Crypto Outlook This Week: U.S. Inflation Data, ECB Rate Decision

U.S. inflation readings headline a holiday-shortened week for digital asset markets, with producer prices due Thursday and consumer prices on Friday, offering the final major inflation data points before the Federal Reserve's September meeting, according to CoinDesk. The European Central Bank also announces its rate decision this week, followed by the Bank of Russia. Earnings from GameStop and bitcoin miner Canaan are also on tap, while Blockstream plans to release source code for its Core Lightning security fixes. Macro: • Sept. 7 – U.S. stock markets closed for Labor Day • Sept. 10, 8:15 a.m. ET – ECB interest rate decision (est. 2.65%, prev. 2.4%) • Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m. ET – U.S. PPI MoM August (est. 0.3%, prev. 0.0%); PPI YoY (est. 4.5%, prev. 4.7%) • Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m. ET – U.S. Core PPI MoM August (est. 0.3%, prev. 0.2%); Core PPI YoY (est. 4.1%, prev. 4.2%) • Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m. ET – U.S. Initial Jobless Claims (est. 209K, prev. 206K); Continuing Claims (est. 1790K, prev. 1779K) • Sept. 11, 6:30 a.m. ET – Bank of Russia interest rate decision (est. 14%, prev. 14%) • Sept. 11, 8:30 a.m. ET – U.S. CPI MoM August (est. 0.4%, prev. 0.1%); CPI YoY (est. 3.4%, prev. 3.4%) • Sept. 11, 8:30 a.m. ET – U.S. Core CPI MoM August (est. 0.2%, prev. 0.2%); Core CPI YoY (est. 2.4%, prev. 2.5%) • Sept. 11, 10 a.m. ET – U.S. Michigan Consumer Sentiment Prel. September (est. 51.5, prev. 51.7) Earnings: • Sept. 8, post-market ET – GameStop (GME) EPS est. $0.06 • Sept. 8, pre-market ET – Canaan (CAN) EPS est. -$0.14 Crypto: • Sept. 11 – Blockstream to publish source code for Core Lightning 26.06.7 Token Events: • Sept. 7 – PENDLE: Equilibria Finance voting on wind-down distribution framework. Voting ends Sept. 7 • Sept. 7 – ENS: ENS DAO voting to award $500,000 USDC to Nomentum Labs for marketplace development. Voting ends Sept. 7 • Sept. 8 – LSK: Lisk voting to shut down DAO, burn 100M LSK tokens, enable penalty-free unstaking. Voting ends Sept. 8 • Sept. 8 – COMP: Compound voting on security patch for Ethereum WETH and wstETH lending pools on v3. Voting ends Sept. 8 • Sept. 11 – APT: Aptos to unlock 1.32% of circulating supply (approx. $6.57M)