The coming week features major token unlocks, regulatory developments in Thailand and Brazil, exchange listings and maintenance, ETF launches, and several project network launches and TGEs.
Next week brings substantial token unlocks: Fasttoken (FTN) worth $91.4M on Aug 18; LayerZero (ZRO) and ZKsync (ZK) each $56.6M on Aug 20; KAITO $26.2M on Aug 20; MELANIA $5.7M on Aug 18; and SOON $12.1M on Aug 23. Policy events include Thailand launching its Aug 18 TouristDigiPay crypto-to-THB sandbox, Brazil holding an Aug 20 hearing on creating a national Bitcoin reserve, release of U.S. Fed minutes on Aug 21, and Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech on Aug 22. Exchanges will see Deribit list USDC‑settled BTC/ETH linear options on Aug 19, Coinbase schedule maintenance Aug 18 delaying transfers, and Coinbase Derivatives launch nano SOL and nano XRP perpetuals Aug 18. HKEX debuts two spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs on Aug 21 with 0.5% fees; Upbit will delist STRIKE on the same date; Binance Alpha lists Reservoir (DAM) and hosts RiceAI TGE on Aug 18. In projects, Wyoming’s state-backed WYST stablecoin aims for an Aug 20 mainnet launch; Sapien holds its Base network TGE Aug 20 with 25% unlock and 5% airdrop; Cap launches on Ethereum Aug 18 with Caps points; and Boundless snapshots Aug 20 to allocate 0.5% supply at TGE.