{"id":51240,"date":"2025-10-06T09:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=51240"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:01:37","slug":"u-s-government-shutdown-uk-etns-hedera-upgrade-crypto-week-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=51240","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Government Shutdown, UK ETNs, Hedera Upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Crypto markets may be distracted by the U.S. government shutdown in the coming week. With key data from the world&#8217;s largest economy not being published, traders may find difficulty in identifying big-picture catalysts for their positions.<\/p>\n<p>While the shutdown means new exchange-traded funds won&#8217;t be approved in the U.S., across the Atlantic U.K. retail investors will gain access to crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) for the first time in four years. The Financial Conduct Authority <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/news\/press-releases\/fca-opens-retail-access-crypto-etns\">rescinded a ban<\/a> in August, saying the market had evolved and such products had become better understood.<\/p>\n<p>Within the crypto industry, Hedera is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.hedera.com\/hedera\/networks\/release-notes\/services\">upgrading its mainet<\/a> to introduce batch transactions and Jito DAO is voting on whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.jito.network\/t\/jip-25-expand-the-validator-set-and-modify-jito-stake-pool-eligibility-and-ranking-criteria\/877\">double the number of validators<\/a> on the Solana infrastructure project&#8217;s StakeNet platform in an attempt to &#8220;move the Jito Stake Pool into a more productive economic equilibrium.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crypto\n<ul>\n<li>Oct. 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/cronos.org\/\">Cronos<\/a> (CRO) is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pampadalampa\/status\/1973900954907885602\">discontinuing<\/a> CronoScan in favor of Cronos Explorer.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 6, 4 a.m.: The <a href=\"https:\/\/floki.com\/\">Floki<\/a> (FLOKI) team is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FLOKI\/status\/1973313309878424002\">hosting<\/a> its monthly AMA on Telegram.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 8: U.K. retail investors regain regulated access to crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/news\/press-releases\/fca-opens-retail-access-crypto-etns\">four-year ban<\/a> on these products ends.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 8, 1 p.m.: <a href=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/\">Hedera<\/a> (HBAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/status.hedera.com\/\">mainnet upgrade<\/a> to version 0.66.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9, 12 p.m.: <a href=\"https:\/\/cronos.org\/\">Cronos<\/a> (CRO) team is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cronos_chain\/status\/1971107408908070947\">hosting<\/a> an AMA on X.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Macro\n<ul>\n<li>Oct. 7, 10:05 a.m.: Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman delivers welcoming remarks at the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference, St. Louis, Mo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitybanking.org\/\">Watch live<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 7, 10:30 a.m.: Conversation with Fed Governor Stephen I. Miran at the Managed Funds Association (MFA) Policy Outlook 2025 in New York. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/o5iiXdZGLLM\">Watch live<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 8, 9:30 a.m.: Fed Governor Michael S. Barr speech at the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference in St. Louis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitybanking.org\/\">Watch live<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 8, 2 p.m.: Minutes from the Fed\u2019s Sept. 16-17 FOMC meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9, 8 a.m.: Brazil Sept. headline inflation rate YoY (Prev. 5.13%), MoM (Prev. -0.11%).<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9, 8 a.m.: Mexico Sept. inflation rate. Headline YoY (Prev. 3.57%), MoM (Prev. 0.6%). Core YoY (Prev. 4.23%), MoM (Prev. 0.22%).<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Jobless Claims. Initial ((for week ended Oct. 4) Est. 223K, Continuing (for week ended Sept. 27) Est. 1930K. (<em>Report likely to be delayed due to current federal government shutdown) <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9, 8:30 a.m.: Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell delivers welcome remarks at the Community Bank Conference, Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/federalreserve\">Watch live<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 10, 8 a.m.: Brazil Aug. PPI YoY (Prev. 1.36%), MoM (Prev. -0.3%).