🔎10 crypto events to watch this week

A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha articles

Mar 23, 2026

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GM friends.

Here’s what I’ll cover today:

10 crypto events to watch this week
A tool you can use to see when global markets open
Some great crypto reads

Let’s dive in👇

Crypto catalysts to watch this week

Polymarket - Polymarket will make a big announcement on March 23. Rumors are also spreading that Polymarket is in talks to raise funds at a $20b valuation
Token launches - Backpack TGE is scheduled for March 23 + USDai TGE is scheduled to happen this month + Based TGE will happen on March 30
Morpho’s new product - Morpho will launch a new DeFi primitive for fixed-rate lending markets soon. The goal is to onboard institutions that are looking for fixed-rate lending and borrowing terms
edgeX airdrop - Registration for edgeX airdrop is open until March 30. edgeX TGE will happen on March 31 and 30% of its token supply will be airdropped
FTX’s $2 billion distribution - FTX will give $2.2b to its creditors on Mar. 31
Starknet’s STRK20 testnet launch - Starknet will launch the testnet for STRK20, a new token standard that will make any ERC20 token private, this week
DeFi App’s trading competition - DeFi App’s new trading competition for its Hyperliquid-powered perps product starts on March 26. Up to $5 million in vested HOME tokens will be airdropped to participants
Hey Anon’s upgrade - Hey Anon, Daniele Sesta’s project will release a new launchpad for AI agents and a major token upgrade this week
AAVE x Tempo - AAVE teased the upcoming release of a set of innovative credit products on Tempo
US x Iran war - Trump said he will stop military strikes against Iran’ power plants and energy infrastructure for 5 days, citing “very good” talks with Iran. But Iran denied having peace talks with the US

Together with RAAC

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pmUSD has been one of the fastest-growing stablecoins of 2026.

In under 3 months, RAAC’s gold-backed stablecoin crossed $35M in TVL on Curve Finance, making it one of the top stablecoin yields in the space.

But the number getting attention right now:

RAAC accumulated $CVX and now controls 4.1% of all Curve voting power. This brings answers regarding the sustainability and predictability of pmUSD yields.

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Launch date to be announced soon.

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🛠️Crypto tool of the week

A tool you can use to see when global markets open

Especially if you’re a daily trader, knowing when CME and other major global exchanges reopen matters as volatility often spikes at their opening time.

Loris Tools built a free tool that shows when the top 30 global TradFi exchanges open in your time zone.

It has filters for commodities, equities, fixed income, and so on.

I’d say that it’s pretty helpful for those who trade TradFi assets 24/7 on Hyperliquid, as it also has a notification system alerting you when a major exchange opens.

You can check it out here.