Hive, Riot earnings reports, Fed rate-decision minutes: Crypto Week Ahead

Markets Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Hive, Riot earnings reports, Fed rate-decision minutes: Crypto Week Ahead Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 16. By Francisco Rodrigues | Edited by Sheldon Reback Feb 16, 2026, 12:09 p.m. Make us preferred on Google (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk) What to know : You are reading Crypto Week Ahead: a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain in the coming days, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets. For an updated daily email reminder of what's expected, click here to sign up for Crypto Daybook Americas. You won't want to start your day without it. Hive Digital Technologies and Riot Platforms headline this week's crypto-related earnings reports. The two data-center operators have expanded their operations, adding high-performance computing for AI applications to their bitcoin mining operations. In macroeconomics, the Federal Reserve is likely to grab headlines, with minutes from the most recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting to be released on Wednesday. The committee kept rates steady in January, with two dissenting voices calling for a reduction. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms & conditions and privacy policy . The week also features a number of speeches from Fed officials, including Raphael Bostic, Michelle Bowman and Neel Kashkari. What to Watch (All times ET) Crypto Feb. 17, 7 p.m.: Rocket Pool to implement its Saturn One upgrade. Feb. 18, 1 p.m.: Hedera to undergo a mainnet upgrade expected to take approximately 40 minutes to complete. Feb. 19, 8 a.m.: Zama to host a live presentation of its 2026 roadmap. Macro Feb. 16, 8:25 a.m.: U.S. Fed Bowman speech Feb. 17, 2:00 a.m.: U.K. unemployment rate for December est. 5.1% (Prev 5.1%) Feb. 17, 8:30 a.m.: Canada inflation rate YoY for January (Prev. 2.4%); Core rate YoY (Prev. 2.8%) Feb. 18, 2 a.m.: U.K. inflation rate YoY for January est. 3% (Prev. 3.4%); Core rate YoY est. 3.1% (Prev. 3.2%) Feb. 18, 2:00 p.m.: U.S. FOMC Minutes Feb. 18, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. durable goods orders MoM for December (Prev. 5.3%) Feb. 18, 9:15 a.m.: U.S. industrial production MoM for January est. 0.3% (Prev. 0.4%). Feb. 19: U.S. Fed Bostic, Bowman, and Kashkari speeches throughout the day Feb. 19, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. initial jobless claims for Feb. 14 est. 225K (Prev. 227K) Feb. 20. 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Core PCE price index MoM for December est. 0.4% (Prev. 0.2%); YoY est. 2.9% (Prev. 2.8%) Feb. 20, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. GDP growth rate QoQ Adv for Q4 est. 3. (Prev. 4.4%) Feb. 20, 9:45 a.m.: U.S. S&P Global manufacturing PMI flash for February est. 52.6 (Prev. 52.4). Feb. 20, 10 a.m.: U.S. Michigan consumer sentiment final for February est. 57.3 (Prev. 56.4) Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data) Feb. 17: HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), pre-market, -$0.07 Feb. 18: Figma (FIG), post-market, $0.45 Feb. 19: Riot Platforms (RIOT), post-market, -$0.32 Governance votes & calls Feb. 17: Jito to host an X Spaces session with Hush Protocol. Feb. 18: VeChain to host its monthly VeChain Builders Space . Balancer is voting to swap a signer on the Emergency subDAO multisigs to improve operational responsiveness and security coverage. Voting ends Feb. 17. ENS DAO is voting to register the on.eth name and establish it as an onchain registry for blockchain metadata. Voting ends Feb. 19. Aavegotchi DAO is voting to consolidate assets from depleted wallets into the Liquidity wallet to simplify operations. Voting ends Feb. 22. Fluid DAO is voting to withdraw 1 million GHO and 1 million FLUID from the treasury to the Team Multisig to fund JupLend rewards and protocol incentives. Voting ends Feb. 22. GMX is voting on a proposal to implement tiered trading fee discounts for stakers and a staker-weighted trading leaderboard. Voting ends Feb. 22. Unlocks Feb. 16: Arbitrum ARB $ 0.1145 to unlock 1.82% of its circulating supply worth $11.05 million. Feb. 17: YZY $ 0.3275 to unlock 17.24% of its circulating supply worth $20.84 million. Feb. 20: ZRO $ 1.6731 to unlock 5.98% of its circulating supply worth $48.33 million. Feb. 20: KAITO $ 0.3115 to unlock 10.64% of its circulating supply worth $10.77 million. Token Launches Feb. 19: Resolv to complete rollout of updated USR/RLP yield distribution parameters Feb. 19: Injective to start INJ Community Buyback Round #226 Conferences Feb. 17 - 21: ETHDenver week ahead Markets More For You Accelerating Convergence Between Traditional and On-Chain Finance in 2026? By CoinDesk Jan 30, 2026 Commissioned by Societe Generale-FORGE Read full story More For You Ether steadies after $540 million sell wave to outperform wider crypto market By Oliver Knight , Omkar Godbole | Edited by Sheldon Reback 1 hour ago Crypto markets remain under pressure despite firmer U.S. equity futures, with ether rebounding toward $2,000 as heavy weekend selling eases as gold leads. 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