🔎9 catalysts to watch this week

A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha articles

Dec 01, 2025

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GM friends.

Here’s what I’ll cover today:

9 crypto events to watch this week
Two bridge aggregators I use
Some great crypto reads

Let’s dive in👇

Crypto catalysts to watch this week

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade - Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade is scheduled to launch on Dec. 3. You can read about it here
MegaETH mainnet - MegaETH mainnet will launch in early December. The token launch is expected to follow in early Q1 2026
Vechain’s Hayabusa upgrade - Vechain’s Hayabusa upgrade will go live on Dec. 2. This will make it more decentralized and improve its tokenomics
Powell’s speech - FED Chair Jerome Powell will give a speech on Dec. 1
First ICO on Jupiter’s new launchpad - The first ICO on Jupiter’s new launchpad for HumidiFi is scheduled for Dec. 3. HumidiFi is Solana’s largest DEX by volume
ENA token unlock - $51M ENA will be unlocked this week, primarily for core contributors and investors. This is equivalent to 2.9% of its circ. supply
Lighter’s spot trading launch - Lighter is expected to launch spot trading in early December based on the latest teasers
First spot Chainlink ETF - First-ever spot LINK ETF is expected to launch on Dec. 2
Infinex’s Craterun - Infinex’s Craterun rewards campaign launches on Dec. 1. Infinex users will earn USDC rewards, Infinex Patrons, and Pudgy Pinguins

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🛠️Crypto tools of the week

There are hundreds of blockchains already live, and new ones keep launching.

The issue is that it leads to fragmented liquidity and a bad UX, as it can sometimes be hard to find a bridge that supports a certain less popular bridging route.

That’s why I think that a bridge aggregator that aggregates multiple bridges, gives you the best price quote, and supports a large number of blockchains can be pretty useful.

There are two bridge aggregators I’ve been using over the past years: