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

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 16.

Feb 16, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
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What to know:

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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.

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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) to unlock 1.82% of its circulating supply worth $11.05 million.
    • Feb. 17: YZY (YZY) to unlock 17.24% of its circulating supply worth $20.84 million.
    • Feb. 20: LayerZero (ZRO) to unlock 5.98% of its circulating supply worth $48.33 million.
    • Feb. 20: Kaito (KAITO) 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

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