🔎10 crypto events to watch this week

A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha articles

Apr 06, 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 get DeFi insurance
Some great crypto reads

Let’s dive in👇

Crypto catalysts to watch this week

Ethena’s USDe backing diversification - Ethena announced plans to diversify the backing of USDe and use RWAs, overcollateralized institutional loans, and equity & commodity basis trades, to generate yield
US-Iran ceasefire talks - Iran FM spokesman said they have prepared their response to ceasefire proposals and will announce it soon
Kinetiq’s kHYPE V2 - Kinetiq will launch kHYPE v2, a major upgrade to its HYPE liquid staking token, on April 6
Polygon’s Guiliano Hardfork - Polygon’s Guiliano Hardfork upgrade, which will make the network faster, is expected to launch on April 8
Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 prediction markets upgrade - Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 prediction markets upgrade is rumored to go live in the next 1-2 weeks
Meteora’s product upgrade - Meteora will launch a new product upgrade, aiming to make liquidity provision easier, this week
Pendle’s PT expansion - Pendle will soon expand its fixed yield product to Solana
Macro events - US FOMC meeting is scheduled for April 8
Aave’s GHO Savings Rate - Aave’s ARFC proposal to launch Aave Savings Rate, a 4.25% APR fixed yield product, just passed
Across’s token-to-equity exchange proposal - Across’s proposal to exchange ACX tokens for company equity ends on April 7

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🛠️Crypto tool of the week

A tool you can use to get DeFi insurance

In light of the recent DeFi exploits, I wanted to cover an on-chain insurance tool.

The most popular crypto insurance platform right now is Nexus Mutual. You can access its products via opencover.com, which is essentially a user interface for it.

Here you can find protocol cover, depeg cover, and custody cover.

If a protocol you’re using gets exploited via a smart contract vulnerability and you bought insurance for it, then you’ll get your money back.

That said, the insurance on OpenCover doesn’t cover all types of exploits:

For instance, it doesn’t protect against private-key breaches, as was the case with Resolv and Drift recently. But it covers the losses caused by smart contract exploits.

OpenCover currently offers insurance coverage for a few dozen protocols.

You can check it out here.