Key Takeaways
- • CME Group plans to launch standard and micro bitcoin cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, pending regulatory review.
- • CoinShares' bitcoin and ether ETF is scheduled to halt trading before the market opens on Oct. 21 as the fund liquidates.
- • Flash October composite PMIs for the eurozone (Oct. 23, 4 a.m.) and the U.S. (Oct. 23, 9:45 a.m.) follow last week's U.S. inflation data as key macro catalysts for digital asset markets.
- • CME Group (Oct. 21, pre-market) and Tesla (Oct. 21, post-market) report earnings this week, though most of their business is not directly tied to crypto.
- • Token unlocks include LayerZero (ZRO) releasing 3.83% of circulating supply, worth about $44 million, on Oct. 20.
Summary
CME Group, one of the world's largest derivatives marketplaces, plans to begin offering standard and micro bitcoin cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on Monday, Oct. 19, pending regulatory review, according to CoinDesk's weekly Crypto Week Ahead preview. The launch would extend CME's regulated derivatives offering to two additional digital assets.
The week's crypto calendar also includes the scheduled halt of trading in CoinShares' bitcoin and ether ETF on Oct. 21, before the market opens, as the fund liquidates. The article does not detail the reasons for the liquidation.
On the macro side, the preview points to global price and activity data as possible drivers of market direction following last week's key U.S. inflation reports. Notable releases include Canada CPI on Oct. 19, U.K. CPI on Oct. 21, Japan national CPI on Oct. 22, and the flash October PMIs on Friday, Oct. 23, with the eurozone composite at 4 a.m. and the U.S. composite at 9:45 a.m. Purchasing Managers' Indexes measure the health of different economic sectors and provide a composite reading. The U.S. composite PMI previously stood at 58.4 and the eurozone composite at 53.1.
Earnings this week include CME Group on Oct. 21 pre-market, Tesla on Oct. 21 post-market, Nasdaq on Oct. 22 pre-market, and Blackstone on Oct. 22 pre-market. CoinDesk notes that Tesla and CME Group have crypto-linked exposure but that the majority of their business is not directly tied to the industry.
On the token side, LayerZero is scheduled to unlock 3.83% of its circulating supply, worth about $44 million, on Oct. 20, while Humanity and Plasma unlock 6.84% and 5.02% of supply on Oct. 25, worth roughly $15.27 million and $17.76 million respectively. Governance votes include Arbitrum DAO's proposal to transfer 1,700 ETH to its ADG and Treasury strategies, which closes Oct. 22, and ENS DAO's vote to activate ENSv2 on mainnet, which closes Oct. 25.
The week's crypto calendar also includes the scheduled halt of trading in CoinShares' bitcoin and ether ETF on Oct. 21, before the market opens, as the fund liquidates. The article does not detail the reasons for the liquidation.
On the macro side, the preview points to global price and activity data as possible drivers of market direction following last week's key U.S. inflation reports. Notable releases include Canada CPI on Oct. 19, U.K. CPI on Oct. 21, Japan national CPI on Oct. 22, and the flash October PMIs on Friday, Oct. 23, with the eurozone composite at 4 a.m. and the U.S. composite at 9:45 a.m. Purchasing Managers' Indexes measure the health of different economic sectors and provide a composite reading. The U.S. composite PMI previously stood at 58.4 and the eurozone composite at 53.1.
Earnings this week include CME Group on Oct. 21 pre-market, Tesla on Oct. 21 post-market, Nasdaq on Oct. 22 pre-market, and Blackstone on Oct. 22 pre-market. CoinDesk notes that Tesla and CME Group have crypto-linked exposure but that the majority of their business is not directly tied to the industry.
On the token side, LayerZero is scheduled to unlock 3.83% of its circulating supply, worth about $44 million, on Oct. 20, while Humanity and Plasma unlock 6.84% and 5.02% of supply on Oct. 25, worth roughly $15.27 million and $17.76 million respectively. Governance votes include Arbitrum DAO's proposal to transfer 1,700 ETH to its ADG and Treasury strategies, which closes Oct. 22, and ENS DAO's vote to activate ENSv2 on mainnet, which closes Oct. 25.
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