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Here’s what I’ll cover today:
10 crypto events to watch next week
A tool for finding projects with upcoming catalysts
6 alpha threads
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Crypto catalysts to watch next week
AAVE buybacks - If the buybacks governance proposal passes, a % of AAVE revenue will start being used for $AAVE buybacks on April 9
Trump's reciprocal tariffs - Trump's reciprocal tariffs will be imposed starting April 9. China and Europe have already announced retaliatory tariffs
Eigenlayer's Slashing upgrade - Eigenlayer's Slashing Upgrade will be enabled on April 17
TRUMP token unlock - $353M worth of $TRUMP, which is 20% of its circulating supply, will be unlocked on April 18. All of it will go to the team and insiders
Neutron's Mercury upgrade - Neutron's biggest upgrade ever will go live on April 9. This will make Neutron a sovereign PoS network and enable NTRN staking
dYdX’s major announcement - dYdX is set to make a big announcement tomorrow (on April 7). It’s unknown what it will be about
Macro events - US CPI data will be released on April 10
Sei's Giga upgrade - Sei's Giga Upgrade, a network upgrade that will bring a 50x performance boost by rebuilding the EVM, is launching soon
MultiversX’s Andromeda upgrade - Voting for the proposal to launch the Andromeda upgrade, which will drastically reduce the transaction finality time on MultiversX, ends on April 7
APT token unlock - $53M worth of APT will be unlocked on April 12
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How to find projects with upcoming catalysts
Upcoming catalysts are one of the main things that can drive the price of a token up.
The crypto calendar I use the most to track them is Coinmarketcal.
On this platform, you can sort upcoming crypto events by:
Importance
Certain keywords
Category (e.g. roadmap update, partnership, product release)
Market cap (e.g. only see catalysts for the top 300 coins by market cap)
… and more
It’s not perfect and it may miss some major catalysts, but I find it helpful.
You can check out Coinmarketcal here.
6 Alpha Threads
Why do projects with no product raise more money?
When should you become more risk-on?
What's Going On: How to Get Rich
A great piece about token launches
Pendle vs Spectra: Who’s Winning the Yield Race?
Top tokenless projects by the amount of money raised
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