🔎10 big things to watch next week

A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha threads

Apr 13, 2025

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Here’s what I’ll cover today:

10 crypto events to watch next week
A tool for tracking macro events
5 alpha threads

Let’s dive in👇

Crypto catalysts to watch next week

Jupiter’s new product launches - Jupiter will announce several new product launches and release Jupiter Mobile v2 this month
"Vitalik: An Ethereum Story" documentary - "Vitalik: An Ethereum Story" documentary will be released globally on April 15
Fluid DEX’s dynamic fees - Fluid will implement dynamic fees soon, which are expected to increase its DEX trading volume and fees
Eigenlayer's Slashing Upgrade - Eigenlayer's Slashing Upgrade will be activated on mainnet on April 17
Render Network's conference - Render's first in-person conference starts on April 15. Its team might make some major announcements during it
Orca's token burn proposal - Voting for Orca's proposal to burn 25% of its token supply ends on April 14. The proposal also involves launching a buyback program
TRUMP token unlock - $331M worth of TRUMP (20.3% of its circulating supply) will be unlocked on April 18. All of it will go to insiders
KERNEL token launch - KernelDAO (the project behind Kelp DAO) is launching its token on April 14. S1 airdrop will be claimable on the same day
Aerodrome’s major upgrades - Aerodrome DEX is set to undergo some big upgrades soon
Dexu AI’s product launch - Dexu AI, the Web3 Data Analytics platform, will announce a major product release on April 14 (tomorrow)

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🛠️How to track macro events

Whether we like it or not, crypto prices are affected by the macro conditions.

The macro uncertainty is a key reason why most tokens have struggled recently, even though we’ve seen some very positive developments on the crypto regulatory side.

The tool I’m using to track macro events is MarketWatch.

With this one, you can: