Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets.

U.S. inflation data will test the interest-rate outlook this week ahead of the Federal Reserve's October meeting. Investors currently expect the central bank to keep interest rates unchanged an increase in December.

Third-quarter bank earnings will provide a separate check on lending, trading activity and investor demand.

In crypto, Ethereum developers discuss upcoming upgrades, while Singapore’s stablecoin consultation comes to a close.

What to Watch

(All times ET unless stated otherwise.)

• Crypto
  • Oct. 15: ArbitrumDAO's proposed USDG initiative is scheduled to enter an offchain vote, with voting targeted to run through Oct. 22.
  • Oct. 15, 10 a.m.: Ethereum developers to hold All Core Devs Consensus call No. 189, going over Glamsterdam, Hegotá.
  • Oct. 16: Deadline for Balancer partners to request extensions for specific v3 pools through Nov. 30 under the protocol's approved wind-down plan.
  • Oct. 16, 11:59 a.m.: The Monetary Authority of Singapore's consultation on stablecoin regulation closes.
• Macro
  • Oct. 12: U.S. bond markets are closed for Columbus Day. Equity markets are open.
  • Oct. 13, 9:30 p.m.: China CPI YoY for September est. 1.0% (Prev. 0.8%); PPI YoY est. 4.5% (Prev. 3.8%)
  • Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. CPI MoM for September est. 0.6% (Prev. 0.4%); CPI YoY est. 3.6% (Prev. 3.4%)
  • Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Core CPI MoM for September est. 0.2% (Prev. 0.3%); Core CPI YoY est. 2.5% (Prev. 2.4%)
  • Oct. 15, 2 a.m.: U.K. GDP MoM for August est. -0.1% (Prev. 0.4%)
  • Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. PPI MoM for September est. 0.5% (Prev. 0.4%); PPI YoY est. 5.3% (Prev. 5.4%)
  • Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Core PPI MoM for September est. 0.3% (Prev. 0.2%); Core PPI YoY est. 4.4% (Prev. 4.6%)
  • Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Retail Sales MoM for September est. 0.3% (Prev. 1.2%)
  • Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for period ending Oct. 10 est. 195K (Prev. 197K); Continuing Jobless Claims for period ending Oct. 3 (Prev. 1716K)
  • Oct. 15, 11:30 p.m.: U.S. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh to speak with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
  • Oct. 16, 5 a.m.: Eurozone CPI YoY Final for September est. 3.8% (Prev. 3.2%)
• Earnings
  • Oct. 14: BlackRock (BLK), pre-market, $14.24
  • Oct. 15: BNY (BNY), pre-market, $2.27

Token Events

• Governance votes and calls
  • Balancer is voting on an independent, self-funded fork. Voting ends Oct. 13.
  • Compound is voting to withdraw and bridge wETH reserves from its deprecated Ronin market to mainnet. Voting ends Oct. 13.
  • Gitcoin is voting to lower its Snapshot quorum from 2.5 million GTC to 1.5 million GTC, reducing the voting power needed for a valid proposal. Voting ends Oct. 15.
• Unlocks
  • Oct. 15: Starknet to unlock 3.37% of its circulating supply worth around $13.2 million.
  • Oct. 15: Connex (CONX) to unlock 1.39% of its circulating supply worth $12.18 million.
  • Oct. 16: Arbitrum to 1.56% of its circulating supply worth $18.07 million.
  • Oct. 17: Cronos to unlock 2.33% of its circulating supply worth $73.08 million.
• Token launches
  • Oct. 15: Sonic's final claim deadline for its Season 1 and Season 2 airdrops.

Conferences

• Oct. 12–14: Paradigm Frontiers (San Francisco)
• Oct. 15: Pantera Blockchain Summit (San Francisco)
• Oct. 15: Ledger Op3n (Paris)
• Oct. 15–16: BGIN Block 15 (Washington D.C.)
• Oct. 17–18: EDCON (Kuala Lumpur)