The coming week includes a dense run of crypto-specific events and macro releases, ranging from token unlocks and protocol launches to exchange changes, sanctions updates and US data prints.
Key events on the calendar
Humanity Protocol (H) is scheduled to unlock about 266 million tokens at 08:00 Beijing time on Aug. 25, equal to roughly 7.92% of circulating supply and valued at about $19.9 million. Huma Finance (HUMA) is set to unlock around 459 million tokens at 21:00 Beijing time on Aug. 26, or about 16.70% of circulating supply, worth about $9.5 million.
Coinbase will delist 10 perpetual contracts on Aug. 26, including MEME-PERP and SAND-PERP. EASY Residency Season 4 Demo Day is also due on Aug. 26 in Bhutan, with CZ set to attend.
Nvidia will release earnings at 04:00 Beijing time on Aug. 27. The source material says its guidance is being treated as the "ultimate validation" of the AI capex cycle and as a direct input into pricing across the global compute supply chain.
On Aug. 28, Federal Reserve Chair Warsh is scheduled to deliver his first speech at the Jackson Hole global central bank symposium.
Aug. 24
HertzFlow mainnet to open trading
HertzFlow, a DeFi protocol backed by YZi Labs, said its USD1 Genesis pre-deposit Vault, capped at $4.44 million, has been fully filled. The team described that as an important milestone ahead of the mainnet launch and said final preparations are underway before trading opens on Aug. 24.
HertzFlow said it aims to build a permissionless leveraged trading market for any oracle-backed asset, with the goal of turning on-chain TVL on BNB Chain into yield-generating liquid assets through composable DeFi strategies.
SoSoValue unlock
SoSoValue (SOSO) will unlock about 23.46 million tokens at 17:00 Beijing time on Aug. 24, equal to about 6.35% of circulating supply and worth around $7.3 million.
Aug. 25
EU expands crypto restrictions on Belarus
Starting Aug. 25, the European Union will prohibit Belarusian citizens and residents from owning, controlling or managing crypto exchanges and other crypto service providers regulated under Markets in Crypto-Assets, or MiCA. The measure appears in an amendment to the EU sanctions framework adopted on Thursday and expands earlier limits that had covered only wallets, accounts or custody services.
The broader scope now covers all crypto-asset business lines defined under MiCA, including operating trading platforms, crypto-asset exchange services, execution of client orders, investment advice and portfolio management. The decision took effect on July 24, and the expanded crypto provisions will apply from Aug. 25.
Earlier, after the MiCA transition period ended on July 1, the EU had already required unauthorized crypto firms to stop operating or face enforcement. As part of its 21st round of sanctions against Russia announced on Thursday, the bloc also extended a trading ban to 14 offshore crypto service platforms and set up a mechanism to block dealings with foreign crypto service providers used by Russia to evade sanctions.
Binance to support Conflux Network upgrade and hard fork
Binance said it expects to suspend token deposits and withdrawals on the Conflux Network (CFX) at 07:00 Beijing time on Aug. 25, 2026, to support a network upgrade and hard fork. The upgrade and hard fork are expected to take place at 08:00 Beijing time the same day.
BNB Chain to activate Pasteur hard fork
BNB Chain said Pasteur will go live on BNB Smart Chain at 10:30 UTC+8 on Aug. 25 after having run on testnet since July 21. Node operators must install BSC software version v1.7.7 before activation.
The fork includes three proposals: BEP-682, BEP-695 and BEP-675. The first two address security and validator permissions. The third changes how transactions are handled when preparing new blocks.
Zcash holder vote on NU7 scope
Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe said on X that the community will begin an approximately 18-day token holder vote on Aug. 25 to determine the scope of the upcoming NU7 upgrade. The minimum participation threshold is 1 million ZEC, which must be on the Ironwood network.
Metaplex to open HEEBOO public sale
Metaplex, a digital economy platform in the Solana ecosystem, said the next Spotlight Launch project will be HEEBOO, the token of entertainment launch platform HEEBOO. The public sale starts on Aug. 25 and will last 48 hours.
Total token supply is 1 billion HEEBOO, with 50 million tokens allocated to the public sale, or 5% of total supply. The sale uses a Launch Pool model. Participants joining in the first 24 hours can receive a 25% reward, and 20% of sale proceeds will be moved to the Raydium CPMM pool.
TRON to propose TVM compatibility upgrade
The TRON community is expected to start voting on activation proposals for network parameters #95 and #96 on mainnet on Aug. 25. The proposals would enable Prague and Osaka features introduced in GreatVoyage-v4.8.2 (Pyrrho) and are aimed at improving TVM compatibility with the Ethereum ecosystem.
TRON said the related proposals had already passed on the Nile testnet on Aug. 13. Developers can test the new features and carry out dApp integration and compatibility work there. Nodes that have not yet upgraded need to move to v4.8.2 or v4.8.2.1 before Aug. 25, or they may fail to sync blocks normally once the parameters are activated.
Aug. 25 token unlocks
Humanity Protocol (H) will unlock about 266 million tokens at 08:00 Beijing time, worth around $19.9 million and equal to 7.92% of circulating supply. Plasma (XPL) will unlock about 88.89 million tokens at 20:00 Beijing time, equal to 3.31% of circulating supply and valued at roughly $8 million.
Aug. 26
US to release July PCE and Q2 GDP revision
At 20:30 on Aug. 26, the US is scheduled to release July core PCE year-over-year and month-over-month readings, July personal spending, the second-quarter revision for annualized real GDP growth, and July durable goods orders.
