🔎10 big things to watch this week

Oct 13, 2025

Flare is bringing XRP into DeFi. Put your XRP to work with Flare.

GM friends.

Here’s what I’ll cover today:

Let’s dive in👇

Crypto catalysts to watch this week

Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 - Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 upgrade, which will enable anyone to create permissionless perps markets on Hyperliquid, went live today
Fluid DEX V2 - Fluid DEX V2, which is expected to be the most capital-efficient DEX in DeFi according to its team, is launching soon
MegaETH’s big announcement - MegaETH is expected to make a big announcement this week
Yield Basis TGE - Yield Basis, the new project built by Curve Co-Founder, will launch its token YB on Oct. 15
Macro events - FED Chair Powell scheduled his next speech for Oct. 14
Aster’s airdrop - Aster’s 2nd airdrop will happen on Oct. 14
Aptos Experience conference - Aptos’s annual event will start on Oct. 15, and some major announcements are expected to be made by its team
Kinetiq’s last points distribution - Kinetiq, one of the most hyped HyperEVM dApps, scheduled its final kPoints distribution for Oct. 16. The TGE will likely happen shortly after
Sky Community Call - Sky is expected to make some important announcements during the next Sky Community Call set for Oct. 16
Neutrl’s pre-deposits - Neutrl, a protocol that generates high yield on stablecoins via OTC delta-neutral strategies, will launch on October 15th, 1 PM CET. Neutrl buys locked tokens at a discount and shorts them until unlock to earn money

Together with Flare

For over a decade, XRP has been one of the world’s largest digital assets.

But $170B+ of its supply is sitting idle.

That changes now. With XRPFi, powered by Flare, XRP holders can finally use their XRP holdings in DeFi for a wide range of activities.

All while keeping full custody of their holdings.

Here are a few activities that XRPFi enables:

Liquid Staking - Stake FXRP in Firelight to mint stXRP and earn points
Trade on DEXs - Access FXRP & stXRP trading pairs on SparkDEX, Enosys, and BlazeSwap
Borrow & Lend – Lend or borrow using FXRP or stXRP on Kinetic
Perpetual Futures – Trade perps with FXRP & stXRP on Flamix and SparkDEX
Unlock instant liquidity - Borrow stablecoins against your FXRP & stXRP to get liquidity without having to sell your holdings

XRPFi unlocks an entire DeFi ecosystem for XRP.

Flare has announced over 150 ecosystem partnerships for XRPfi, with many web2 and web3 giants, including Google Cloud and Ankr.

XRP holders can now get new utility and yield without selling their XRP.