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Your look at what’s coming in the week starting March 16.
The Fed is among seven central banks with rate decisions this week. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
What to know:
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This week could be crucial for markets, including bitcoin , as the U.S. Federal Reserve is one of seven major central banks scheduled to declare interest-rate decisions, while oil price increases driven by conflict could reignite inflationary pressures in the global economy.
It is anticipated that most central banks will maintain current interest rates; however, any hawkish remarks from officials regarding inflation could lead to downward volatility in risk assets.
André Dragosch, the European head of research at Bitwise, informed CoinDesk that although reflationary environments have historically benefitted bitcoin, increasing inflation expectations are causing bond yields to rise and tightening financial conditions, which typically render riskier investments less appealing.
Nevertheless, according to Dragosch, geopolitical tensions are currently the overwhelming factor influencing the market. Historically, such disturbances tend to dissipate quickly, and bitcoin has frequently produced above-average returns following periods of heightened geopolitical risk.
“Investors should generally fade these kinds of events and view them as short-term buying opportunities,” Dragosch stated.
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Bitcoin is currently trading at what Dragosch labeled the “largest macro discount” ever recorded, with market sentiment near the lows seen during the FTX collapse. “We are likely nearer to the bottom than the top,” he remarked.
What to Watch
(All times ET)
- Crypto
- March 17: Lava Network (LAVA) to broaden its reach with 17 new chain integrations and nine new blockchain ecosystems.
- March 19: The final deadline for Tusky users to transfer their data regarding Walrus (WAL).
- March 23: The token generation event for Backpack will take place, distributing 250 million tokens (25% of total supply).
- Macro
- March 16, 8:30 a.m.: Canada consumer price index (CPI) year-over-year for February (Prev. 2.3%)
- March 17, 4:30 a.m.: Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate decision estimate 4.1% (Prev. 3.85%)
- March 17, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. Pending Home Sales month-over-month for February (Prev. -0.8%)
- March 18, 6 a.m.: Eurozone consumer price index (CPI) for February. Month-over-month estimate 0.7% (Prev. -0.6%); year-over-year estimate 1.9% (Prev. 1.7%)
- March 18, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. PPI for February. Year-over-year estimate 3.7% (Prev. 3.6%); Core PPI year-over-year estimate 3.2% (Prev. 3.6%)
- March 18, 9:45 a.m.: Bank of Canada interest rate decision estimate 2.25% (Prev. 2.25%)
- March 18, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. Factory Orders month-over-month for January (Prev. -0.7%)
- March 18, 2:00 p.m.: Fed interest rate decision estimate 3.50%-3.75% (Prev. 3.50%-3.75%); FOMC economic projections
- March 18, 2:30 p.m.: Fed Chair press conference
- March 18, 5:30 p.m.: Central Bank of Brazil Selic rate decision estimate 14.50% (Prev. 15%)
- March 18, 11 p.m.: Bank of Japan interest rate decision estimate 0.75% (Prev. 0.75%)
- March 19, 4:30 a.m.: Swiss National Bank interest rate decision estimate 0% (Prev. 0%)
- March 19, 8 a.m.: Bank of England interest rate decision estimate 3.75% (Prev. 3.75%).
- March 19, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending March 14 estimate 215K (Prev. 213K)
- March 19, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index for March (Prev. 16.3)
- March 19, 9:15 a.m.: ECB interest rate decision for the main refinancing rate estimate 2.15% (Prev. 2.15%)
- March 19, 4:30 p.m.: Fed Balance Sheet for the week ending March 18 (Prev. $6.65T)
- March 20, 8:30 a.m.: Canada PPI year-over-year (Prev. 5.4%); month-over-month (Prev. 2.7%)
Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)
- March 16: Bakkt Holdings (BKKT), post-market, -$0.47
- March 16: Bitcoin Depot (BTM), pre-market, -$0.47
- March 16: Cango (CANG), post-market, -$0.34
- March 17: CEA Industries (BNC), post-market, $0.69
- March 18: Bitfarms (BITF), pre-market, -$0.03
- March 19: Gemini Space Station (GEMI), post-market, -$0.91
- March 20: BitFuFu (FUFU), pre-market, $0.01
Token Events
- Governance votes & calls
- March 17: Mantle (MNT) will host State of Mind Ep. 07, discussing CeDeFi milestones and DeFi strategies.
- March 18: Jupiter (JUP) will conduct its weekly Planetary Call community session with team updates.
- March 18: head of marketing & PR will discuss ecosystem updates.
- Decentraland DAO is conducting a vote on permitting registered users to customize the color of their avatar name tag and to introduce a more accessible volume slider to the UI sidebar. Voting concludes on March 16 and 17.
- Convex Finance is voting on Curve and Frax gauge weight allocations for the week of March 12, directing vlCVX voting power across numerous liquidity pools. Additionally, it is voting on FXN gauge weight allocations for the same timeframe. Voting ends on March 17.
- Aavegotchi DAO is voting to finalize its 2026–2027 multisig signers election, maintaining the 5-of-9 threshold and establishing quarterly signer compensation. Voting concludes on March 17.
- Aavegotchi DAO is also running Ballot 3 to elect seven of the remaining 10 nominees as multi-sig signers, completing the nine-signer roster for the DAO Foundation wallet. Voting ends on March 17.
- Aura Finance is voting on Balancer gauge weight allocations for the week of March 12, directing vlAURA voting power across Balancer pools on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Gnosis, Base, and Avalanche. Voting concludes on March 17.
- ShapeShift DAO is voting on the creation and funding of a new International UX workstream for six months to maintain professional multilingual translations of the ShapeShift app and website. Voting ends on March 17.
- WalletConnect Network is voting on allocating 50 million WCT tokens as a dedicated rewards budget for WalletConnect Pay in 2026. Voting concludes on March 18.
- ENS is voting on a one-time transfer of 900,000 USDC from the ENS Endowment to wallet.ensdao.eth to address a shortfall in stream payments owed to ENS Labs. Voting ends on March 18.
- Cratos DAO is voting on extending the current mobile app reward standard deadline by one month to April 30, 2026. Voting concludes on March 19.
- Lightchain AI DAO is voting on a temporary 90-day team authority proposal, granting the core team temporary operational authority for 90 days to make day-to-day and strategic decisions. Voting ends on March 22.
- Unlocks
- March 16: Arbitrum (ARB) will unlock 1.78% of its circulating supply valued at $9.65 million.
- March 20: LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock 5.64% of its circulating supply valued at $52.45 million.
- Token Launches
- March 16: HTX DAO (HTX) staking public beta commences.
- March 18: Katana (KAT) will be listed on Binance
- March 21: Soulbound Token airdrop with Jupiter Mobile is scheduled.
