Fed Rate Decision, MKR-SKY Conversion Deadline: Crypto Week Ahead

The U. S.

Federal Reserve is likely to dominate markets, both crypto and traditional, in the coming week. Traders are positioned for a rate cut of at least 25 basis points when the Fed announces its decision on Sept.

17, according to CME's Fedwatch tool . What to Watch Crypto Sept.

16, 12 p. m.

ET: Solana AMA on X. Sept.

18: Mavryk Network launches its mainnet and native MVRK token. Sept.

18: Rex-Osprey Dogecoin ETF expected to begin trading on Cboe BZX Exchange under ticker DOJE. Sept.

18: Unipoly Chain (UNP) mainnet launch . Macro Sept.

16: Brazil July unemployment rate Est. N/A (Prev.

5. 8%).

Sept. 16: Canada August headline CPI YoY Est.

N/A (Prev. 1.

7%), MoM Est. N/A (Prev.

0. 3%); core YoY Est.

N/A (Prev. 2.

6%), MoM Est. N/A (Prev.

0. 1%).

Sept. 16: U.

K. July unemployment rate Est.

4. 7%.

Sept. 17: U.

K. August headline CPI YoY Est.

3. 9%.

MoM Est. N/A (Prev.

0. 1%); core YoY Est.

3. 7%, MoM Est.

N/A (Prev. 0.

2%). Sept.

17: Canada benchmark interest rate Est. N/A (Prev.

2. 75%) followed by a press conference.

Sept. 17: The Fed's FOMC decision on U.

S. interest rates.

Est: 25 bps cut to 4. 00%-4.

25% followed by a press conference. Sept.

17: Brazil benchmark interest rate Est. N/A (Prev.

15%). Sept.

18: Bank of England decision on U. K.

interest rates. Est: unchanged at 4%.

Sept. 19: Bank of Japan interest-rate decision.

Est: unchanged at 0. 5%.

Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data) Sept. 18: Lite Strategy ( MEIP ), pre-market Token Events Governance votes & calls Curve DAO is voting to changes to donation-enabled Twocrypto contracts.

Voting ends Sept. 16.

Sept. 16: Aster Network to host a community call.

MantleDAO is voting on keeping the 2025-2026 budget at $52 million USDc and 200 million MNT. Voting ends Sept.

18 Sept. 18, 6 a.

m. : Mantle to host Mantle State of Mind, a monthly townhall series.

Sept. 16, 12 p.

m. :Kava to host a community Ask Me Anything (AMA) session .

Sept. 23: SwissBorg to make a live announcement .

Unlocks Sept. 15: Starknet (STRK) to unlock 5.

98% of its circulating supply worth $17. 09 million.

Sept. 15: Sei (SEI) to unlock 1.

18% of its circulating supply worth $18. 06 million.

Sept. 16: Arbitrum (ARB) to unlock 2.

03% of its circulating supply worth $48. 16 million.

Sept. 17: ZKsync (ZK) to unlock 3.

61% of its circulating supply worth $10. 54 million.

Sept. 18: Fasttoken (FTN) to unlock 2.

08% of its circulating supply worth $89. 8 million Sept.

20: Velo (VELO) to unlock 13. 63% of its circulating supply worth $43.

39 million. Sept.

20: KAITO (KAITO) to unlock 3. 15% of its circulating supply worth $10.

1 million. Token Launches Sept.

15: OpenLedger (OPENLEDGER) to be listed on Crypto. com.

Sept. 18: Deadline to convert MKR to SKY before the delayed upgrade penalty takes effect.

Sept. 20: Reserve Rights (RSR) to conduct a token burn.

Sept. 22: Falcon Finance to host community sale on Buidlpad.

Conferences Sept. 12-15: ETHTokyo 2025 (Tokyo, Japan) Sept.

15: TGE Summit 2025 (New York) Sept. 15-21: Budapest Blockchain Week 2025 (Budapest, Hungary) Sept.

16-17: Real-World Asset Summit (New York) Sept. 17: The Bitcoin Treasuries NYC Unconference (New York) Sept.

17-19: AIBC 2025 (Tokyo, Japan) Sept. 18: CBC Summit USA (Washington) Sept.

19: DEF-AI 2025 (Tblisi, Georgia) Sept. 17-20: Nomad Capitalist Live 2025 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Sept.

21: XRP Seoul 2025 (Seoul, South Korea)