With its dizzying agenda, cryptocurrencies continue to fluctuate and there are many important developments in the coming days. In the past 2 weeks, we have seen all the current reports we need to see regarding employment and inflation. The Iran war has changed the outlook on the macro front in this process, and the increasing tension will force central banks to act more cautiously. So what awaits us?
Important Developments in Cryptocurrencies
As every week, we discuss the important developments awaiting investors in cryptocurrencies. Both cryptocurrencies The agenda is quite busy, both specifically and on the macro front. First of all, there is a Fed meeting waiting for us, and the interest rate cut outlook for 2026 has changed greatly in the last 2 months. While everyone was expecting at least 1 discount in the first half of the year, it is now difficult to even talk about a single discount for the whole of 2026.
The upcoming important developments with day and time details are summarized below.
Monday, March 16
- 07:00 bessentwill meet with Chinese Lifeng (All day)
- 15:30 New York Fed Manufacturing Index (Expected: 3.9 Previous: 7.1)
- 16:15 US Industrial Production (Monthly) (Expected: 0.1% Previous: 0.7%)
- 18:00 Nvidia Artificial Intelligence Conference
Tuesday, March 17
- 18:00 Nvidia Artificial Intelligence Conference
- OpenVPP 2.0 Snapshot
Wednesday, March 18
- 13:00 Euro Zone Consumer Price Index (Annual) (Expected and Previous: 1.9%)
- 15:30 US PPI (Annual) (Previous: 2.9%)
- US Core PPI (Previous: 3.6%)
- 21:00 Fed Average Interest Rate Forecast (Expected: 3.37% Previous: 3.62%)
- Fed Dot Plot
- Fed Interest Rate Decision (Expectation: Fixed)
- 21:30 Powell’s Press Statement
Thursday, March 19
- 06:30 Bank of Japan Interest Rate Decision (Expectation: Stable)
- 16:15 European Central Bank Interest Rate Decision (Expectation: Stable)
- Chia Network Mainnet Anniversary Event
Friday, March 20
- 20:30 – Nagel from ECB will speak
- ZRO Unlock (5.64%)
Saturday, March 21
Cryptocurrency Predictions
This week is decision week on the macro front. Central banks of Japan, Europe and the USA will announce their interest rate decisions. Moreover, we will see extensive commentary on the effects of attacks on Iran on the global economy. Fluctuation in oil prices may create serious medium-term pressure on inflation if the war is prolonged. We can see authorities making serious warnings on this issue, and this may negatively affect risk markets.
Fed members’ interest rate expectations for the coming period will also be published on Wednesday. Probably the dominant view will be to avoid the reduction, while the dovish view will be to cut the interest rate by a maximum of 1 in 2026. It is possible that pro-Trump members will maintain their stance for 2 interest rate cuts.
