🔎9 catalysts to watch next week
A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha threads
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Here’s what I’ll cover today:
9 crypto events I’m watching next week
My favorite Solana portfolio tracker
5 alpha threads
Let’s dive in👇
Crypto catalysts to watch next week
Usual’s fee switch - The fee switch mechanism for USUAL will be activated on Jan. 7. USUAL stakers will start getting a % of the protocol revenue
Thorchain’s Base integration - Thorchain will start supporting Base L2 for cross-chain swaps next week. This is expected to boost its trading volume significantly
ZKsync's incentive program - ZKsync's incentive program starts on Jan. 6. 300M ZK will be distributed to the DeFi users that use the dApps from this list
GMX’s trading fees reduction - GMX will reduce the trading fees across all of its markets on Jan. 6. This will probably lead to an increase in its trading volume
Defi App launch - DeFi App, an all-in-one SuperApp, will go live on Jan. 6. It will allow to swap, earn, leverage, and lend in one place
Macro events - U.S. FOMC minutes will be released on Jan. 8
Do Kwon’s hearing in the US - The second US hearing in the case of the Terra founder Do Kwon is scheduled for Jan. 8
Jupiter’s airdrop checker - Jupiter is expected to release the checker for its next airdrop next week. $700M of JUP will be airdropped in total to its users
Zero1 Labs’s AI Agent grant program - Registrations for Zero1 Labs’s AI Agent Grant Program will go live next week
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My favorite Solana portfolio tracker🛠️
I’ve been covering Solana for a long time, but I’ve realized I never talked about the tools I’m using to improve my user experience on that chain.
So I thought now would be a good time to start doing that.
The tool I wanted to cover today is SonarWatch - A tool for tracking your portfolio, which I believe is useful especially for active DeFi users
If you heard of Debank, SonarWatch is essentially the Debank of Solana.
With SonarWatch, you can:
Check your DeFi positions (the tool tracks most major Solana dApps)
Find airdrops you’re eligible for (with its airdrop checker feature)
Create a bundle of wallets to track multiple wallets at once
Check the airdrop points you accumulated on several dApps
Track your NFTs
Unfortunately, you can’t use it to see your latest transactions. But personally, I use it primarily to track my DeFi positions on Solana.
5 Alpha Threads
A guide to the top AI infrastructure plays
How to find the next 100x AI Agent trade?
Binance’s Crypto Industry Map
How to actually achieve your goals in 2025
The Year Ahead for AI
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