7 Key Crypto Events to Watch This Week

As Bitcoin’s price rebounded above $102,000 following yesterday’s dip to $98,000 levels, important upcoming crypto-related events and economic data could further influence the markets.

7 Key Crypto Events Worth Watching

1. Uniswap V4 Launch

On January 21, Uniswap Labs announced that V4 deployments would begin rolling out during the past week for builders to test hooks and integration on-chain.

The team at Uniswap said that they expect all contracts to be deployed for a full launch this week.

Uniswap v4 will enable the creation of highly customizable pools.

On June 13, 2023, Uniswap announced its vision for Uniswap v4, enabling powerful new ways to customize liquidity pools by introducing hooks. These add new functionality to pools including:

• Dynamically adjusting fees
• Creating new order types

V4 pools will live in a single contract, reducing pool creation costs by 99%. Combined with a new “flash accounting” system, this reduces the costs of routing across many pools.

Uniswap via X

With v4, developers can leverage the security and network effects of Uniswap, without needing to build their own AMM from scratch – Uniswap v4 will bring fast, expressive AMM innovation within one ecosystem, according to the team behind the project.

2. Symbiotic Potential Airdrop/TGE

Symbiotic protocol could make an important announcement today that might be related to its upcoming token launch, according to various sources.

On January 24, Symbiotic announced that its mainnet is almost live. Since July 2023, the team behind the project has been tackling what might be the hardest problem in crypto infrastructure – building truly permissionless shared security.

According to Misha, founder of State Mind blockchain security company, combining permissionless systems with flexibility multiplies the complexity by an order of magnitude, and it took 6 to 8 months of R&D just to prove it was possible.

He also said that Symbiotic infrastructure is about creating a blueprint for the entire crypto industry.

3. Mode Terminal Launch

Mode will soon release Mode Terminal, an AI-powered interface that simplifies on-chain interactions. MODE stakers will be the first people to gain access to it.

Mode is actively developing the DeFAI ecosystem and will soon launch its terminal which will enable users to perform various DeFi activities using a query-based interface.

On January 24, the team behind the project announced that Mode Terminal is a DeFAI co-pilot, that allows any on-chain task in natural language.

4. SUI Token Unlock

On February 1, over 80 million SUI tokens will be unlocked , and the unlock amount will be over $288 million. So far, over 30% of the total token SUI supply has been unlocked.

5. Quai Network Launch

Quai Network launches its mainnet this week. On January 25, the team behind the project announced via X the following:

• On January 29, node operators will go online.
• On February 4, the TGE event will take place, and the node wranglers will start mining.
• On February 5, the public mining begins.
• On February 10, Quai transactions will go live.
• On March 19, Qi transactions will go live.

Quai Network via X

6. Balancer v3 Arbitrum Deployment

Balancer V3 Arbitrum deployment is set to take place by the end of this month.

On January 17, the team at Balancer announced that the joint proposal to bring Balancer v3 to Arbitrum went live on Snapchat.

Balancer v3 on Arbitrum is set to bring the following:

• Custom pools for limitless AMM innovation
• 100% boosted pools for passive yield optimization
• Hooks framework for dynamic strategies

Balancer v3 went live in December 2024. Balancer v3 is a platform for custom liquidity solutions that balances simplicity and flexibility to reshape the future of AMMs.

7. Next FOMC Meeting

The next FOMC meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, January 29. According to CME Group data, there are over 99% odds that the interest rate will remain unchanged.

The Fed’s decision could affect Bitcoin’s price and the overall crypto market trajectory.

New Crypto-Friendly Policies / Upcoming SBR

The future of crypto looks bright with new upcoming crypto-friendly policies. Trump’s son, Eric Trump, confirmed that US-based crypto projects will benefit from zero capital gains tax.

According to him, US-based projects like XRP and HBAR will benefit from zero gains tax while non-US-based projects face a 30% tax.

Regarding Bitcoin , optimistic reports revealed that Arizona just made history as the first state to advance an SBR bill to a Senate vote.

Arizona SBR official notes

Regardless of the market volatility , the future for Bitcoin and crypto is expected to be bright, as builders and developers continue to build and strengthen the ecosystem, amidst increasing adoption.