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Preview of Upcoming Events for the Week Beginning May 25
By Francisco Rodrigues|Edited by Omkar Godbole May 25, 2026, 12:53 p.m. 3 min readMake preferred on
Key Insights:
The Crypto Week Ahead segment provides an in-depth look at upcoming events in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors, alongside significant macroeconomic occurrences likely to impact digital asset markets.
The week ahead is heavily influenced by macroeconomic factors, particularly U.S. economic indicators. Data regarding inflation, economic growth, jobless claims, and housing metrics will be released pre-market, offering insights into whether the Federal Reserve can justify a rate cut.
Current predictions from market participants and the CME’s FedWatch tool suggest that interest rates will remain steady during the June meeting.
This data release coincides with the continuing conflict in the Middle East, which keeps oil prices and inflation risks at the forefront. A rise in energy prices could complicate efforts to maintain lower inflation rates and negatively impact risk assets.
Events to Monitor
(All times in ET)
- Cryptocurrency Events
- May 26–June 1: Kevin Warsh will start his tenure as Federal Reserve Chair following his confirmation.
- Macroeconomic Events
- May 26, 08:00 a.m.: U.S. S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Year-over-Year for March is expected to be 1.1% (previously 0.9%).
- May 26, 08:00 a.m.: U.S. House Price Index Year-over-Year for March is expected to be 1.8% (previously 1.7%).
- May 26, 09:00 a.m.: U.S. CB Consumer Confidence for May is estimated at 92 (previously 92.8).
- May 26, 08:30 p.m.: Australia Consumer Price Index Year-over-Year for April is projected at 4.4% (previously 4.6%).
- May 27, 08:00 p.m.: Bank of Korea's Interest Rate Decision (previously 2.5%).
- May 28, 04:00 a.m.: Eurozone Economic Sentiment for May is anticipated to be 92 (previously 93).
- May 28, 07:30 a.m.: U.S. PCE Price Index Year-over-Year for April (previously 3.5%); Core PCE (previously 3.2%).
- May 28, 07:30 a.m.: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending May 23 are estimated at 212K (previously 209K).
- May 28, 08:00 a.m.: South Africa Reserve Bank's Interest Rate Decision is expected to be 7.0% (previously 6.75%).
- May 28, 09:00 a.m.: U.S. New Home Sales for April are expected to be 0.67M (previously 0.682M).
- May 28, 03:30 p.m.: U.S. Fed Balance Sheet for the week ending May 27 (previously $6.713T).
- May 28, 06:30 p.m.: Japan's Tokyo Consumer Price Index Year-over-Year Preliminary for May (previously 1.5%).
- May 29, 07:30 a.m.: Canada's GDP Growth Rate Annualized for Q1 (previously -0.6%); Quarter-over-Quarter (previously -0.2%).
- May 29, 08:45 a.m.: U.S. Chicago PMI for May is expected to be 49.5 (previously 49.2).
- May 30, 08:30 p.m.: China's NBS Manufacturing PMI for May is projected at 50.5 (previously 50.3).
- Earnings Reports
- No earnings reports are scheduled.
- Governance Proposals & Voting
- Compound DAO is voting on a proposal to revise Compound III supply caps for USDC, USDT, and WETH across Optimism, Polygon, and Unichain, with voting concluding on May 25.
- Aave DAO is voting on a proposal to create a 3-of-4 rewards operations multisig for managing third-party incentive funding for growth campaigns, with voting ending on May 25.
- Instadapp DAO is voting on a proposal to rebalance wstUSR vaults, withdraw 750,000 FLUID for rewards funding, set PST launch limits, and consolidate InstaConnectorsV2 administrative controls to the Team Multisig, with voting closing on May 26.
- Bancor DAO is voting on a proposal to increase the vortex MaxSaleAmount parameter from 100 to 100,000 for the TAC and IOTA EVM blockchains, with voting ending on May 27.
- Arbitrum DAO is voting on an amended proposal to transfer 30,765.66 frozen ETH linked to the rsETH incident to a wallet controlled by Aave LLC, with voting concluding on May 29.
- Unlock DAO is voting on a proposal to process the May constant payment roll, compensating contributors David Moderator, Ceci Sakura, and Trigs for their efforts, with voting ending on May 30.
- Uniswap DAO is voting on proposals to expand protocol fee infrastructure to BNB Chain, Polygon, and Celo, and to retrieve 12.5M delegated UNI from the Franchiser system to the Governance Timelock, with voting closing on May 30.
- Unlock Events
- May 26: Plasma (XPL) will unlock 3.38% of its circulating supply valued at $7.39 million.
- May 26: Huma Finance (HUMA) will unlock 20.04% of its circulating supply valued at $11.76 million.
- May 29: Grass (GRASS) will unlock 3.55% of its circulating supply valued at $11.29 million.
- May 30: Falcon Finance (FF) will unlock 4.06% of its circulating supply valued at $8.26 million.
- June 1: EigenCloud (EIGEN) will unlock 4.99% of its circulating supply valued at $8.48 million.
- Token Launches
- No significant token launches are on the schedule.
- May 26–27: Nordic Blockchain Conference 2026 (Stockholm, Sweden)
- May 28-29: Unchained Summit Vietnam 2026 (Da Nang, Vietnam)
- May 28-29: Crypto Valley Conference (Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland)
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