Global PMI. Services (Prev. 44.3); Composite (Prev. 44.9).- **Jan. 6, 9:45 a.m.**: U.S. Dec. (Final) S&P Global PMI. Services Est. 52.9; Composite Est. 53.- **Jan. 7, 5 a.m.**: Eurozone Dec. (Flash) Consumer Price Inflation. Headline Rate YoY Est. 2.1%; Headline Rate MoM (Prev. -0.3); Core Rate YoY Est. 2.4%.- **Jan. 7, 8:15 a.m.**: Dec. ADP Employment Change Est. 47K.- **Jan. 7, 10 a.m.**: Dec. ISM Services PMI Est. 52.3.- **Jan. 7, 10 a.m.**: Nov. JOLTS report. Job Openings Est. 7.73M; Job Quits (Prev. 2.941M).- **Jan. 8, 5 a.m.**: Eurozone Nov. Unemployment Rate Est. 6.4%.- **Jan. 8, 5 a.m.**: Eurozone Nov. PPI. YoY (Prev. -0.5%); MoM Est. 0.4%.- **Jan. 8, 7 a.m.**: Mexico Dec. Consumer Price Inflation. Headline Rate YoY Est. 3.9%; Headline Rate MoM Est. 0.48; Core Rate YoY Est. 4.37%; Core Rate MoM Est. 0.42%.- **Jan. 8, 8:30 a.m.**: U.S. Jobless Claims. Initial (for week ended Jan. 3) Est. 205K; Continuing (for week ended Dec. 27) (Prev. 1866K).- **Jan. 9, 7 a.m.**: Brazil Dec. Consumer Price Inflation. Headline Rate YoY Est. 4.35%; Headline Rate MoM Est. 0.41%.- **Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.**: Canada Dec. Unemployment Rate Est. 6.7%.- **Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.**: U.S. Dec. Jobs Report. Nonfarm Payrolls Est. 57K; Unemployment Rate Est. 4.5%.- **Jan. 9, 10 a.m.**: Dec. (Preliminary) Michigan Inflation Expectations (Prev. 4.2%).### Earnings- Nothing scheduled.

MEVictim

2026-01-05 14:28:09

Source: CryptoNewsNet Original Title: U.S. jobs report, Ethereum upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead Original Link: Welcome to the new year. It’s looking like a quiet week to kick things off.

The Ethereum blockchain is activating an incremental upgrade as part of its Fusaka roadmap, and BNB Chain is voting on a proposal to tweak some system parameters to align with the Fermi hard fork, scheduled for Jan. 14.

The economic report most likely to influence markets doesn’t come till Friday. U.S. nonfarm payrolls data is forecast to show the world’s largest economy created 57,000 jobs in December.

What to Watch

Crypto

Jan. 7: Ethereum activates its second “Blob Parameter Only” (BPO-2) hard fork, raising the blob target to 14 and the maximum to 21 blobs per block to expand data capacity for rollups as part of the Fusaka scaling roadmap.
Jan. 8, 11 a.m.: AMA (“Product Roadmap & Tokenomics for 2026”) on X.

Macro

Jan. 5, 10 a.m.: U.S. Dec. ISM Manufacturing PMI Est. 48.3.
Jan. 6, 7 a.m.: Mexico Dec. Consumer Confidence (Prev. 44.2).
Jan. 6, 8 a.m.: Brazil Dec. S&P Global PMI. Services (Prev. 50.1); Composite (Prev. 49.6).
Jan. 6, 9:30 a.m.: Canada Dec. S&P Global PMI. Services (Prev. 44.3); Composite (Prev. 44.9).
Jan. 6, 9:45 a.m.: U.S. Dec. (Final) S&P Global PMI. Services Est. 52.9; Composite Est. 53.
Jan. 7, 5 a.m.: Eurozone Dec. (Flash) Consumer Price Inflation. Headline Rate YoY Est. 2.1%; Headline Rate MoM (Prev. -0.3); Core Rate YoY Est. 2.4%.
Jan. 7, 8:15 a.m.: Dec. ADP Employment Change Est. 47K.
Jan. 7, 10 a.m.: Dec. ISM Services PMI Est. 52.3.
Jan. 7, 10 a.m.: Nov. JOLTS report. Job Openings Est. 7.73M; Job Quits (Prev. 2.941M).
Jan. 8, 5 a.m.: Eurozone Nov. Unemployment Rate Est. 6.4%.
Jan. 8, 5 a.m.: Eurozone Nov. PPI. YoY (Prev. -0.5%); MoM Est. 0.4%.
Jan. 8, 7 a.m.: Mexico Dec. Consumer Price Inflation. Headline Rate YoY Est. 3.9%; Headline Rate MoM Est. 0.48; Core Rate YoY Est. 4.37%; Core Rate MoM Est. 0.42%.
Jan. 8, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Jobless Claims. Initial (for week ended Jan. 3) Est. 205K; Continuing (for week ended Dec. 27) (Prev. 1866K).
Jan. 9, 7 a.m.: Brazil Dec. Consumer Price Inflation. Headline Rate YoY Est. 4.35%; Headline Rate MoM Est. 0.41%.
Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Dec. Unemployment Rate Est. 6.7%.
Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Dec. Jobs Report. Nonfarm Payrolls Est. 57K; Unemployment Rate Est. 4.5%.
Jan. 9, 10 a.m.: Dec. (Preliminary) Michigan Inflation Expectations (Prev. 4.2%).

Earnings

Nothing scheduled.

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