U.S. Shutdown, UK ETNs, Hedera Upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead

Crypto markets could also be distracted by the U.S. authorities shutdown within the coming week. With key information from the world’s largest economic system not being revealed, merchants could discover problem in figuring out big-picture catalysts for his or her positions.

While the shutdown means new exchange-traded funds will not be permitted within the U.S., throughout the Atlantic U.Okay. retail traders will acquire entry to crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) for the primary time in 4 years. The Financial Conduct Authority rescinded a ban in August, saying the market had advanced and such merchandise had grow to be higher understood.

Within the crypto business, Hedera is upgrading its mainet to introduce batch transactions and Jito DAO is voting on whether or not to double the variety of validators on the Solana infrastructure challenge’s StakeWeb platform in an try and “move the Jito Stake Pool into a more productive economic equilibrium.”

What to Watch

• Crypto
  • Oct. 6: Cronos (CRO) is discontinuing CronoScan in favor of Cronos Explorer.
  • Oct. 6, 4 a.m.: The Floki (FLOKI) workforce is internet hosting its month-to-month AMA on Telegram.
  • Oct. 8: U.Okay. retail traders regain regulated entry to crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) because the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s four-year ban on these merchandise ends.
  • Oct. 8, 1 p.m.: Hedera (HBAR) mainnet improve to model 0.66.
  • Oct. 9, 12 p.m.: Cronos (CRO) workforce is internet hosting an AMA on X.
• Macro
  • Oct. 7, 10:05 a.m.: Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman delivers welcoming remarks on the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference, St. Louis, Mo. Watch stay.
  • Oct. 7, 10:30 a.m.: Conversation with Fed Governor Stephen I. Miran on the Managed Funds Association (MFA) Policy Outlook 2025 in New York. Watch stay.
  • Oct. 8, 9:30 a.m.: Fed Governor Michael S. Barr speech on the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference in St. Louis. Watch stay.
  • Oct. 8, 2 p.m.: Minutes from the Fed’s Sept. 16-17 FOMC assembly.
  • Oct. 9, 8 a.m.: Brazil Sept. headline inflation charge YoY (Prev. 5.13%), MoM (Prev. -0.11%).
  • Oct. 9, 8 a.m.: Mexico Sept. inflation charge. Headline YoY (Prev. 3.57%), MoM (Prev. 0.6%). Core YoY (Prev. 4.23%), MoM (Prev. 0.22%).
  • Oct. 9, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Jobless Claims. Initial ((for week ended Oct. 4) Est. 223K, Continuing (for week ended Sept. 27) Est. 1930K. (Report prone to be delayed attributable to present federal authorities shutdown)
  • Oct. 9, 8:30 a.m.: Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell delivers welcome remarks on the Community Bank Conference, Washington, D.C. Watch stay.
  • Oct. 10, 8 a.m.: Brazil Aug. PPI YoY (Prev. 1.36%), MoM (Prev. -0.3%).
  • Oct. 10, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Sept. Unemployment Rate (Prev. 7.1%).
  • Oct. 10, 10 a.m.: Michigan Consumer Sentiment Oct. (Preliminary) (Prev. 55.1).
• Earnings (Estimates primarily based on FactSet information)

Token Events

• Governance votes & calls
  • Compound DAO is holding a non-binding “temperature check” vote on a proposal to deprecate Compound V2. Voting ends Oct. 6.
  • Gnosis DAO is voting on GIP-138 to fund NodeSentinel, a validator monitoring device utilized by 94 operators for 60k+ validators. Voting ends Oct. 7.
  • ZKSync DAO is voting on a proposal to allocate 25 million ZK tokens (~$1.25M) for the “Prividium Roadshow” by the tip of 2026. Voting ends Oct. 8.
  • GMX is holding elections for Season 3 of its Listing Committee, which can choose three members to supervise and approve new asset listings on GMX protocols.Voting ends Oct. 8.
  • Jito DAO is voting on a proposal to increase the validator set from 200 to 400 and replace StakeWeb’s rating and eligibility standards to handle unfavorable stake pool dynamics.
  • Decentraland DAO is voting to switch the DAO Committee with a 3-of-5 multisig of ecosystem representatives, shifting execution-only duties whereas the council retains oversight. Voting ends Oct. 10.
  • Oct. 9: CRO$0.2086 to host an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session.
• Unlocks
  • Oct. 10: LINEA$0.02659 to unlock 6.57% of its circulating provide value $27.9 million.
  • Oct. 11: APT$5.3446 to unlock 2.15% of its circulating provide value $57.91 million.
  • Oct. 12: ATH$0.05845 to unlock 16.08% of its circulating provide value $64.95 million.
• Token Launches
  • Oct. 8: Sky (SKY) to be listed on BitFlyer.

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