Crypto’s week is stacked — conferences, governance votes, a rumor mill around a second airdrop, and a wall of macro data landing just as U.S. liquidity comes back after a holiday. Here’s what to watch and why it matters. Quick snapshot - Total crypto market cap (at press time): $2.32 trillion. - Calendar note: U.S. markets are closed Monday for Presidents’ Day, compressing the week’s reaction windows. Feb. 18 — ETHDenver kicks off - Why it matters: ETHDenver is the real-time test of the Ethereum stack: tooling, L2 and app UX, account-abstraction demos, and developer priorities. Expect product soft-launches, roadmap clarifications, and politicized Q&A moments that shape narratives before anyone writes a post-mortem. - What traders should know: It’s an information dump more than a single catalyst — partnerships and announcements can move sentiment and token flows, but treat outcomes as directional signals, not binary triggers. Feb. 17 — Jupiter DAO votes to “pause emissions” - What’s on the ballot: Jupiter DAO holders are being asked to pause emissions — a blunt choice between halting dilution to protect supply or keeping incentives flowing to drive growth. - Why it’s important: The proposal targets net emissions, including team-reserve distributions and how team liquidity events are handled. If it passes, it’s more than a parameter tweak: it signals whether Jupiter prioritizes near-term distribution or tighter supply discipline — and sends a message about how the project expects the market to reward tokens this cycle. Feb. 18 — Hyperliquid “Season 2” airdrop chatter - The situation: Social chatter points to Feb. 18 for a second Hyperliquid airdrop, but the team hasn’t confirmed anything. - Why this keeps matters active: The November 2024 drop was large and high-profile, so traders keep trying to front-run a sequel. Until there’s an official announcement (team statement, governance post, or timeline), treat positioning as speculative risk rather than a confirmed event. Feb. 16 — Presidents’ Day: U.S. markets closed - Market effect: With NYSE and Nasdaq closed, macro liquidity is thinner and crypto can overreact to smaller flows. Many U.S. participants treat Tuesday as the start of the week, compressing responses ahead of midweek Fed minutes and Friday’s inflation print. Feb. 18 — FOMC minutes from the late-January meeting - What to watch: Traders will parse internal Fed disagreement, how officials balance inflation persistence versus labor-market cooling, and what would need to change the rate outlook. - Market impact: Moves will likely be nuance-driven — does “higher for longer” read like base case or just one scenario? That framing matters for risk assets, including crypto. Feb. 20 — PCE inflation print (Personal Income and Outlays) - Why it’s crucial: PCE is the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge (headline and core published by the BEA). The print can shift expectations on rate-cut timing, real yields, and whether macro funds re-risk into the weekend. - For crypto: A surprise either way can dominate the weekly close and set tone for the next stretch of trading. Feb. 20 — Possible Supreme Court opinion on tariffs - Context: The Supreme Court may issue an opinion related to President Trump’s tariff policy. - Why crypto should care: The ruling won’t move markets only if it’s extreme — markets need directional signals. Any change to the tariff framework that re-prices growth or inflation expectations can ripple into rates, the dollar, and risk assets, and crypto will likely follow broader risk flows. Bottom line It’s a dense week where builder-driven news (ETHDenver), token-policy decisions (Jupiter), and rumor-driven positioning (Hyperliquid) collide with returning macro liquidity and big-data events (FOMC minutes, PCE). Watch narrative shifts from the conference and governance votes closely — they’ll interact with macro signals to determine market direction. Read more AI-generated news on: undefined/news

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