Fed, ECB and BOJ interest-rate decisions, Coinbase earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Central bank policy decisions dominate the week’s events.

The Federal Reserve and Bank of Canada set interest rates on Wednesday, followed by the European Central Bank on Thursday and the Bank of Japan on Friday. However, it’s not the figure itself that will attract attention. Rather, the focus will be on what policymakers such as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh have to say.

“Traders are currently less focused on the specific rate decision and more interested in any statements from Warsh regarding the upcoming December meeting,” MEXC CEO Vugar Usi Zade told CoinDesk. “Since keeping rates steady is already priced into market expectations, such a move is unlikely to serve as a significant positive catalyst.”

Galaxy Digital GLXY, Robinhood Markets HOOD, Coinbase Global COIN and Strategy MSTR report earnings alongside PayPal PYPL and Mastercard (MA) in a busy earnings week for Wall Street that could turn volatile.

What to Watch

• Crypto
  • Oct. 26: Blast's normal withdrawal interface closes. Assets remain withdrawable through its bridge contracts on Ethereum.
  • Oct. 28: Comments due on IRS Notice 2026-62, which addresses potentially abusive investment-fund tax strategies in the U.S.
  • Oct. 29: Unichain targets the transfer of its sequencer operations from Uniswap Labs to the Optimism Foundation through OP Enterprise.
  • Oct. 30: Balancer's BIP-928 wind-down timetable calls for pausable pools to move to withdrawals-only, protocol fees to be set to zero where contracts allow and bug-bounty coverage to end.
• Macro
  • Oct. 27, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Durable Goods Orders MoM for September, preliminary est. 1.5% (Prev. 0.0%).
  • Oct. 27, 10 a.m.: U.S. New Home Sales for September est. 0.65M(Prev. 0.684M
  • Oct. 28, 9:45 a.m.: Bank of Canada interest-rate decision (Prev. 2.25%); Monetary Policy Report
  • Oct. 28, 2 p.m.: Federal Reserve interest-rate decision (Prev. 3.75%–4.00%)
  • Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m.: Fed Press Conference
  • Oct. 29, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. GDP Annualized QoQ for Q3, advance estimate est. 3.2% (Prev. 2.2%).
  • Oct. 29, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. PCE Price Index YoY for September (Prev. 3.4%); Core PCE Price Index YoY (Prev. 3.0%).
  • Oct. 29, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending Oct. 24 est. 196K (Prev. 194K).
  • Oct. 29, 9:15 a.m.: ECB interest rate decision (Prev. deposit rate 2.50%), followed by President Christine Lagarde's press conference at 9:45 a.m.
  • Oct. 30, 11 p.m.: Bank of Japan interest-rate decision and Outlook Report (Prev. 1.25%)
  • Oct. 30, 6 a.m.: Eurozone GDP QoQ for Q3, preliminary flash (Prev. Q2 0.6%); GDP YoY (Prev. 1.2%); September unemployment rate.
  • Oct. 30, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Employment Cost Index QoQ for Q3 (Prev. 0.9%).
• Earnings
  • Oct. 27: Galaxy Digital GLXY, pre-market, $0.03
  • Oct. 27: PayPal Holdings PYPL, pre-market, $1.34
  • Oct. 27: SoFi Technologies SOFI, pre-market, $0.17
  • Oct. 27: Robinhood Markets HOOD, post-market, $0.55
  • Oct. 29: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), pre-market, $1.98.
  • Oct. 29: Mastercard (MA), pre-market, $5.16.
  • Oct. 29: Coinbase Global COIN, post-market, -$0.10.
  • Oct. 29: Strategy MSTR, post-market, $8.34.
  • Oct. 30: Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), pre-market, $3.42