TL;DR
- FOMC minutes from the June 17 meeting, which held the federal funds rate at 3.50%–3.75%, release Wednesday, July 8, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
- June CPI lands Tuesday, July 14, followed by PPI on July 15 and retail sales on July 16, all ahead of the July 28–29 FOMC meeting.
- JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs report Q2 earnings on July 14, the same morning as CPI.
- Two Deribit options expiries (July 10 and July 17) round out the volatility backdrop for BTC and ETH on Kraken Pro.
This rapid-fire data reporting doesn’t guarantee a particular market reaction, but the clustering itself is worth structuring around. Active traders should treat July 8 through 17 as concentrated event risk rather than a single catalyst.
FOMC minutes: July 8, 2026
The Federal Reserve releases minutes from its June 17 policy meeting this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. ET. The June meeting held the federal funds rate steady at 3.50%–3.75%, so today’s minutes give the first detailed look at how individual committee members weighed the decision to hold rather than cut.
Traders are watching for language on how the Committee is treating elevated inflation alongside the economic effects of the Middle East conflict cited in the June statement.
If the minutes reveal a Committee leaning toward earlier easing, markets may recalibrate the trajectory of interest rates for the remaining 2026 meetings; if the tone reads more hawkish, that repricing could move the other direction.
Historically, FOMC minutes releases have produced short-term volatility in rate-sensitive assets including BTC and ETH. BTC/USD, ETH/USD, and futures on Kraken Pro are the most directly exposed markets to today’s release.
Relevant markets on Kraken Pro: BTC/USD, ETH/USD, and futures markets.
CPI: July 14, 2026
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Consumer Price Index for June on Tuesday, July 14, at 8:30 a.m. ET. This release lands two weeks before the July 28–29 FOMC meeting, giving the Committee its last full inflation read before that decision.
May’s CPI showed the all-items index up 4.2% year-over-year, so traders are watching whether June data extends or breaks that trend. If the print comes in above recent trend, markets may price a firmer case for holding rates in late July; if it comes in below, expectations could shift toward the cut scenario some officials floated in June.
Historically, CPI surprises have moved crypto markets alongside broader rate-sensitive assets, particularly when a print diverges from the trailing average. BTC/USD and ETH/USD, along with Kraken Pro’s futures markets, are the most exposed instruments heading into this release.
Relevant markets on Kraken Pro: BTC/USD, ETH/USD, and futures markets.
PPI: July 15, 2026
The Producer Price Index for June publishes Wednesday, July 15, at 8:30 a.m. ET, one day after CPI. PPI measures price changes at the wholesale level and can signal where consumer inflation is headed next, since input cost pressure often shows up in producer prices before retail prices.
Traders sometimes read CPI and PPI together to assess whether inflation pressure is building or easing at the supply-chain level. Kraken Pro’s BTC and ETH spot and futures markets are the relevant venues for traders tracking macro-driven volatility around this release.
Relevant markets on Kraken Pro: BTC/USD, ETH/USD, and futures markets.
Bank earnings: July 14, 2026
JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs both report second-quarter results on Tuesday, July 14. Bank earnings offer an early read on credit conditions, trading revenue, and corporate risk appetite heading into the back half of 2026, all of which feed into broader market sentiment that can spill into crypto. Kraken Pro traders positioned in BTC/USD or ETH/USD may find bank earnings day compounds the volatility already expected from CPI data released the same morning.
Relevant markets on Kraken Pro: BTC/USD and ETH/USD as a risk-sentiment read.
Deribit weekly expiry: July 10, 2026
A weekly BTC and ETH options expiry settles on Deribit Friday, July 10, at 08:00 UTC. This is a standard weekly expiry, not the larger monthly settlement, which falls later in the month on July 31.
Weekly expiries typically carry less notional value than month-end settlements but can still concentrate short-term positioning around specific strike levels. Traders active in Kraken Pro’s BTC and ETH markets may see this reflected in short-term volatility around the settlement window.
Relevant markets on Kraken Pro: BTC/USD and ETH/USD.
Deribit weekly expiry: July 17, 2026
A second weekly BTC and ETH options expiry settles on Deribit Friday, July 17, at 08:00 UTC, arriving three days after CPI and two days after PPI. Because it follows two Tier 1 macro releases in the same week, positioning heading into this expiry may reflect how markets absorbed that data rather than expiry-specific dynamics alone.
As with the July 10 expiry, this is a weekly settlement, not the monthly expiry.
Relevant markets on Kraken Pro: BTC/USD and ETH/USD.
Also this window
The Advance Retail Sales report for June publishes Thursday, July 16, at 8:30 a.m. ET, offering a read on consumer spending strength alongside the week’s inflation and earnings data.
Relevant markets on Kraken Pro: BTC/USD and other major pairs as a risk-sentiment read.
Closing context
Eight events across ten days is a heavier-than-usual stretch, but it isn’t unusual for mid-July: inflation data, bank earnings, and options expiries often cluster around the same two-week window every quarter. Knowing what’s landing and when lets you separate macro-driven moves from asset-specific ones as the week unfolds.
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