The week starting October 19 features a busy lineup of crypto-market events, economic indicators, corporate earnings and blockchain governance votes. CME Group is scheduled to introduce standard and micro Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on Monday, subject to regulatory review. Meanwhile, CoinShares’ Bitcoin and Ether ETF is expected to suspend trading before Wednesday’s market open as the fund moves toward liquidation.

Investors will also be watching inflation reports from Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan, as well as preliminary October PMI readings from the United States and eurozone. These releases could provide fresh insight into economic momentum following last week’s U.S. inflation data.

Crypto and financial markets: Week ahead

All times are Eastern Time (ET), unless stated otherwise.

Crypto developments

• Oct. 19: CME Group plans to launch standard and micro futures for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI), subject to regulatory review.
• Oct. 21: CoinShares’ Bitcoin and Ether ETF is scheduled to halt trading before the market opens as the fund undergoes liquidation.

Economic data schedule

• Oct. 19, 8:30 a.m. — Canada CPI: September inflation data is due. The previous readings were -0.1% month over month and 3.0% year over year.
• Oct. 20, 8:30 a.m. — U.S. housing data: September housing starts are expected to reach 1.30 million, up from 1.275 million. Building permits are forecast at 1.40 million, compared with 1.394 million previously.
• Oct. 21, 2 a.m. — U.K. CPI: September inflation figures are due, with previous readings of 0.5% month over month, 3.1% year over year and 2.6% for annual core CPI.
• Oct. 22, 8:30 a.m. — U.S. jobless claims: Initial claims for the week ending October 17 are projected at 200,000, compared with 199,000 in the previous report.
• Oct. 22, 10 a.m. — Eurozone consumer confidence: The preliminary October reading is expected to be compared with the previous -16.5 result.
• Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. — Japan CPI: September figures include annual headline inflation, previously 1.9%; inflation excluding fresh food, previously 1.7%; and inflation excluding fresh food and energy, previously 1.9%.
• Oct. 23, 4 a.m. — Eurozone composite PMI: The preliminary October index follows the previous reading of 53.1.
• Oct. 23, 9:45 a.m. — U.S. composite PMI: The preliminary October reading is due after the previous figure of 58.4.
• Oct. 23, 10 a.m. — University of Michigan sentiment: The final October consumer sentiment index follows a preliminary reading of 46.3.

Corporate earnings to watch

• Oct. 21: CME Group (CME) reports before the market opens, with estimated earnings of $2.98.
• Oct. 21: Tesla (TSLA) releases earnings after the market closes, with an estimate of $0.40.
• Oct. 22: Nasdaq (NDAQ) reports before the opening bell, with estimated earnings of $1.02.
• Oct. 22: Blackstone (BX) reports before the market opens, with estimated earnings of $1.29.

Governance votes and protocol activity

• Oct. 19 — Ethereum: All Core Devs Testing call No. 101 is scheduled to address testing for the Glamsterdam and Hegotá upgrades.
• Oct. 19 — WalletConnect Network: A vote on introducing a power-law APY formula and a separate RewardWeight system to improve staking incentives reaches its deadline.
• Oct. 19 — ZKsync: Voting concludes on resubmitting the v31 protocol upgrade with corrected calldata. The proposal aims to introduce Priority Mode for chains settling on Layer 1 and bring the Era and ZKsync OS codebases together.
• Oct. 21 — QuickSwap: A proposal to discontinue the Soneium deployment and remove the network from the project’s landing-page interface reaches its voting deadline.
• Oct. 22 — Arbitrum DAO: Voting wraps up on proposals covering revised Layer 1 pricing parameters for Glamsterdam, an L1 voting recovery mechanism, a transfer of 1,700 ETH to ADG and Treasury strategies, and USDG’s adoption as a core strategic initiative.
• Oct. 22 — Starknet: A non-binding vote on researching a potential transition toward an independent post-quantum Layer 1 ends.
• Oct. 22 — Optimism: A veto-only vote on transferring Unichain sequencer operations and fee routing to the Optimism Foundation concludes.
• Oct. 25 — ENS DAO: Voting ends on activating ENSv2 on mainnet. The proposal would freeze new v1 registrations, allow existing names to remain renewable and transfer control to the DAO.

Upcoming token unlocks

• Oct. 20 — LayerZero (ZRO): 3.83% of circulating supply is scheduled to unlock, valued at approximately $44 million.
• Oct. 25 — Humanity (H): 6.84% of circulating supply is set to unlock, worth about $15.27 million.
• Oct. 25 — Plasma (XPL): 5.02% of circulating supply is scheduled for release, valued at approximately $17.76 million.

Token launches

No major token launches are currently scheduled for the week.