🔎10 catalysts to watch this week

Jul 07, 2025

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Crypto catalysts to watch this week

Mantle’s roadmap updates - Mantle will provide an update on its roadmap and its Q3 plans during a livestream on X on July 9. The livestream will also feature a first look at UR, Mantle’s upcoming crypto neobank
Kaito’s capital launchpad - Kaito will release a capital launchpad in July. Rumors are spreading that $KAITO stakers and top yappers will get access to private token sales through this product
Trump's new tariffs - Trump will announce a new set of US tariffs and US trade deals today. The new tariffs will go into effect on August 1st
Fluid’s expansion to Solana - Fluid will soon expand to Solana in collaboration with Jupiter Exchange. This could lead to an increase in its revenue
Sushiswap’s announcement - Sushiswap, the multi-chain DEX, confirmed they’ll make a major announcement this week
MultiversX’s Barnard Upgrade - MultiversX will introduce on-chain governance on its mainnet this week
GammaSwap's Yield Tokens - GammaSwap's Yield Tokens, a primitive that aims to solve impermanent loss, are expected to go live in the next few weeks
Macro events - Fed's FOMC Meeting Minutes will be released on July 9
Aerodrome’s Pool Launcher launch - Aerodrome will soon launch the Pool Launcher, enabling the permissionless release of new liquidity pools on Aerodrome in minutes
US Senate’s crypto hearing - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will debate whether tokens like XRP qualify as commodities or securities on July 9

Together with Lendr.fi

Real-world assets (RWA) is one of the fastest-growing narratives.

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Backed by Chainlink, Avalanche, and other major partners, Lendr is building a permissionless future where anyone can access real-world yield.

Here’s why you should pay attention to it:

Global RWA Access - The platform will enable access to real-world assets like gold and U.S. real estate to anyone, anywhere
Built for DeFi - Lendr’s index tokens are compatible with all DeFi protocols
Solid team - The team behind Lendr won the 1st place prize in the BNB Chain and Chainlink Hackathons; + Award-winning CMO (Adobe, Apple, IBM, HP, Disney, Microsoft), and COO from CME21:09

Lendr is making real-world yield permissionless and DeFi-native.

Its team is currently in the process of raising $3 million in funding, and its V2 mainnet is launching soon.

Whether you’re a yield seeker, builder, or investor - Lendr opens the door to passive income from real-world assets via Web3-native infrastructure.

Historically, the Solana ecosystem lacked a good portfolio tracker.

But a while ago, Jupiter Exchange launched a revamped version of SonarWatch’s old portfolio tracker - and honestly, it’s a great product for DeFi users.

Using it, you can:

Monitor all your DeFi positions on Solana in one place
Easily track all your past DeFi transactions using the “Activity tab” - which was previously quite difficult to do on Solana
Check the APY for your borrowing positions on money markets
See if you have any unclaimed airdrops

If you’re a Solana DeFi user, I think it’s worth giving it a try.