Upcoming week highlights major token unlocks, policy actions in Thailand and Brazil, Fed minutes and Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, plus exchange listings and HKEX spot Bitcoin and Ether ETF launches.
Major token unlocks include Fasttoken (FTN) $91.4M and MELANIA $5.7M on Aug 18; LayerZero (ZRO) and ZKsync (ZK) $56.6M each and KAITO $26.2M on Aug 20; and SOON $12.1M on Aug 23. Policy calendar: Thailand’s TouristDigiPay sandbox for foreign tourists to convert crypto to THB starts Aug 18; Brazil holds an Aug 20 hearing on a national Bitcoin reserve; FOMC minutes release on Aug 21; and Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at Jackson Hole on Aug 22. Exchange and listings: Deribit lists USDC-settled BTC/ETH linear options on Aug 19; Coinbase maintenance on Aug 18 delays transfers on multiple networks, while Coinbase Derivatives launches nano SOL and nano XRP perpetuals the same day. Market structure: HKEX debuts two spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs on Aug 21 with 0.5% fees; Upbit delists STRIKE on Aug 21; Binance Alpha lists Reservoir (DAM) and hosts the RiceAI TGE on Aug 18. Projects: Wyoming’s state-backed WYST stablecoin targets an Aug 20 mainnet launch; Sapien holds its TGE on Base Aug 20 with a 25% initial unlock and 5% airdrop; Cap goes live on Ethereum mainnet Aug 18 with Caps points; Boundless snapshots Aug 20 to allocate 0.5% of supply at TGE.