Uniswap vote, U.S. GDP: Crypto Week Ahead

Uniswap vote, U.S. GDP: Crypto Week Ahead Your look at what's coming in the week starting Dec. 22. 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. UNI holders are voting on the UNIficition proposal this week. (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk) In this article It's a quiet, foreshortened week in the run-up to the year-end holidays, with little scheduled for crypto specifically. The standout event is the Uniswap vote on a governance proposal called UNIfication. If passed, the proposal will activate protocol fees, burn 100 million UNI tokens from the treasury and bring Uniswap Labs and Uniswap Foundation into closer operational alignment. The vote, which has already started, ends on Thursday. Early results show overwhelming support for the changes. Uniswap is the largest decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain. See all newsletters On the economic front, third-quarter U.S. GDP and a second estimate for the PCE inflation are due to be released. What to Watch Crypto Dec.22, 11 p.m.: end-of-year AMA on X . Dec.22, 11 p.m.: Macro Dec.22, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Nov. PPI YoY (Prev. 6%), MoM Est. 0.3%. Dec. 23, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Oct. Durable Goods Orders MoM (Prev. 0.5%), Ex. Transport MoM (Prev. 0.6%), Ex. Defense MoM (Prev. 0.1%). Dec. 23, 8:30 a.m. U.S. Q3 PCE Prices QoQ (2nd estimate). Headline (Prev. 2.1%), Core (Prev. 2.6%). Dec. 23, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Q3 GDP (initial estimate) (Prev. 3.8%). Dec. 23, 10 a.m.: Dec. CB Consumer Confidence (Prev. 88.7). Dec. 24, 7 a.m.: Mexico Unemployment Rate (Prev. 2.6%). Dec. 24, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Jobless Claims. Initial - for week ended Dec. 20 - (Prev. 224K); Continuing - for week ended Dec. 13 - (Prev. 1897K). Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data) Nothing scheduled. Token Events Governance votes & calls BNB Chain is voting to r educe the number of consecutive blocks a validator produces from 16 to 8. This adjustment aims to prevent large chain reorganizations and prioritize network stability. Voting ends Dec. 22. Axie Infinity is voting to stake the Community Treasury's idle assets to earn compounding protocol rewards. Voting ends Dec. 22. Moonwell DAO is voting to switch the rETH oracle on Base and OP Mainnet to a stable exchange-rate feed and use 2.6 ETH from reserves to repay bad debt . Voting ends Dec. 22. CoW DAO is voting to renew its Grants Program for 2026 . The proposal improves capital efficiency via quarterly fund releases and focuses on developer onboarding, ecosystem alignment, and novel protocol applications. Voting ends Dec. 22. Yearn DAO is voting to rotate multisig signers ( YIP-89 ) and enact a yETH recovery plan ( YIP-90 ) that utilizes Treasury yield, a 10% revenue redirect,...

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