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

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Sept. 15

Updated Sep 15, 2025, 8:07 a.m. Published Sep 15, 2025, 8:00 a.m.

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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$0.2768 to unlock 1.18% of its circulating supply worth $18.06 million.
  • Sept. 16: Arbitrum ARB$0.4799 to unlock 2.03% of its circulating supply worth $48.16 million.
  • Sept. 17: ZKsync ZK$0.05538 to unlock 3.61% of its circulating supply worth $10.54 million.
  • Sept. 18: Fasttoken FTN$4.5148 to unlock 2.08% of its circulating supply worth $89.8 million
  • Sept. 20: Velo VELO$0.01323 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$0.007478 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)
  

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