🔎10 catalysts to watch this week

A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha articles

Jan 12, 2026

Saga is offering some of the best stablecoin yields in DeFi. Discover them here.

GM friends.

Here’s what I’ll cover today:

10 crypto events to watch this week
A new crypto security tool
Some great crypto reads

Let’s dive in👇

Crypto catalysts to watch this week

Optimism’s buyback program - Optimism DAO is voting on a proposal to use 50% of Superchain sequencer revenue for $OP buybacks
Polygon’s Open Money Stack announcement - Polygon will introduce its vision for the “Open Money Stack” during an X space on Jan. 13
Solana’s Privacy Hackathon - Solana Privacy Hackathon starts on Jan. 12
Trump’s tariffs - US Supreme Court may issue rulings on Trump’s tariffs on Jan. 14, which is likely to have a major impact on all markets. However, the date is not officially confirmed yet
Aster’s airdrop checker - Aster will launch the airdrop checker for its Stage 4 airdrop on Jan. 14. Claiming will open on Jan. 28
Crypto market structure bill - The US Senate will vote on the pro-crypto market structure bill this week, on Jan. 15. This bill will provide a much-needed regulatory framework for crypto projects in the US
BNB Chain’s Fermi hard fork - BNB Chain’s Fermi hard fork, which will reduce block times from 0.75s to 0.45s for fast tx confirmations, will go live on Jan. 14
MultiversX’s Supernova upgrade - Voting to activate MultiversX’s Supernova upgrade, a major network upgrade that will make MultiversX 10x faster by dropping block times to 600 milliseconds, ends on Jan. 18
Jumper’s major announcement - Jumper is set to make a major announcement on Jan. 13
Token launches - Football.Fun will release its token FUN on Jan. 15, while Fogo will also release its token on Jan. 15

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🛠️Crypto tool of the week

A new crypto security tool

@MercyDeGreat, a great guy I’ve been following on CT for quite some time, has recently released a new crypto security tool called Securnex.

The way it works is pretty straightforward:

Go to Securnex
Select a blockchain
Paste your wallet address there

Then the platform will tell you if it detects any active threats (e.g. if your wallet is potentially compromised), and what token approvals you should revoke.

So basically, all it does is scan your wallet and tell you if it’s safe or not.

The tool is still pretty new, so it might sometimes detect false threats, but it’s free to use, and I think it’s great we’re starting to see more crypto security platforms.

You can check it out here.