Crypto Experiences Upward Rebound Following Federal Reserve Rate Increase: Crypto Week Ahead

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.

Digital asset markets are exhibiting strong endurance at the commencement of the week, with bitcoin BTC$85,111.31 nearing the $84,000 mark, temporarily ignoring the hawkish outlook stemming from last week’s Federal Reserve rate hike, which elevated the benchmark target to 4.00%.

The macroeconomic calendar focuses on midweek U.S. jobless claims alongside housing and durable goods metrics. Meanwhile, global markets continue absorbing the monetary direction following recent interest rate decisions by both the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England.

Regarding market architecture, focus centers on the SEC launching its tokenized securities pilot framework.

What to Watch

(All times ET)

Crypto
- Sept. 22: The SEC’s conditional 5-year exemption window opens, allowing select institutional venues to begin pilot trading of tokenized stocks directly on public blockchains.
Macro
- Sept. 24, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Retail Sales MoM for August est. -0.8% (Prev. 0.6%)
- Sept. 24, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for period ending Sept. 19 est. 201K (Prev. 196K)
- Sept. 24, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. New Home Sales for August est. 700K (Prev. 739K)
- Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Durable Goods Orders MoM for August est. -0.3% (Prev. 1.1%)
- Sept. 25, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Final for September est. 47.8 (Prev. 51.7)
Earnings
- None scheduled.

Token Events

Governance votes and calls
- Lido DAO is voting on a proposal to authorize a contingent LDO centralized-exchange liquidity market-making mandate—budgeting up to $1.5 million in recallable LDO and 480,000 USDC, to maintain orderbook depth and prevent potential exchange delistings. Voting ends Sept. 21.
- Uniswap Governance is holding a temperature check on extending its protocol fee collection and UNI burn infrastructure to Arc, an L1 network built by Circle. Voting ends Sept. 23.
- CoW DAO is voting on a redesign of its solver quote competition, setting aside a dedicated quote reward budget equal to 10% of protocol revenue to improve price routing and order conversion. Voting ends Sept. 25.
Unlocks
- Sept. 21: Canton CC$0.1226 to unlock 0.38% of its circulating supply worth $17.17 million.
- Sept. 22: TON (TON) to unlock 1.3% of its circulating supply worth $51.2 million.
- Sept. 23: Humanity H$0.07013 to unlock 14.7% of its circulating worth $20.8 million.
Token launches
- No confirmed major token launches.