Preview of Important Events in the Crypto Assets Market Next Week

July 14

The House Financial Services Committee will review several bills related to Crypto Assets this week, including the CLARITY Act, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, and the GENIUS Act. A White House digital assets policy advisor stated that this will help solidify the United States' position as a global center for Crypto Assets.

The criminal trial of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm is expected to begin in the Southern District Court of New York. Storm stated that the legal team would respond to the charges of illegal profit made by him personally, but he declined to disclose whether he would plead in defense against other charges such as money laundering.

A trading platform will launch the Chainbase (C) token.

OpenZK Network will launch OZK coin staking, allowing users to earn network rewards. The project also announced that it is exploring a dual-token Gas fee model.

July 15-16

Sonic will randomly open the first season $S airdrop claims from July 15 to 22.

The dedicated DA layer protocol Sunrise has opened the $RISE airdrop claim channel, which must be completed by July 15. The token will be transferable and tradable only after the mainnet launch in the third quarter of 2025.

The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on July 16 to discuss the tax policy framework for digital assets. This is part of the "Crypto Assets Week" event aimed at in-depth discussions on digital asset policy.

A batch of 2x leveraged Crypto Assets/Meme coin ETFs may be launched on July 16.

Sei (SEI) and Starknet (STRK) will respectively unlock approximately 55.56 million and 127 million tokens.

Arbitrum (ARB) will unlock approximately 9.265 million coins, worth about 38.2 million US dollars.

July 17-18

The public sale of the XPL token for the stablecoin project Plasma will start on July 17. The platform will lock the deposit and withdrawal functions on July 14.

The airdrop pre-registration for the Ethereum Rollup deployment platform Caldera will close on July 17.

UXLINK, Solv Protocol, ApeCoin, and ZKsync will unlock a certain amount of coins respectively.

Official Trump (TRUMP) will unlock approximately 90 million coins, worth about $878 million. Cloud and Melania Meme will also unlock some coins.

Other this week

The CEO of a stablecoin project has promised to reveal the details of the $630 million Crypto Assets portfolio backing USDf. Previously, critics questioned the composition and risks of the reserve assets of this stablecoin.

The EPT airdrop claim from the Balance Foundation will continue until July 20.

Overall, next week the Crypto Assets market will witness several important events, including policy discussions, new product launches, and token unlocks, which are worth the continuous attention of market participants.