Big Rate Energy: Fed, ECB and BOJ Set the Tone as Coinbase Earnings Take Center Stage

Central-bank policy will dominate the crypto market during the week starting Oct. 26, 2026, with the Federal Reserve and Bank of Canada scheduled to set interest rates Wednesday, the European Central Bank on Thursday and the Bank of Japan on Friday. The focus will extend beyond rate levels to comments from policymakers such as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, including his remarks about the upcoming December meeting.

MEXC CEO Vugar Usi Zade told CoinDesk, “Traders are currently less focused on the specific rate decision and more interested in any statements from Warsh regarding the upcoming December meeting.” He added, “Since keeping rates steady is already priced into market expectations, such a move is unlikely to serve as a significant positive catalyst.”

Market Closed snapshots showed Galaxy Digital GLXY $14.68, Robinhood Markets HOOD $95.07, Coinbase Global COIN $164.45, Strategy MSTR $146.01 and PayPal PYPL $57.02. Galaxy Digital, Robinhood Markets, Coinbase Global and Strategy are due to report earnings alongside PayPal and Mastercard (MA) in a busy earnings week for Wall Street.

Crypto milestones are also scheduled. On Oct. 26, Blast’s normal withdrawal interface closes, while assets remain withdrawable through its bridge contracts on Ethereum. On Oct. 28, comments are due on IRS Notice 2026-62, which addresses potentially abusive investment-fund tax strategies in the U.S. On Oct. 29, Unichain targets the transfer of its sequencer operations from Uniswap Labs to the Optimism Foundation through OP Enterprise. On Oct. 30, Balancer’s BIP-928 wind-down timetable calls for pausable pools to move to withdrawals-only, protocol fees to be set to zero where contracts allow and bug-bounty coverage to end.

The macro calendar begins Oct. 27, 8:30 a.m., with U.S. Durable Goods Orders MoM for September, preliminary est. 1.5% (Prev. 0.0%), followed at 10 a.m. by U.S. New Home Sales for September est. 0.65M (Prev. 0.684M). The Oct. 28 schedule includes the 9:45 a.m. Bank of Canada interest-rate decision (Prev. 2.25%), the Monetary Policy Report, the 2 p.m. Federal Reserve interest-rate decision (Prev. 3.75%–4.00%) and the 2:30 p.m. Fed Press Conference. On Oct. 29, 8:30 a.m., U.S. GDP Annualized QoQ for Q3, advance estimate is due at est. 3.2% (Prev. 2.2%), alongside the U.S. PCE Price Index YoY for September (Prev. 3.4%), Core PCE Price Index YoY (Prev. 3.0%) and U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending Oct. 24 est. 196K (Prev. 194K). The ECB interest-rate decision is scheduled for Oct. 29, 9:15 a.m., and the Bank of Japan decision falls on Oct. 30.