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The Week in Crypto News: Token Unlocks, Macroeconomic Events & More

Crypto markets enter a pivotal week with the Fed meeting, major token unlocks, SUI price levels and protocol launches all in focus for traders.

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  • Macro & Market Drivers
  • Key Token Unlocks
  • Crypto Protocol Upgrades & Deployments
  • Major Industry Conference
Crypto News: Token Unlocks, Macroeconomic Events & More
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Key Insights:

  • Fed rate decision and token unlocks headline a pivotal week for crypto.
  • SUI faces key technical support ahead of its monthly token unlock.
  • Major protocol launches and conferences could drive market volatility.

The crypto market enters a pivotal week with macroeconomic decisions, major token unlocks, protocol launches, and industry conferences all converging within days.

Traders and investors are preparing for heightened volatility as several high-impact events could shape sentiment across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader digital asset market.

Macro & Market Drivers

FOMC Interest Rate Decision (July 28–29): One of the biggest events that the crypto market awaits is the US Federal Reserve meeting for its July monetary policy meeting.

The rate decision and press conference on Wednesday, July 29, will be a primary driver for risk-on assets, including Bitcoin and broader crypto liquidity.

At the moment, the market seems to be accepting the premise of no rate hike, with 66.3% of predictions favouring interest rates to stay at 3.50%-3.75%. The remaining 33.7% predictions suggest the US could see a rate hike after over 3 years.

Interest Rates Predictions | Source: CME
Interest Rates Predictions | Source: CME

Key Token Unlocks

More than $600+ millionin digital assets will be unlocked and added to circulation this week. Major cliff unlocks to keep on your radar include:

  • July 30 - Kamino (KMNO): Approximately 229.17 million KMNO tokens will be unlocked, marking a significant supply release for Solana's leading DeFi protocol.
  • August 1 - Sui (SUI): A total of 13.72 million SUI tokens (valued at approximately $9.9 million) will undergo a monthly cliff unlock, split between early contributors receiving 7.65 million tokens and community reserves receiving 4 million tokens.

SUI remains under pressure after failing to sustain gains above the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at $75 and facing rejection near $76. The price now trades below the EMA, signaling weakening momentum. Immediate support sits at $71, followed by $70. A rebound above $75 could target $76 before challenging $78.

SUI Price | Source: TradingView
SUI Price | Source: TradingView

The Fibonacci retracement shows price holding above the 61.8% level at $70, while the 78.6% level at $68 remains the key invalidation zone. If $70 breaks, sellers could push SUI toward $68. However, reclaiming $75 would invalidate the short-term bearish outlook and strengthen the case for a move toward $78.

  • August 1 - EigenCloud (EIGEN): 36.82 million EIGEN tokens will be unlocked, representing a major supply expansion for the restaking ecosystem.

Crypto Protocol Upgrades & Deployments

  • July 27 - ASI Alliance / SingularityNET: Hosting the Hyperon Workshop at the AGI-26 conference in San Francisco with live decentralized AI demonstrations.
  • July 28 - HashKey & Morpho: Launching a strategic partnership event in Hong Kong focused on expanding institutional on-chain finance.
  • July 29 - Qubic: Mainnet go-live for its new smart contract framework, integrating decentralized oracle access and off-chain computational tasks.
  • July 30 - ether.fi: Executive analyst call featuring CEO Mike Silagadze discussing protocol revenue metrics and liquid restaking developments.
  • July 31 - Aerodrome Finance & DigiByte: Aerodrome details its official expansion strategy onto the Ethereum mainnet. DigiByte targets the release window for DigiDollar, a native stablecoin project on the DigiByte blockchain.

Major Industry Conference

  • The Science of Blockchain Conference (SBC 2026)(July 27–29, Stanford University): Academic research conference focusing on technical protocol design, zero-knowledge proofs, and consensus mechanisms.
  • Rare Evo 2026(July 28, Las Vegas, USA): Multi-chain Web3 summit highlighting interoperability, gaming, and decentralized infrastructure.
  • Malaysia Blockchain Week 2026 (July 29, Kuala Lumpur): Regional conference focused on Southeast Asian crypto adoption and regulatory frameworks.
  • Nigeria Stablecoin Summit 2026 (July 30, Lagos): Focus on real-world payment infrastructure, local currency hedges, and remittance rails.

With monetary policy, token supply expansions, and major ecosystem developments unfolding simultaneously, this week could prove decisive for crypto markets.

Whether industry events create opportunities and drive volatility in the crypto market remains to be seen.

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