Fed Interest Rate Decision and a Potential Merger: Crypto Week Ahead

The crypto market will be watching this week to see whether bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) can make a meaningful move to break a level of support or resistance, or whether the rangebound behavior will continue.

There are a number of market catalysts over the coming week; notably a Core Scientific (CORZ) virtual meeting on Oct. 30, which will outline the decision on a vote on a potential merger with CoreWeave (CRWV). The Federal Reserve will also make a decision on interest rates on Oct. 29, which is touted the be the major market mover.

What to Watch

Token Events

• Governance votes & calls

  • Decentraland DAO is voting to launch the DAO Land Access Program, allowing creators temporary use of unused DAO land for projects like art, education, and social spaces. Voting ends Oct. 25.

  • GnosisDAO is voting to replace subgraph-based voting with on-chain and beacon chain data, adding StakeWise (sGNO, osGNO) support and improving voting accuracy while removing reliance on The Graph. Voting ends Oct. 28.

  • Lisk DAO is voting on a 4M LSK proposal to launch the Lisk DAO Fund, replacing grants with investments in top Lisk startups. Voting ends Oct. 29.

  • ZKsync DAO is voting on allocating 33M ZK (~$1.65M) to the ZKsync Association to maintain and enhance governance infrastructure through 2026. Voting ends Oct. 29.

  • ENS DAO is voting to fund ENS Contract Naming Season, a six-month program led by Enscribe with 75K USDC and 10K ENS to promote smart contract naming, boost ENS adoption, and improve Ethereum UX. Voting ends Oct. 29.

  • Arbitrum DAO is voting on a proposal to transfer 8,500 ETH from its treasury to the Arbitrum Treasury Management Council to activate idle funds and generate yield. Voting ends Oct. 30.

• Unlocks

  • Oct. 25: Plasma (XPL) to unlock 4.97% of its circulating supply worth $34.65 million.

  • Oct. 28: Sign (SIGN) to unlock 21.48% of its circulating supply worth $12 million.

  • Oct. 28: Grass (GRASS) to unlock 72.4% of its circulating supply worth $77.4 million.

  • Oct. 28: Jupiter (JUP) to unlock 1.72% of its circulating supply worth $19.5 million.

  • Oct. 30: Zora (ZORA) to unlock 4.55% of its circulating supply worth $15.75 million.

  • Oct. 30: Kamino (KMNO) to unlock 5.99% of its circulating supply worth $13.65 million.

  • Oct. 31: Immutable (IMX) to unlock 1.24% of its circulating supply worth $13.07 million.

  • Oct. 31: Optimism (OP) to unlock 1.71% of its circulating supply worth $13.79 million.

  • Nov. 1: Sui (SUI) to unlock 1.21% of its circulating supply worth $108.14 million.

  • Nov. 1: EigenCloud (EIGEN) to unlock 12.1% of its circulating supply worth $40.87 million.

  • Nov. 2: Ethena (ENA) to unlock 0.6% of its circulating supply worth $19.05 million.

• Token Launches