Fed Interest Rate Decision and a Potential Merger: Crypto Week Ahead

The crypto market will be watching this week to see whether bitcoin BTC$115,820.74 and ether ETH$4,216.99 can make a meaningful move to break a level of support or resistance, or whether the rangebound behavior will continue.

There are a number of market catalysts over the coming week; notably a Core Scientific (CORZ) virtual meeting on Oct. 30, which will outline the decision on a vote on a potential merger with CoreWeave (CRWV). The Federal Reserve will also make a decision on interest rates on Oct. 29, which is touted the be the major market mover.

What to Watch

• Crypto
  • Oct. 27, 10 a.m.: Kadena (KDA) Chief Business Officer Annelise Osborne is hosting an AMA on Telegram.
  • Oct. 28, 2:53 p.m.: Ethereum’s Fusaka hard fork upgrade is expected to be applied to the Hoodi testnet.
  • Oct. 30: Cronos (CRO) mainnet receives the “Smarturn” upgrade.
  • Oct. 30, 10 a.m.: Core Scientific (CORZ) virtual special meeting for stockholder vote on merger with CoreWeave (CRWV) and related executive compensation.
  • Oct. 30: HashKey Chain (HSK) pauses new staking orders to update the staking contract, promising improved yields and a more sustainable APY.
  • Nov. 1: P2P crypto marketplace Paxful is shutting down operations by this date.
  • Nov. 2: Dogeday 2025 community celebration at Sakura Hometown Square, Chiba, Japan
• Macro
  • Oct. 27, 10:30 a.m.: Oct. Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (Prev. -8.7).
  • Oct. 28, 8 a.m.: Mexico Sept. Unemployment Rate (Prev. 2.9%).
  • Oct. 28, 10 a.m.: Oct. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Prev. -17).
  • Oct. 29, 9:45 a.m.: Bank of Canada Interest Rate Decision. Policy Interest Rate (Prev. 2.5%). Press conference starts 45 minutes later; watch live.
  • Oct. 29, 2 p.m.: Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision. Fed Funds Rate Target Range Est. 3.75%-4%. Press Conference starts 30 minutes later; watch live.
  • Oct. 30, 8 a.m.: Mexico Q3 GDP Growth Rate (Preliminary). YoY (Prev. 0%), QoQ (Prev. 0.6%).
  • Oct. 30, 9:55 a.m.: Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman is speaking at the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act Outreach Meeting. Watch live.
  • Oct. 31, 8 a.m.: Brazil Sept. Unemployment Rate (Prev. 5.6%).
  • Oct. 31, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Aug. GDP MoM Est. 0%.
• Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)
  • Oct. 28: PayPal Holdings (PYPL), pre-market.
  • Oct. 30: Coinbase Global (COIN), post-market.
  • Oct. 30: Reddit (RDDT), post-market.
  • Oct. 30: Riot Platforms (RIOT), post-market.
  • Oct. 30: Strategy (MSTR), post-market.
  • Nov. 3: Cipher Mining (CIFR), pre-market.

Token Events

• Governance votes & calls
  • Decentraland DAO is voting to launch the DAO Land Access Program, allowing creators temporary use of unused DAO land for projects like art, education, and social spaces. Voting ends Oct. 25.
  • GnosisDAO is voting to replace subgraph-based voting with on-chain and beacon chain data, adding StakeWise (sGNO, osGNO) support and improving voting accuracy while removing reliance on The Graph. Voting ends Oct. 28.
  • Lisk DAO is voting on a 4M LSK proposal to launch the Lisk DAO Fund, replacing grants with investments in top Lisk startups. Voting ends Oct. 29.
  • ZKsync DAO is voting on allocating 33M ZK (~$1.65M) to the ZKsync Association to maintain and enhance governance infrastructure through 2026. Voting ends Oct. 29.
  • ENS DAO is voting to fund ENS Contract Naming Season, a six-month program led by Enscribe with 75K USDC and 10K ENS to promote smart contract naming, boost ENS adoption, and improve Ethereum UX. Voting ends Oct. 29.
  • Arbitrum DAO is voting on a proposal to transfer 8,500 ETH from its treasury to the Arbitrum Treasury Management Council to activate idle funds and generate yield. Voting ends Oct. 30.
• Unlocks
  • Oct. 25: Plasma XPL$0.3719 to unlock 4.97% of its circulating supply worth $34.65 million.
  • Oct. 28: SIGN$0.04331 to unlock 21.48% of its circulating supply worth $12 million.
  • Oct. 28: GRASS$0.4453 to unlock 72.4% of its circulating supply worth $77.4 million.
  • Oct. 28: JUP$0.4350 to unlock 1.72% of its circulating supply worth $19.5 million.
  • Oct. 30: ZORA$0.09835 to unlock 4.55% of its circulating supply worth $15.75 million.
  • Oct. 30: KMNO$0.06716 to unlock 5.99% of its circulating supply worth $13.65 million.
  • Oct. 31: Immutable (IMX) to unlock 1.24% of its circulating supply worth $13.07 million.
  • Oct. 31: OP$0.4631 to unlock 1.71% of its circulating supply worth $13.79 million.
  • Nov. 1: SUI$2.6682 to unlock 1.21% of its circulating supply worth $108.14 million.
  • Nov. 1: EIGEN$1.1876 to unlock 12.1% of its circulating supply worth $40.87 million.
  • Nov. 2: ENA$0.5266 to unlock 0.6% of its circulating supply worth $19.05 million.
• Token Launches
  • Oct. 27: Vultisig (VULT) launches its token.
  • Oct. 29: Injective’s new INJ community burn starts.

Conferences

• Oct. 26-29: Money20/20 USA (Las Vegas, Nevada)
• Oct. 28-29: Blockchain Life 2025 (Dubai, UAE)
• Oct. 29-30: Future of Money, Governance, and the Law 2025 (Washington)
• Oct. 30-Nov. 1: CosmosVerse Balkans 2025 (Split, Croatia)
• Oct. 31-Nov. 2: Ethereum Mexico (Monterrey, Mexico)

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