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#Gate广场四月发帖挑战 This Week's Cryptocurrency Market Outlook: Clarity Act Returns to the U.S. Senate + Multiple Bank Earnings Reports Ahead, Tax Season and Macro Data May Trigger Volatility
This week, the crypto market will experience multiple major events stacking up. The U.S. Senate has ended its recess, and negotiations on the Clarity Act are restarting; at the same time, several Wall Street banks will release earnings reports, and tax season pressures along with macroeconomic data could increase market volatility.
Key events this week (Eastern Time):
Cryptocurrency Regulation and Policy
April 13: The U.S. Senate ends its recess, and negotiations on the Clarity Act restart
April 13: The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) concludes public comment period on stablecoin issuer rules
April 15: U.S. individual income tax filing deadline (including crypto asset reporting), potentially causing short-term selling pressure
Macroeconomic Data
April 13: China March M2 money supply year-over-year (expected 8.9%)
April 14: U.S. March PPI Producer Price Index (month-over-month expected 0.7%)
April 15: China Q1 GDP year-over-year (expected 5%)
April 16: Eurozone March CPI year-over-year (expected 2.3%)
April 16: U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending April 11 (previous 219k)
April 17: Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller delivers economic outlook speech
Bank Earnings Reports (may reveal crypto business developments)
April 13: Goldman Sachs (GS) reports before market open
April 14: JPMorgan Chase (JPM), BlackRock (BLK) report before market open
April 15: Morgan Stanley (MS) reports before market open
April 16: Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) reports before market open
Token and DAO Events
Multiple DAO votes involving Compound, Lido, OlympusDAO, and others will conclude between April 13-15 (covering cross-chain, governance, reward distribution, etc.)
April 15: Connex (CONX) unlocks 1.52% of circulating supply (worth $18.39 million)
April 16: Arbitrum (ARB) unlocks 1.75% of circulating supply (worth $10.8 million)
April 15: $HTX quarterly token burn ceremony
Conferences
April 13: Solana Summit 2026 (New York)
April 14-15: Blockchain Forum 2026 (Moscow)
April 15-16: Paris Blockchain Week 2026 (Paris)
April 16-17: BUIDL Asia 2026 (Seoul)