CFTC extends comment period on proposed rules
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has extended by 30 days, to Aug. 26, 2026, the public comment period on proposed rules covering round-the-clock trading for standard futures contracts and perpetual contracts tied to physically delivered or storable energy commodities.
The CFTC said it made the decision in response to requests from commenters and after adding a number of questions to the consultation. The original request for comment centered on two issues: extending standard futures contracts, including energy futures, to 24/7 trading without changing fixed expiration dates, and perpetual contracts involving physically delivered or storable energy commodities. The agency said additional questions were added after broad communication with the industry to support a fuller review.
Coinbase to halt 10 perpetual contracts
Coinbase will suspend trading in Memecoin (MEME-PERP), The Sandbox (SAND-PERP), Moonbirds (BIRB-PERP), Blur (BLUR-PERP), Katana (KAT-PERP), SPX6900 (SPX-PERP), ZORA (ZORA-PERP), Axie Infinity (AXS-PERP), Gensyn (AI-PERP) and LayerZero (ZRO-PERP) at around 21:00 UTC+8 on Aug. 26.
All open positions will be automatically settled using the average index price over the 60 minutes before the halt. The funding rate for the final funding interval will be set to zero. Coinbase said it reserves the right to suspend trading at any time and adjust the final settlement price to a reasonable level.
EASY Residency Season 4 Demo Day in Bhutan
CZ said he will attend EASY Residency Season 4 Demo Day in Bhutan next week. YZi Labs is scheduled to host the S4 demo event at 11:45 GMT+8 on Aug. 26, where 25 founders will present projects in stablecoins, payments, DeFi, artificial intelligence and frontier technology.
CZ also said on X that applications for EASY Residency Season 5 are now open, with a deadline of Sept. 14. Recruitment areas for the new season include programmable capital and on-chain markets, AI infrastructure and the compute economy, AI interfaces and the consumer layer, as well as AI × biotech and programmable science.
Aug. 26 token unlock
Huma Finance (HUMA) will unlock about 459 million tokens at 21:00 Beijing time on Aug. 26, equal to 16.70% of circulating supply and worth roughly $9.5 million.
Aug. 27
Nvidia earnings due
Nvidia is scheduled to report at 04:00 Beijing time on Aug. 27. The source says the company’s guidance is being watched as the "ultimate validation" for the AI capital spending cycle and as a direct driver of pricing across the global compute chain.
First ruling in Bithumb mistaken BTC transfer recovery case
The Seoul Central District Court is set to deliver a first-instance ruling at 2 p.m. on Aug. 27 in the first lawsuit tied to Bithumb’s effort to recover Bitcoin that was mistakenly sent out. The case targets users who sold the mistakenly transferred BTC and held the cash proceeds, seeking return of unjust enrichment worth about 194 million won.
Bithumb filed civil suits against four users in March, with four cases being heard separately. In February this year, the exchange mistakenly issued 620,000 Bitcoin as event rewards in the form of KRW points, triggering a major controversy. Financial authorities then strengthened internal control and accounting inspection duties for digital asset exchanges, while lawmakers held emergency questioning and pushed related legislation. Bithumb later recovered 99% of the remaining 1,788 Bitcoin that had not initially been retrieved.
EulerFinanceBot Telegram mini app to shut down
Euler Labs said the EulerFinanceBot TAC Telegram mini app will permanently close on Aug. 27 because of network maintenance. Users with balances remaining in the protocol were told to withdraw as soon as possible. After the shutdown, the app and all remaining funds in it will no longer be accessible.
Aug. 28
Warsh to make Jackson Hole debut
The 2026 Jackson Hole global central bank symposium will take place in Wyoming from Aug. 27 to 29 under the theme "Financial Innovation: Implications for Payments and Policy." Fed Chair Warsh is scheduled to give his first speech at the event on Aug. 28.
The source notes that the 30-year US Treasury yield has returned to a high of 5.26% and that the effect of the Treasury’s increased long-bond buybacks was only short-lived.
DFK Chain to shut down
DeFi Kingdoms said DFK Chain, an Avalanche L1-based gaming chain, will cease operations on Aug. 28. The team said it will prioritize the secure migration of player assets to Avalanche C-Chain and plans to open an SDK that would let third-party developers build on DeFi Kingdoms systems, mechanics and assets. More details on asset migration are expected in the coming weeks.
Aug. 29
Falcon Finance unlock
Falcon Finance (FF) will unlock about 77.14 million tokens at 21:00 Beijing time on Aug. 29, equal to 2.57% of circulating supply and worth around $6.2 million.
Aug. 30
Collector Crypt and Kamino unlocks
Collector Crypt (CARDS) will unlock about 28.84 million tokens at 03:00 Beijing time on Aug. 30, equal to 5.45% of circulating supply and valued at about $5.6 million. Kamino (KMNO) will unlock around 229 million tokens at 20:00 Beijing time on Aug. 30, or 2.89% of circulating supply, also worth about $5.6 million.
Timing not specified
Trump says meeting with AI industry figures is coming
US President Donald Trump said on Aug. 20 that he would meet with "AI industry people" next week.
Bessent says new US fiscal consolidation plan is coming
According to Bloomberg and other reports cited in the source, US Treasury Secretary Bessent said on Aug. 20 that President Trump had directed him and the director of the Office of Management and Budget to lead a new fiscal consolidation plan, which is expected to be released later this weekend or early next week.
The Treasury had previously announced that it would double the scale of long-term bond buybacks. Bessent said a single long-bond buyback operation could exceed $4 billion, adding, "We have a very large toolbox, so stay tuned."