Labor markets will be in focus this week with lots of employment data, but the first full week of the year could shake markets out of holiday slumber as investors react to rapid developments in Venezuela.<\/p>\n
The US conducted a military operation in Venezuela over the weekend, capturing President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife while explosions were reported in Caracas and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n
US President Trump claimed<\/a> that his country will now run the oil industry in Venezuela, which has resulted in a fall in energy prices, while crypto markets remain resilient for now.<\/p>\n \u201cVolatility continues to be the norm as macroeconomic headwinds continue to shift rapidly,\u201d commented the Kobeissi Letter.<\/p>\n US and European stock markets will continue to digest the events from the weekend when they open, but crypto assets have moved marginally higher on Monday morning in Asia.\u00a0Tuesday will see December\u2019s ISM Manufacturing PMI data, which measures the health of the manufacturing sector in the US.<\/p>\n However, the main focus of the week will be on labor data with December\u2019s ADP Nonfarm Employment report and November\u2019s JOLTS Job Openings data due on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The Federal Reserve cut rates three times last year due to a weakening labor market, so this data may influence the central bank\u2019s next move.\u00a0Friday will see the December Jobs Report and the Consumer Sentiment data, adding more fuel to the economic fire.<\/p>\n Key Events This Week:<\/p>\n 1. Markets React to Venezuela Situation \u2013 Monday<\/p>\n 2. December ISM Manufacturing PMI data- Tuesday<\/p>\n 3. December ADP Nonfarm Employment data \u2013 Wednesday<\/p>\n 4. November JOLTS Job Openings data \u2013 Wednesday<\/p>\n 5. December Jobs Report \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n 6. January MI Consumer\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cSoftening in the labor market has really given the Fed good cover to change their outlook about reducing rates,\u201d Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management, told<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n Total market capitalization is up almost 2% on the day to reach $3.25 trillion, its highest level since December 10.\u00a0Bitcoin led<\/a> the gains, surging above $93,000 in Monday morning Asian trading, but it had fallen back slightly in the hours that followed.<\/p>\n Ethereum also saw multi-week gains, topping $3,200 briefly before dipping to $3,180 at the time of writing.\u00a0There were also solid moves for XRP, Dogecoin, Chainlink, Stellar, and Hyperliquid.<\/p>\n The post 4 Things That Could Impact Crypto Markets This Week<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Labor markets will be in focus this week with lots of employment data, but the first full week of the year could shake markets out of holiday slumber as investors react to rapid developments in Venezuela. The US conducted a military operation in Venezuela over the weekend, capturing President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":47164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Economic Events Jan 5 to 9<\/h2>\n
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