🔎9 catalysts to watch this week
A compilation of crypto catalysts, airdrop strategies and alpha articles
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Here’s what I’ll cover today:
9 crypto events to watch this week
A lesser-known tool for yield farming
Some great crypto reads
Let’s dive in👇
Crypto catalysts to watch this week
AAVE’s new revenue stream - AAVE will soon implement Chainlink’s SVR oracle solution across multiple blockchains, which is expected to increase its annualized revenue by several million dollars
Lighter TGE - Lighter token is expected to launch this year, according to the Polymarket odds. However, the team didn’t confirm it yet, so this is not certain
Polygon’s payments strategy - Polygon is expected to announce its on-chain payments strategy for 2026 in the near future
Pro-crypto bills - The Crypto Market Structure Bill and CLARITY Act will soon go to Congress, according to the SEC Chair
Aster Chain testnet - Aster, the perps DEX on BNB Chain, will launch the testnet for its upcoming L1 blockchain this week, according to its team
Macro events - The FOMC meeting minutes will be released on Dec. 30
Infinex Token Sale - Infinex Token Sale starts on Jan. 3 on Sonar launchpad at $99.99M FDV with a 1-year lock. The registration period is currently live
AEVO token burn - Aevo plans to burn 69M AEVO tokens (7% of its circulating supply) soon
HYPE token unlock - $30M worth of HYPE will be distributed to the Hyperliquid team members who chose to unstake on Jan. 6
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🛠️A lesser-known tool for yield farming
A dApp I’ve recently discovered is vaults.fyi.
This is a yield farming dashboard you can use to find new yield opportunities and sort them using many different filters.
The platform’s discover page tracks 831 DeFi yield strategies.
Using it, you can:
Find the yield strategies with the highest yield
Sort opportunities by minimum APY, network, tokens, TVL, protocol, etc.
See a curated list of trending DeFi vaults
Check the historical performance of a certain yield strategy
Track your portfolio
If you’re a yield farmer, you might find vaults.fyi useful.
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Not a crypto-related post, but one of the best threads of all time.
The Lighter thesis
Advice for cryptobros feeling down
A reflection on 2025
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