3 Things That Could Impact Crypto Markets in Week Ahead

Crypto markets were boosted late last week after Fed chair Jerome Powell signaled a potential change in monetary policy; however, some of that momentum has waned on Monday ￰0￱ Powell didn’t commit to rate cuts outright, he acknowledged that the balance of risks was shifting in a way that “may warrant” less restrictive monetary policy and rate cuts next ￰1￱ PCE inflation data will be the key economic indicator in the coming week as investors anticipate interest rates coming down slightly in ￰2￱ Events August 25 to 29 Tuesday will see the release of consumer confidence data, which reflects the sentiment of consumers regarding inflationary ￰3￱ is a big data day, as the second-quarter GDP growth annualized report is published, providing more insight into the economy’s growth and incorporating additional data that was not included in the advance ￰4￱ economists forecast that Q2 GDP growth will be revised up to 3.2% from the initial estimate of 3.0%.

July’s Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) is due on Friday, tracking changes in inflation based on consumer ￰5￱ is one of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauges, along with ￰6￱ PCE report will be the next key item of data ahead of the central bank’s September policy ￰7￱ will also include consumer sentiment reports and inflation expectations, which summarize consumer confidence and long-term ￰8￱ Events This Week: ￰9￱ New Home Sales data – Monday ￰10￱ Consumer Confidence data – Tuesday 3. Nvidia, $NVDA , Reports Earnings – Wednesday ￰11￱ Q2 2025 GDP data – Thursday ￰12￱ Consumer Sentiment data – Friday ￰13￱ PCE Inflation data – Friday A big week… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 24, 2025 The big earnings report due this week is from semiconductor giant Nvidia, which is a bellwether for the entire AI ￰14￱ is expected to post a 48% rise in earnings per share on revenue of $46 billion for its second quarter, according to ￰15￱ Market Outlook Digital asset markets are retreating this Monday morning in Asia, with total capitalization dipping 1% to $4.04 ￰16￱ has wiped out weekend gains and has returned to last week’s levels of around $113,000 as it returns to support ￰17￱ hit $117,000 shortly after the Fed speech, but was rejected sharply from that ￰18￱ hit an all-time high , finally breaking its 2021 peak, in late trading on Sunday when it spiked to $4,950; however, it has fallen back to the $4,700 level at the time of ￰19￱ alcoins were a mixed bunch with losses for Tron, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin, but gains for Chainlink and Hyperliquid.