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Next Week in Crypto: Key Events to Watch (Feb 17th - Feb 23rd, 2025) 🗓

Next week features a suit of important events — from major token unlocks to critical US economic data and ETHDenver. Here’s what to keep on your radar:

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🔐 Token Unlocks

- February 17 – APE Unlock

ApeCoin (APE) will unlock 15.60 million tokens, valued at approximately $11 million, representing 2.16% of its circulating supply.

- February 21 – IMX Unlock

Immutable (IMX) will unlock 24.52 million tokens, worth approximately $20 million, representing 1.41% of its circulating supply.

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📊 Key US Economic Data Releases

- February 19 – FOMC Meeting Minutes
- February 20 – Initial Jobless Claims

With last week’s most important inflation measure—the CPI—coming in higher than market expectations, traders are now pricing in the likelihood that a 25 basis-point rate cut won’t materialize until September at the earliest.

Looking ahead, next week’s spotlight will be on the FOMC meeting minutes, which markets will closely scrutinize for any additional insights into the Fed’s economic outlook and future policy stance—especially details that may not have been fully highlighted during the January FOMC meeting.

Next up is the Weekly Initial Jobless Claims report. While this data point alone typically isn’t decisive enough to sway markets, lower-than-expected claims would signal a resilient job market, supporting the case for fewer rate cuts in 2025—a scenario that could weigh on market sentiment. On the flip side, higher claims could indicate a weakening labor market, potentially increasing the odds of rate cuts, which markets would likely view as bullish.

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📌 Important Events

- February 23 — ETHDenver

At ETHDenver 2025, starting on February 23, numerous leading crypto projects will host side events, potentially unveiling significant announcements. If you hold ETH or tokens from projects within its ecosystem, this is a key event to watch.

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That’s all for next week’s key events! Stay tuned, and we’ll be back with more updates in the next roundup.

🌐 Atm, digging in Berachain memes and looking for new GEMs

Since it's absolutely fresh chain and liquidity still can be insane

I'd like really to focus on memes and NFTs there

In short — usually degen moves are working really well on such as chains

My highest conviction SUI play is $hippo

They are releasing a pumpfun competitor on SUI

http://HIPHOP.FUN/ numbers are going crazy and the whole ecosystem is waiting for this release.

Within just 1 week, http://HIPHOP.FUN/ platform has gained:

900k+ USERS
800k+ CONNECTED ACTIVE WALLETS
2m+ TASKS COMPLETED

Even saw CO-FOUNDER OF SUI starting to FOMO in and show their support: https://x.com/EmanAbio/status/1883549921024061818

Major liquidity is about to flow into SUI eco, and HIPPO will lead as the top meme and a key utility on SUI.

On top of all this 100% of Hiphop revenue goes into $HIPPO buybacks

Are u bullish yet anon?

$HIPPO THE DRIPPO 🦛💧