Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 16.
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Hive Digital Technologies and Riot Platforms headline this week's crypto-related earnings reports. The two data-center operators have expanded their operations, adding high-performance computing for AI applications to their bitcoin mining operations.
In macroeconomics, the Federal Reserve is likely to grab headlines, with minutes from the most recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting to be released on Wednesday. The committee kept rates steady in January, with two dissenting voices calling for a reduction.
The week also features a number of speeches from Fed officials, including Raphael Bostic, Michelle Bowman and Neel Kashkari.
What to Watch
(All times ET)
Crypto
- Feb. 17, 7 p.m.: Rocket Pool to implement itsSaturn Oneupgrade.Feb. 18, 1 p.m.: Hedera toundergoa mainnet upgrade expected to take approximately 40 minutes to complete.Feb. 19, 8 a.m.: Zama to host a livepresentationof its 2026 roadmap.
- MacroFeb. 16, 8:25 a.m.: U.S. Fed Bowman speechFeb. 17, 2:00 a.m.: U.K. unemployment rate for December est. 5.1% (Prev 5.1%)Feb. 17, 8:30 a.m.: Canada inflation rate YoY for January (Prev. 2.4%); Core rate YoY (Prev. 2.8%)Feb. 18, 2 a.m.: U.K. inflation rate YoY for January est. 3% (Prev. 3.4%); Core rate YoY est. 3.1% (Prev. 3.2%)Feb. 18, 2:00 p.m.: U.S. FOMC MinutesFeb. 18, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. durable goods orders MoM for December (Prev. 5.3%)Feb. 18, 9:15 a.m.: U.S. industrial production MoM for January est. 0.3% (Prev. 0.4%).Feb. 19: U.S. Fed Bostic, Bowman, and Kashkari speeches throughout the dayFeb. 19, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. initial jobless claims for Feb. 14 est. 225K (Prev. 227K)Feb. 20. 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Core PCE price index MoM for December est. 0.4% (Prev. 0.2%); YoY est. 2.9% (Prev. 2.8%)Feb. 20, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. GDP growth rate QoQ Adv for Q4 est. 3. (Prev. 4.4%)Feb. 20, 9:45 a.m.: U.S. S&P Global manufacturing PMI flash for February est. 52.6 (Prev. 52.4).Feb. 20, 10 a.m.: U.S. Michigan consumer sentiment final for February est. 57.3 (Prev. 56.4)Earnings(Estimates based on FactSet data)Feb. 17: HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), pre-market, -$0.07Feb. 18: Figma (FIG), post-market, $0.45Feb. 19: Riot Platforms (RIOT), post-market, -$0.32
- Feb. 16, 8:25 a.m.: U.S. Fed Bowman speechFeb. 17, 2:00 a.m.: U.K. unemployment rate for December est. 5.1% (Prev 5.1%)Feb. 17, 8:30 a.m.: Canada inflation rate YoY for January (Prev. 2.4%); Core rate YoY (Prev. 2.8%)Feb. 18, 2 a.m.: U.K. inflation rate YoY for January est. 3% (Prev. 3.4%); Core rate YoY est. 3.1% (Prev. 3.2%)Feb. 18, 2:00 p.m.: U.S. FOMC MinutesFeb. 18, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. durable goods orders MoM for December (Prev. 5.3%)Feb. 18, 9:15 a.m.: U.S. industrial production MoM for January est. 0.3% (Prev. 0.4%).Feb. 19: U.S. Fed Bostic, Bowman, and Kashkari speeches throughout the dayFeb. 19, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. initial jobless claims for Feb. 14 est. 225K (Prev. 227K)Feb. 20. 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Core PCE price index MoM for December est. 0.4% (Prev. 0.2%); YoY est. 2.9% (Prev. 2.8%)Feb. 20, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. GDP growth rate QoQ Adv for Q4 est. 3. (Prev. 4.4%)Feb. 20, 9:45 a.m.: U.S. S&P Global manufacturing PMI flash for February est. 52.6 (Prev. 52.4).Feb. 20, 10 a.m.: U.S. Michigan consumer sentiment final for February est. 57.3 (Prev. 56.4)
- Feb. 17: HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), pre-market, -$0.07Feb. 18: Figma (FIG), post-market, $0.45Feb. 19: Riot Platforms (RIOT), post-market, -$0.32
Governance votes & calls
- Feb. 17: Jito to host anX Spaces sessionwith Hush Protocol.Feb. 18: VeChain to host its monthlyVeChain Builders Space.Balancer isvotingto swap a signer on the Emergency subDAO multisigs to improve operational responsiveness and security coverage. Voting ends Feb. 17.ENS DAO is voting toregisterthe on.eth name and establish it as an onchain registry for blockchain metadata. Voting ends Feb. 19.Aavegotchi DAO is voting toconsolidateassets from depleted wallets into the Liquidity wallet to simplify operations. Voting ends Feb. 22.Fluid DAO is voting towithdraw1 million GHO and 1 million FLUID from the treasury to the Team Multisig to fund JupLend rewards and protocol incentives. Voting ends Feb. 22.GMX is voting on a proposal toimplementtiered trading fee discounts for stakers and a staker-weighted trading leaderboard. Voting ends Feb. 22.
- UnlocksFeb. 16: ArbitrumARB$0.1145to unlock 1.82% of its circulating supply worth $11.05 million.Feb. 17:YZY$0.3275to unlock 17.24% of its circulating supply worth $20.84 million.Feb. 20:ZRO$1.6737to unlock 5.98% of its circulating supply worth $48.33 million.Feb. 20:KAITO$0.3115to unlock 10.64% of its circulating supply worth $10.77 million.Token LaunchesFeb. 19: Resolv to complete rollout of updated USR/RLP yield distribution parametersFeb. 19: Injective tostartINJ Community Buyback Round #226
- Feb. 16: ArbitrumARB$0.1145to unlock 1.82% of its circulating supply worth $11.05 million.Feb. 17:YZY$0.3275to unlock 17.24% of its circulating supply worth $20.84 million.Feb. 20:ZRO$1.6737to unlock 5.98% of its circulating supply worth $48.33 million.Feb. 20:KAITO$0.3115to unlock 10.64% of its circulating supply worth $10.77 million.
- Feb. 19: Resolv to complete rollout of updated USR/RLP yield distribution parametersFeb. 19: Injective tostartINJ Community Buyback Round #226
Conferences
- Feb. 17 - 21:ETHDenver
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