Original Title: 9 catalysts to watch this week

Original Author: The DeFi Investor

Original Translator: TechFlow of Deep Tide

Welcome to the second issue of "Monday Alpha". This issue will include:

• 9 major crypto events worth paying attention to this week

• 2 airdrop opportunities

9 Major Crypto Events to Watch This Week

1. Eigenlayer Token Launch- $EIGEN will launch on May 10th, unfortunately, it will not be transferable at launch. The team stated that EIGEN will be unlockable after new features are launched. These features are expected to be rolled out by September 30, 2024.

Eigen Foundation Announcement Screenshot

2. NVIDIA Earnings Release- Although this is not an event for this week, I am sharing this information now to give everyone time to prepare. NVIDIA's Q1 FY 2024 earnings report will be released on May 22nd. If the earnings report exceeds expectations, it may have a positive impact on the prices of some AI tokens, as similar situations have occurred in the past.

3. Jito May Announce a New SOL Staking Protocol on May 6th at 6 PM UTC- Given the huge success of Eigenlayer, I believe building a staking protocol for SOL is a very good idea. The CEO of Jito will participate in an X Space with co-founders of Solana Labs and Drift to discuss staking and other matters.

4. Velodrome's Superchain Expansion- Velodrome's Superchain expansion will begin this week. Velodrome is the most popular DEX native to Optimism. Through this expansion, Velodrome will be deployed on some of the most popular L2s built using the Optimism Stack, including Mode, Fraxtal, and Zora.

5. Aptos Token Unlock- $APT worth $103 million will unlock on May 12th. The majority will be owned by the team and early investors.

6. Deployment of Pendle and Ethena on Solana- According to a tweet by a member of the Ethena team, Ethena and Pendle Finance may go live on Solana this month.

7. Integration of USDe Stablecoin on Top CEX by Ethena- This rapidly growing stablecoin protocol will make a major announcement this week regarding the integration of USDe. Given that Binance, OKX, or Bybit have invested in Ethena, these 3 exchanges may integrate USDe.

8. Mode Token Launch- Mode is one of the fastest-growing Ethereum L2s and will launch its $MODE token on May 7th. 5.5% of its supply will be allocated for the first community airdrop.

9. Announcement of Sei V2 Mainnet Release Date- Given that the audit of Sei V2 has just been completed, its release date may be announced soon. Sei V2 is a major network upgrade, and the team will transform Sei into a fully parallelized EVM blockchain capable of supporting 28,000 transactions per second.

Airdrop Opportunities This Week

1. Staking SOL on Sanctum (on Solana)

Sanctum is an ecosystem on Solana for liquid staking. The protocol has launched a pioneering loyalty rewards program to gamify rewards for users. By holding certain SOL liquid staking tokens, you can collect pets, which may qualify you for future airdrops.

I started participating in airdrops last week using some of my SOL holdings. Sanctum has some big supporters, including Solana Ventures and Jump Capital.

Here is the relevant link: https://sanc.tm/w?ref=N9P221

2. Depositing USDe Stablecoin on Karak

I believe that currently, depositing USDe on Karak is one of the best airdrop opportunities for stablecoins. Karak is the biggest competitor of Eigenlayer, and USDe is Ethena's stablecoin.

Both projects have launched a rewards program, and due to their recent collaboration, you can now earn rewards on both Ethena and Karak simultaneously.

Strategy:

- Use another stablecoin to purchase USDe on Ethena

- Deposit USDe on Karak

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