The cryptocurrency market has been relatively stagnant over the past week, except for memecoins, but a potential ceasefire between Iran and the US revived over the weekend could inject more activity into the coming days. The new week brings a dense calendar of macroeconomic events, major tech earnings, and significant altcoin developments—including key upgrades, exchange suspensions, platform shutdowns, and massive token unlocks.
Monday, July 27 kicks off with Microsoft’s earnings report, setting the tone for Big Tech results. Tuesday brings Google’s earnings and the Malaysia Blockchain Week 2026, while Zcash activates its Ironwood mainnet upgrade (NU6.3). Also on Tuesday, Coinbase will suspend transactions for Across Protocol (ACX). Wednesday starts with Meta’s earnings, followed by the Polygon Ithaca hard fork designed to improve payment reliability. The DeFi platform Dango will halt trading. At 21:00 UTC (UTC+3), the Fed announces its interest rate decision, with expectations to hold steady, alongside the FOMC statement. At 21:30, Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference.
Thursday, July 30 features Apple’s earnings and Strategy’s dividend payout for its STRC product. Odos permanently shuts down all DEX aggregation services. Key US economic data drops at 15:30: the Core PCE Price Index (monthly expected 0.1% vs previous 0.3%, annual previous 3.4%), GDP quarter-over-quarter (expected 2.3% vs 2.1%), and initial jobless claims (expected 206k vs 187k). Friday, July 31 sees several shutdowns: AngelList ends crypto investment support, SBI Crypto closes its Bitcoin mining pool, Pingu Exchange shuts forever, Ethereum’s L2 Zero Network winds down (users must move assets), and Cardano’s lending platform Levvy ceases operations. Wormhole warns users of Moonbeam’s shutdown, urging caution with cross-chain transfers. FTX launches its next round of compensation claims. Euro Area CPI annual data arrives at 12:00 (expected 2.9% vs 2.8%).
Massive token unlocks also pressure multiple altcoins this week: Grass (GRASS) sees $10.76M unlocked (5% of market cap) on July 27; Corn (CORN) $1.69M (11.69%) same day; Sign $2.46M (24.68%); Falcon Finance (FF) $7.41M (5.26%) on July 28; Midnight (NIGHT) $2.54M (8.59%); BSquared Network (B2) $1.45M (4.92%) on July 29; GUNZ (GUN) $1.17M (11.87%) on July 30; Audiera (BEAT) a hefty $73.93M (6.82%) on July 31; Kite (KITE) $11.43M (6.07%) same day; EigenCloud (EIGEN) $7.70M (4.45%) at 11:00 AM; Quack AI (Q) $3.65M (3.74%) on August 1; Opinion (OPN) $2.20M (19.82%); and Ethena (ENA) $8.10M (0.99%) on August 1 at 11:00 AM.
