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While attention stays fixed on Wednesday's CPI print, a quieter supply-side risk is building underneath it: this week carries one of the heaviest token-unlock calendars in months, led by YZY releasing roughly 23% of its circulating supply, alongside sizable unlocks for $AVAX, $APT, and Pump.fun. Unlock events like this rarely move price alone, but they matter most when liquidity is already thin, and derivatives open interest data shows exactly that kind of thinning: capital is concentrating into fewer venues, with Hyperliquid's perpetual DEX open interest now near $10.7B, far ahead of $HYPE's closest competitors. That combination, concentrated derivatives liquidity plus a heavy unlock week, creates asymmetric risk for lower-cap tokens with active vesting schedules, even if $BTC and $ETH stay range-bound on macro anticipation. Meanwhile, steady ETF inflows into $BTC and $ETH, alongside institutional stablecoin moves like Samsung's planned wallet integration, suggest large-cap capital is behaving defensively rather than rotating into altcoins like $XRP, $ONDO, $LINK, $SUI, or $DOGE right now. The unlock overhang could be the week's real volatility driver, not CPI. Do you agree unlock supply is being underweighted relative to macro catalysts this week?