Crypto enters the week balancing optimism and uncertainty. The Federal Reserve is poised to deliver another rate cut, the Trump–Xi meeting looms large, and the U.S. government shutdown is deepening.

Markets are heading into the week laser-focused on the Federal Reserve, where a 25-basis-point rate cut appears certain, and investors are parsing what comes next.

Last week, crypto markets saw their heaviest ETF inflows since July, unfolding against a volatile backdrop of weak labor data, sticky inflation, and an imminent Fed rate cut.