🔎10 catalysts to watch this week

A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha threads

Aug 11, 2025

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Here’s what I’ll cover today:

10 crypto events to watch this week
DeFi tool spotlight
7 alpha threads

Let’s dive in👇

Crypto catalysts to watch this week

FLUID’s buybacks - Fluid is expected to publish a token buyback proposal this week
CRV inflation reduction - Curve's CRV annual token emissions rate will drop <5% this week
Ukraine <> Russia peace talks - Trump will meet with Putin for peace talks on Aug. 15 in Alaska
Voting for Orca’s buybacks proposal - Voting for Orca’s buybacks proposal ends on Aug. 12. The plan is to use up to ~55K SOL tokens for ORCA token buybacks
FTN token unlock - $91.60 million worth of Fasttoken’s FTN will be unlocked on Aug. 18. This is about 2% of its circulating supply
Macro events - US CPI data will be released on Aug. 12
Autonity mainnet launch - Autonity, a L1 blockchain that enables anyone to create and trade decentralized markets, will launch its mainnet on Aug. 12. You can get early access using the VJA27FYQ023A invite code
SharpLink’s earnings call - SharpLink Gaming, the ETH treasury company, scheduled its earnings call for Aug. 15
Lendr.fi’s community round - Lendr’s community round for its token RWAL will begin on Aug. 14
Starknet’s BTC staking - Starknet’s community proposal to launch BTC Staking on Starknet goes live on Aug. 11 - today

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🛠️DeFi tool spotlight: Bubblemaps

Bubblemaps is a supply auditing tool for DeFi tokens and NFTs.

Through its bubbles, it makes it easy to understand on-chain data and analyze the distribution of any token.

Using it, you can:

Check if the token distribution aligns with the tokenomics
Identify the large holders of a token and how they interact with other wallets
Detect suspicious activities like pump-and-dump schemes

If you’re trading high-risk tokens with a very small market cap, the tool could be useful to see how much of the token supply is controlled by insiders.

You can check out Bubblemaps here.