Crypto Market Calendar
Crypto trades 24/7, but its volatility is scheduled. A handful of recurring event types — macro prints, expiries, unlocks, upgrades — account for a disproportionate share of large moves.
Macro: The Dominant Scheduled Risk
FOMC decisions and US CPI releases are the largest recurring volatility events for Bitcoin: rate expectations reprice the dollar and risk appetite globally, and crypto trades as high-beta risk. Volatility compresses into the print and expands violently out of it.
Monthly US jobs data and quarterly PCE matter secondarily. Weekend illiquidity around macro-heavy weeks amplifies gaps.
Crypto-Native Events
Options expiries: monthly and especially quarterly expiries concentrate open interest; price often gravitates toward the max-pain zone into the event and moves freely after.
Token unlocks: vesting cliffs put scheduled supply into specific tickers — the one calendar event with per-coin precision.
Network events: halvings, major upgrades and hard forks reprice fundamentals on known dates; ETF and regulatory decision deadlines do the same for flows.
Key Points
The two biggest recurring vol events. Expect compression before the print and expansion after — direction depends on the surprise, not the number itself.
Quarterly expiries pin price toward max pain into the date; the constraint releases afterward.
The only calendar risk with per-coin targeting — check the schedule before holding through a cliff.
FAQ
FOMC rate decisions and US CPI prints, followed by quarterly options expiries and large token unlocks. Network upgrades matter for the specific asset involved.
Yes — since 2020 Bitcoin has traded as high-beta global risk. Macro liquidity events transmit into crypto within seconds, around the clock.