<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 10, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Sept. Unemployment Rate (Prev. 7.1%).<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 10, 10 a.m.: Michigan Consumer Sentiment Oct. (Preliminary) (Prev. 55.1).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)\n<ul>\n<li>Nothing scheduled.<\/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>Compound DAO is holding <a href=\"https:\/\/snapshot.box\/#\/s:comp-vote.eth\/proposal\/0x77f768e7b141f3142f242e280d2ba4451a1b9517d54892ab6b918b7061fd225d\">a non-binding &#8220;temperature check&#8221;<\/a> vote on a proposal to deprecate Compound V2. Voting ends Oct. 6.<\/li>\n<li>Gnosis DAO is <a href=\"https:\/\/snapshot.box\/#\/s:gnosis.eth\/proposal\/0xa3bc9590fd3af9f59fbad1296886da60c90853e25f1fc53110d9ebc8bd0618b6\">voting<\/a> on GIP-138 to fund NodeSentinel, a validator monitoring tool used by 94 operators for 60k+ validators. Voting ends Oct. 7.<\/li>\n<li>ZKSync DAO is voting on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tally.xyz\/gov\/zksync\/proposal\/15539336001504922041482045464843306651217071205321499428543388348391561812720?govId=eip155:324:0xb83FF6501214ddF40C91C9565d095400f3F45746\">proposal<\/a> to allocate 25 million ZK tokens (~$1.25M) for the &#8220;Prividium Roadshow&#8221; through the end of 2026. Voting ends Oct. 8.<\/li>\n<li>GMX is <a href=\"https:\/\/snapshot.box\/#\/s:gmx.eth\/proposal\/0x2dc0a42ca791a9619969697a86db30ad18fb4793037cdd8b0d6f44a789819f99\">holding elections<\/a> for Season 3 of its Listing Committee, which will select three members to oversee and approve new asset listings on GMX protocols.Voting ends Oct. 8.<\/li>\n<li>Jito DAO is voting on a proposal to<a href=\"https:\/\/v2.realms.today\/dao\/jjCAwuuNpJCNMLAanpwgJZ6cdXzLPXe2GfD6TaDQBXt\/proposal\/7RGpRn1NmKEB9vBaysEdixPWHfhGYxpkFrURNKpFrqmg\"> expand the validator set<\/a> from 200 to 400 and update StakeNet\u2019s ranking and eligibility criteria to address negative stake pool dynamics.<\/li>\n<li>Decentraland DAO is <a href=\"https:\/\/snapshot.box\/#\/s:snapshot.dcl.eth\/proposal\/0xe0d43f5fad99dd273fcb6a70df0d3036a1a42b1dc3aaf091cc6a48937a005416\">voting<\/a> to replace the DAO Committee with a 3-of-5 multisig of ecosystem representatives, shifting execution-only duties while the council retains oversight. Voting ends Oct. 10.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9: Cronos (CRO) to host an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cronos_chain\/status\/1971107408908070947\">Ask Me Anything (AMA) session.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Unlocks\n<ul>\n<li>Oct. 10: Linea (LINEA) to unlock 6.57% of its circulating supply worth $27.9 million.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 11: Aptos (APT) to unlock 2.15% of its circulating supply worth $57.91 million.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 12: Aethir (ATH) to unlock 16.08% of its circulating supply worth $64.95 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Token Launches\n<ul>\n<li>Oct. 8: Sky (SKY) to be listed on BitFlyer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oct. 6-7: <a href=\"https:\/\/londonfintechsummit.com\/\">London Fintech Summit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oct. 7-8: <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechmagazine.com\/events\/fintech-live\/fintech-live-london-2025\">FinTech LIVE London 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oct. 8-9: <a href=\"https:\/\/daweek.org\/london-25\/\">Digital Assets Week London 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oct. 8-9: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.economist.com\/fintechforward\/?RefID=econ_web_FF24_EDBwebsite&amp;utm_source=econ&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=FF24_EDBwebsite\">Fintech Forward 2025<\/a> (Bahrain)<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9: Hedgeweek\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/events.hedgeweek.com\/hedgeweek-digital-assets-summit-us-2025\">Digital Assets Summit US 2025<\/a> (New York)<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9-10: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamericanblockchainsummit.com\/\">North American Blockchain Summit<\/a> (Dallas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto markets may be distracted by the U.S. government shutdown in the coming week. With key data from the world&#8217;s largest economy not being published, traders may find difficulty in identifying big-picture catalysts for their positions. While the shutdown means new exchange-traded funds won&#8217;t be approved in the U.S., across the Atlantic U.K. retail investors [&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-51240","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\/51240","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=51240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}