FTX Disbursement, Employment in the U.S.: Upcoming Week in Cryptocurrency

Your look at what’s coming in the week starting March 30.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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The concluding week of March appears poised for volatility, with the FTX Recovery Trust scheduled to distribute $2.2 billion to creditors on Tuesday, and the critical U.S. monthly nonfarm payrolls report set for release on Friday, coinciding with the closure of numerous equity markets globally for Good Friday.

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East, now in its fifth week, is also of great importance. The situation has impacted major energy infrastructures and transportation in the area, consequently raising inflation expectations and prompting a significant alteration in monetary policy forecasts, according to Luke Deans, a senior research associate at Bitwise, speaking to CoinDesk.

“Bitcoin, as a highly reactive and liquidity-sensitive asset, often reacts promptly to changes in risk appetite and has adjusted lower since October 2025,” Deans stated. “This indicates that digital assets began to reflect tighter financial conditions ahead of many conventional risk assets.”

Global macroeconomic influences, he noted, continue to be the main factors driving risk sentiment. While liquidity will certainly play a part, the market environment remains delicate due to the persistent geopolitical uncertainty.

What to Watch

(All times ET)

• Crypto
  • March 30: BNP Paribas is set to launch six cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes.
  • March 31: FTX Recovery Trust will distribute approximately $2.2 billion to creditors.
  • April 1: BGDLabs will officially depart from the Aave DAO.
• Macro
  • March 30, 9:30 p.m.: China NBS Manufacturing PMI for March (Prev. 49.0); Non-Manufacturing PMI (Prev. 49.5)
  • March 31, 5:00 a.m.: Eurozone Inflation Rate YoY Flash for March (Prev. 1.9%); Core (Prev. 2.4%)
  • March 31, 9:00 a.m.: U.S. S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 Home Price Index YoY for January (Prev. 1.4%)
  • March 31, 9:45 a.m.: U.S. Chicago PMI for March (Prev. 57.7)
  • March 31, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. Conference Board Consumer Confidence for March (Prev. 91.2)
  • March 31, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. JOLTS job openings for February (Prev. 6.946M)
  • March 31, 07:50 p.m.: Japan Tankan Large Manufacturing Index for Q1 (Prev. 15)
  • April 1, 8:15 a.m.: U.S. ADP Employment Change for March (Prev. 63K)
  • April 1, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI for March (Prev. 52.4)
  • April 2, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending March 28 (Prev. 210K)
  • April 3, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls for March est. 48K (Prev. -92K)
  • April 3, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Unemployment Rate for March est. 4.5% (Prev. 4.4%)
  • April 3, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. ISM Services PMI for March (Prev. 56.1)
• Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)
  • March 30: Nano Labs (NA), pre-market

Token Events

• Governance Votes & Calls
  • Stake DAO CRV and BAL are conducting a vote on their bi-weekly gauge to distribute CRV and BAL inflation across different liquidity pools. Voting concludes on March 31.
  • SuperRare DAO is voting to centralize its treasury management under the RareDAO Foundation by transferring remaining balances and officially ending its legacy Network Engagement and Grants programs. Voting concludes on March 31.
  • Aventus DAO is voting to simplify AVT emissions to a fixed daily rate, raise the node staking requirement, and substitute ongoing fees with a one-time appchain token allocation. Voting concludes on March 31.
  • Unlock DAO is voting to send 3 ETH to its Base multisig to exchange for USDC to cover current and future operational costs. Voting concludes on April 2.
  • Aavegotchi DAO is voting to appoint nine multi-sig signers, maintain a 5-of-9 signature threshold, and establish their quarterly compensation at $1,000 to be paid in GHST. Voting concludes on April 2.
  • Arbitrum DAO is voting on two proposals to transition its Code of Conduct and Procedures into dynamic documents overseen by OpCo, and to upgrade to ArbOS 60 Elara. Voting concludes on April 2.
  • SSV Network DAO is voting on two proposals to incorporate ENS names for core protocol contracts to bolster security against phishing, and to create a soft fee floor for public operators to promote economic sustainability. Voting concludes on April 3.
  • Lisk DAO is voting to trial the Degov.ai governance platform ahead of Tally’s discontinuation by executing a 0 LSK transfer. Voting concludes on April 7.
• Unlocks
  • April 1: SUI$0.8806 will unlock 1.10% of its circulating supply valued at $38.29 million.
  • April 2: Ethena (ENA) will unlock 2.18% of its circulating supply valued at $16.05 million.
  • April 6: Hyperliquid (HYPE) will unlock 2.66% of its circulating supply valued at $379.31 million.
• Token Launches
  • March 30: BASED token generation event will take place.
  • March 31: edgeX (EDGE) token generation event will occur.
  • March 31: WorldLand (WL) will be listed on KuCoin, Gate, and other platforms.
  • April 1: Orexn (OXN) will begin a phased exchange listing period following the token generation event.

Conferences

• March 29–31: Tokenize! LATAM 2026 (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• March 30 – April 2: EthCC (Cannes, France)
• March 31- April 1: Chainalysis Links (New York City)
• April 2: Pragma Cannes 2026 (Cannes, France)
• April 3–5: ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 (Cannes, France)