Central Bank Decisions, Coinbase Earnings: The Week Ahead in Crypto

Oct 26, 2026, 5:14 a.m. EDT

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Summary

Crypto Week Ahead offers a thorough overview of upcoming occurrences within the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors, along with key macroeconomic catalysts expected to impact digital asset markets.

Monetary policy verdicts from central banks will dominate this week’s schedule.

The Federal Reserve and Bank of Canada will announce interest rates on Wednesday, followed by the European Central Bank on Thursday and the Bank of Japan on Friday. Yet, the specific numerical values will likely take a backseat to commentary from leaders like Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

“Traders are currently less focused on the specific rate decision and more interested in any statements from Warsh regarding the upcoming December meeting,” MEXC CEO Vugar Usi Zade told CoinDesk. “Since keeping rates steady is already priced into market expectations, such a move is unlikely to serve as a significant positive catalyst.”

Galaxy Digital GLXY $15.71·Market Closed, Robinhood Markets HOOD $92.84·Market Closed, Coinbase Global COIN $159.62·Market Closed and Strategy MSTR $139.85·Market Closed are scheduled to release financial results alongside PayPal PYPL $54.97·Market Closed and Mastercard (MA) during a busy Wall Street earnings period that could introduce volatility.

What to Watch

• Crypto
  • Oct. 26: Blast’s standard withdrawal interface closes. Funds remain accessible for withdrawal through its bridge contracts deployed on Ethereum.
  • Oct. 28: Deadline for public comments on IRS Notice 2026-62, which targets potentially abusive investment-fund taxation tactics in the United States.
  • Oct. 29: Unichain aims to shift sequencer operations from Uniswap Labs to the Optimism Foundation via OP Enterprise.
  • Oct. 30: Balancer’s BIP-928 wind-down schedule mandates that pausable liquidity pools transition strictly to withdrawals-only, protocol fees drop to zero where contracts permit, and bug-bounty protection concludes.
• Macro
  • Oct. 27, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Durable Goods Orders MoM for September, preliminary estimate 1.5% (Previous 0.0%).
  • Oct. 27, 10 a.m.: U.S. New Home Sales for September estimated at 0.65M (Previous 0.684M).
  • Oct. 28, 9:45 a.m.: Bank of Canada interest-rate determination (Previous 2.25%); Monetary Policy Report.
  • Oct. 28, 2 p.m.: Federal Reserve interest-rate determination (Previous 3.75%–4.00%).
  • Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m.: Fed Press Conference.
  • Oct. 29, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. GDP Annualized QoQ for Q3, advance estimate 3.2% (Previous 2.2%).
  • Oct. 29, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. PCE Price Index YoY for September (Previous 3.4%); Core PCE Price Index YoY (Previous 3.0%).
  • Oct. 29, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week concluding Oct. 24 estimated at 196K (Previous 194K).
  • Oct. 29, 9:15 a.m.: ECB interest rate announcement (Previous deposit rate 2.50%), followed by President Christine Lagarde’s press conference at 9:45 a.m.
  • Oct. 30, 11 p.m.: Bank of Japan interest-rate announcement and Outlook Report (Previous 1.25%).
  • Oct. 30, 6 a.m.: Eurozone GDP QoQ for Q3, initial flash (Previous Q2 0.6%); GDP YoY (Previous 1.2%); September unemployment rate.
  • Oct. 30, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Employment Cost Index QoQ for Q3 (Previous 0.9%).
• Earnings
  • Oct. 27: Galaxy Digital GLXY $15.71·Market Closed, pre-market, $0.03.
  • Oct. 27: PayPal Holdings PYPL $54.97·Market Closed, pre-market, $1.34.
  • Oct. 27: SoFi Technologies SOFI $14.45·Market Closed, pre-market, $0.17.
  • Oct. 27: Robinhood Markets HOOD $92.84·Market Closed, post-market, $0.55.
  • Oct. 29: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), pre-market, $1.98.
  • Oct. 29: Mastercard (MA), pre-market, $5.16.
  • Oct. 29: Coinbase Global COIN $159.62·Market Closed, post-market, -$0.10.
  • Oct. 29: Strategy MSTR $139.85·Market Closed, post-market, $8.34.
  • Oct. 30: Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), pre-market, $3.42.

Token Events

• Governance Votes and Calls
  • ENS DAO is voting on a 201,559 USDC grant request to fund operating costs for the meta-governance working group through Term 7. Ballots close Oct. 26.
  • CoW DAO is voting to authorize its core contributors with an ongoing mandate to establish and modify protocol fee guidelines inside specific boundaries to generate income. Ballots close Oct. 28.
  • Space Token is voting to decide on its November 2026 “Coin of the Month” to be showcased in the Coin Roll Game alongside a specialized staking pool. Ballots close Nov. 1.
• Unlocks
  • Oct. 29: Collector Crypt CARDS $0.3526 will release 0.6% of its circulating supply valued at $20.9 million.
  • Nov. 1: MemeCore M $0.7460 will release 56.11 million tokens, representing approximately 2.8% of its circulating supply valued at $50.34 million.
• Token launches
  • Oct. 27, 11 p.m.: Binance halts spot trading for Epic Chain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK).

Conferences

• Oct. 27: The Bridge (New York).
• Oct. 27–29: Ripple Swell (New York).
• Oct. 27–29: Zcon7 (Cancún, Mexico).
• Oct. 27–29: MERGE Madrid (Madrid).
• Oct. 28–29: Meridian 2026 (Lisbon).
• Oct. 29–31: TUM Blockchain Conference (Munich).

Originally published at https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/26/fed-ecb-and-boj-interest-rate-decisions-coinbase-earnings-crypto-week-ahead.