{"id":47505,"date":"2025-09-15T08:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47505"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:31:44","slug":"fed-rate-decision-mkr-sky-conversion-deadline-crypto-week-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47505","title":{"rendered":"Fed Rate Decision, MKR-SKY Conversion Deadline: Crypto Week Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to dominate markets, both crypto and traditional, in the coming week. Traders are positioned for a rate cut of at least 25 basis points when the Fed announces its decision on Sept. 17, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/markets\/interest-rates\/cme-fedwatch-tool.html\">CME&#8217;s Fedwatch tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crypto\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 16, 12 p.m. ET: Solana <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/solana\/status\/1967353331636216277\">AMA<\/a> on X.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18: <a href=\"https:\/\/mavryk.org\/\">Mavryk Network<\/a> launches its <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MavrykNetwork\/status\/1960025078932160566\">mainnet<\/a> and native MVRK token.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18: Rex-Osprey Dogecoin ETF <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1966236513517338749\">expected to begin trading<\/a> on Cboe BZX Exchange under ticker DOJE.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18: <a href=\"https:\/\/unipoly.network\/\">Unipoly Chain<\/a> (UNP) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/unipolycoin\/status\/1952395044415041748\">mainnet launch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Macro\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 16: Brazil July unemployment rate Est. N\/A (Prev. 5.8%).<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16: Canada August headline CPI YoY Est. N\/A (Prev. 1.7%), MoM Est. N\/A (Prev. 0.3%); core YoY Est. N\/A (Prev. 2.6%), MoM Est. N\/A (Prev. 0.1%).<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16: U.K. July unemployment rate Est. 4.7%.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17: U.K. August headline CPI YoY Est. 3.9%. MoM Est. N\/A (Prev. 0.1%); core YoY Est. 3.7%, MoM Est. N\/A (Prev. 0.2%).<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17: Canada benchmark interest rate Est. N\/A (Prev. 2.75%) followed by a press conference.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17: The Fed&#8217;s FOMC decision on U.S. interest rates. Est: 25 bps cut to 4.00%-4.25% followed by a press conference.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17: Brazil benchmark interest rate Est. N\/A (Prev. 15%).<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18: Bank of England decision on U.K. interest rates. Est: unchanged at 4%.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 19: Bank of Japan interest-rate decision. Est: unchanged at 0.5%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 18: Lite Strategy (<a href=\"http:\/\/litestrategy.com\/\">MEIP<\/a>), pre-market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Token Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Governance votes &amp; calls\n<ul>\n<li>Curve DAO is voting to changes to donation-enabled Twocrypto contracts. Voting ends Sept. 16.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16: Aster Network to host a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AstarNetwork\/status\/1965656500216660348\">community call.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MantleDAO is voting on <a href=\"https:\/\/snapshot.box\/#\/s:bitdao.eth\/proposal\/0xe26ab40b14c0f6a71b8a0fbf36c9ff436e5ae571f500b924fac7152fa304a883\">keeping the 2025-2026 budget<\/a> at $52 million USDc and 200 million MNT. Voting ends Sept. 18<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18, 6 a.m.: Mantle to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mantle_Official\/status\/1966117060716671292\">host<\/a> Mantle State of Mind, a monthly townhall series.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16, 12 p.m.:Kava to host a community Ask Me Anything (AMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/spaces\/1RDxlABQqOoKL\/peek\">session<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 23: SwissBorg to make a live <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/swissborg\/status\/1964991663375573502\">announcement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Unlocks\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 15: Starknet\u00a0(STRK)\u00a0to unlock 5.98% of its circulating supply worth $17.09 million.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 15: Sei (SEI) to unlock 1.18% of its circulating supply worth $18.06 million.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16: Arbitrum (ARB) to unlock 2.03% of its circulating supply worth $48.16 million.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17: ZKsync (ZK) to unlock 3.61% of its circulating supply worth $10.54 million.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18: Fasttoken (FTN) to unlock 2.08% of its circulating supply worth $89.8 million<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 20: Velo (VELO) to unlock 13.63% of its circulating supply worth $43.39 million.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 20: KAITO (KAITO) to unlock 3.15% of its circulating supply worth $10.1 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Token Launches\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 15: OpenLedger (OPENLEDGER) to be listed on Crypto.com.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18: Deadline to<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/54SU5SHigf\"> convert MKR to SKY<\/a> before the delayed upgrade penalty takes effect.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 20: Reserve Rights (RSR) to conduct a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reserveprotocol\/status\/1960146446315082098\">token burn.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sept. 22: Falcon Finance to host community sale on Buidlpad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept.12-15: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethtokyo.org\/\">ETHTokyo 2025<\/a> (Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 15: <a href=\"https:\/\/tgesummit.com\/\">TGE Summit 2025<\/a> (New York)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 15-21: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budblockweek.net\/\">Budapest Blockchain Week 2025<\/a> (Budapest, Hungary)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16-17: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rwasummit.io\/brooklyn-2025\">Real-World Asset Summit<\/a> (New York)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17: <a href=\"https:\/\/lu.ma\/z176rgsb\">The Bitcoin Treasuries NYC Unconference<\/a> (New York)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17-19: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aibc.org\/\">AIBC 2025<\/a> (Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcsummit.io\/\">CBC Summit USA<\/a> (Washington)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 19: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dgfi.io\/\">DEF-AI 2025<\/a> (Tblisi, Georgia)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 17-20: <a href=\"https:\/\/nomadcapitalist.com\/live\/\">Nomad Capitalist Live 2025<\/a> (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 21: <a href=\"https:\/\/xrp-seoul.com\/\">XRP Seoul 2025<\/a> (Seoul, South Korea)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to dominate markets, both crypto and traditional, in the coming week. Traders are positioned for a rate cut of at least 25 basis points when the Fed announces its decision on Sept. 17, according to CME&#8217;s Fedwatch tool. What to Watch Crypto Sept. 16, 12 p.m. ET: Solana AMA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-47505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}