Uniswap Voting and U.S. GDP: Upcoming Week in Crypto

This week is relatively quiet in anticipation of the year-end holidays, with minimal events related to crypto.

The major highlight is the Uniswap governance vote regarding a proposal named UNIfication. If approved, it will initiate protocol fees, eliminate 100 million UNI tokens from the treasury, and align the operations of Uniswap Labs and Uniswap Foundation more closely. The voting has begun and will conclude on Thursday. Initial results indicate strong support for these changes. Uniswap stands as the largest decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain.

On the economic side, the third-quarter U.S. GDP and a second estimation of PCE inflation are expected to be published.

What to Watch

• Crypto
• Macro
  • Dec. 22, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Nov. PPI YoY (Prev. 6%), MoM Est. 0.3%.
  • Dec. 23, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Oct. Durable Goods Orders MoM (Prev. 0.5%), Ex. Transport MoM (Prev. 0.6%), Ex. Defense MoM (Prev. 0.1%).
  • Dec. 23, 8:30 a.m. U.S. Q3 PCE Prices QoQ (2nd estimate). Headline (Prev. 2.1%), Core (Prev. 2.6%).
  • Dec. 23, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Q3 GDP (initial estimate) (Prev. 3.8%).
  • Dec. 23, 10 a.m.: Dec. CB Consumer Confidence (Prev. 88.7).
  • Dec. 24, 7 a.m.: Mexico Unemployment Rate (Prev. 2.6%).
  • Dec. 24, 8:30 a.m.: U.S. Jobless Claims. Initial — for week ended Dec. 20 — (Prev. 224K); Continuing — for week ended Dec. 13 — (Prev. 1897K).
• Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)

Token Events

• Governance votes & calls
  • BNB Chain is voting to reduce the number of consecutive blocks a validator creates from 16 to 8, aiming to avoid large chain reorganizations and enhance network stability. Voting ends Dec. 22.
  • Axie Infinity is voting to stake idle assets from the Community Treasury to accumulate compounding protocol rewards. Voting ends Dec. 22.
  • Moonwell DAO is voting to transition the rETH oracle on Base and OP Mainnet to a stable exchange-rate feed, utilizing 2.6 ETH from reserves to repay bad debt. Voting ends Dec. 22.
  • CoW DAO is voting to renew its Grants Program for 2026, focusing on improving capital efficiency through quarterly fund releases and developer onboarding. Voting ends Dec. 22.
  • Yearn DAO is voting to rotate multisig signers (YIP-89) and implement a yETH recovery plan (YIP-90) to repay users using Treasury yield, a 10% revenue redirect, and forfeited claims. Voting ends Dec. 23.
  • GMX DAO is voting to inject $400,000 USDC into the new GMX-Solana deployment, using half to acquire GMX tokens to create a balanced initial liquidity pool. Voting ends Dec. 23.
  • The Sandbox DAO is voting to choose one of five artists to create a commissioned NFT artwork for its collection, with the selected artist receiving an 8,000–12,000 USDC grant from the existing SIP-26 budget. Voting ends Dec. 24.
  • Uniswap DAO is voting to activate protocol fees to burn UNI, retroactively burn 100 million treasury tokens, and unify ecosystem growth under Uniswap Labs with a 20 million UNI annual budget. Voting ends Dec. 25.
• Unlocks
  • Dec. 24: Plasma XPL$0.1321 to unlock 4.52% of its circulating supply worth $11.47 million.
  • Dec. 28: JUP$0.1956 to unlock 1.73% of its circulating supply worth $10.03 million.
  • Dec. 29: HYPE$25.04 to unlock 2.59% of its circulating supply worth $240.5 million.
• Token Launches

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