The week of October 19 is packed with economic data releases, crypto-market developments and governance decisions that could influence investor sentiment. CME Group is preparing to introduce standard and micro futures for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) on Monday, subject to regulatory review, while CoinShares’ Bitcoin and Ether ETF is scheduled to stop trading on Wednesday ahead of its liquidation.
Markets will also assess inflation figures from Canada, the U.K. and Japan, alongside preliminary October business activity surveys from the U.S. and eurozone. Corporate earnings from CME Group, Tesla, Nasdaq and Blackstone add to the week’s calendar.
This week’s crypto and economic calendar
All times are Eastern Time (ET), unless noted otherwise.
Cryptocurrency events
- Oct. 19: CME Group plans to launch standard and micro futures contracts for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI), pending regulatory review.
- Oct. 21: CoinShares’ Bitcoin and Ether ETF is scheduled to suspend trading before the market opens as part of its liquidation process.
Economic data to monitor
- Oct. 19, 8:30 a.m. — Canada inflation: September CPI 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 market: September housing starts are forecast at 1.30 million, versus 1.275 million previously. Building permits are expected at 1.40 million, compared with 1.394 million.
- Oct. 21, 2 a.m. — U.K. inflation: September CPI figures are expected, with previous readings of 0.5% monthly inflation, 3.1% annual inflation and 2.6% annual core inflation.
- Oct. 22, 8:30 a.m. — U.S. jobless claims: Initial claims for the week ending October 17 are estimated at 200,000, slightly above the prior 199,000.
- Oct. 22, 10 a.m. — Eurozone confidence: The preliminary October consumer confidence index follows a previous reading of -16.5.
- Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. — Japan inflation: September CPI data includes headline annual 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 PMI: The preliminary October composite Purchasing Managers’ Index follows a reading of 53.1.
- Oct. 23, 9:45 a.m. — U.S. PMI: The preliminary October composite index is due, following the previous 58.4 reading.
- Oct. 23, 10 a.m. — U.S. consumer sentiment: The University of Michigan releases its final October reading after a preliminary score of 46.3.
Corporate earnings
- Oct. 21: CME Group (CME) reports before the opening bell. Estimated earnings: $2.98.
- Oct. 21: Tesla (TSLA) reports after the close. Estimated earnings: $0.40.
- Oct. 22: Nasdaq (NDAQ) reports before the market opens. Estimated earnings: $1.02.
- Oct. 22: Blackstone (BX) reports before the market opens. Estimated earnings: $1.29.
Blockchain governance and protocol decisions
Several crypto projects have votes or developer meetings scheduled during the week:
- Oct. 19 — Ethereum: All Core Devs Testing call No. 101 will cover testing for the Glamsterdam and Hegotá upgrades.
- Oct. 19 — WalletConnect Network: Voting closes on a proposal to introduce a power-law APY formula and a separate RewardWeight mechanism intended to improve staking incentives.
- Oct. 19 — ZKsync: A vote ends on resubmitting the v31 protocol upgrade with corrected calldata. The changes would introduce Priority Mode for chains settling on Layer 1 and unify the Era and ZKsync OS codebases.
- Oct. 21 — QuickSwap: Voting ends on a plan to discontinue its Soneium deployment and remove the network from its landing-page interface.
- Oct. 22 — Arbitrum DAO: Members vote on updated L1 pricing parameters for Glamsterdam, a Layer 1 voting recovery system, transferring 1,700 ETH to AD
