Crypto closures, Fed July 30 decision and FTX payout lead late-July calendar

A late-July and early-August market and industry calendar shows an unusually dense stretch of macro events, corporate earnings and crypto-specific catalysts. Markets are set to focus on the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan rate decisions, with the FOMC statement due Thursday at 2 a.m. Beijing time and Chair Jerome Powell speaking at 2:30 a.m., while investors also watch major earnings from Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Qualcomm and ARM. The broader schedule already included Changxin Technology’s July 27 STAR Market listing, FTX’s July 31 fifth distribution of about $900 million and a new round of compensation claims, Chrome’s Aug. 1 policy update, and U.S. GDP, core PCE inflation, jobless claims and euro area CPI. In crypto, the week also features multiple token unlocks including WAL, XPL, SUI, EIGEN, ZAMA and ENA, alongside a wave of closures or wind-downs affecting Odos, Dango, SBI Crypto’s Bitcoin mining pool, Pingu Exchange, Zero Network and Levvy, plus network upgrades for Zcash and Polygon and Coinbase’s suspension of Across Protocol transactions. The clustering of central bank decisions, earnings, unlocks and operational changes points to a potentially volatile period across digital assets and broader risk markets.