As the cryptocurrency market enters a new week, analyst The DeFi Investor has published a watchlist of noteworthy project updates, events, and macro developments. The analyst's assessments focus specifically on DeFi projects and upcoming ICO processes.
DeFi Project Updates
One of the week's most prominent headlines was the new rumors surrounding Hyperliquid (HYPE), which suggest the platform may soon launch a local lending and borrowing marketplace.
On the Mantle (MNT) front, a large-scale livestream event called “State of Mind” will begin. New updates on the project roadmap will be shared during the broadcast.
On the HOME token side of the Defi App ecosystem, there are strong expectations that the Android mobile application may be released next week.
Maple Finance's native token, SYRUP, will hold its fourth-quarter ecosystem call on November 19th, and a new roadmap will be announced as part of this call. Meanwhile, the Fluid team plans to announce new information for Fluid DEX V2 on November 21st.
On Avalanche (AVAX), the Granite upgrade will be activated on the mainnet on November 19. Filecoin (FIL) announced that it will share a major announcement on November 18.
Finally, the voting process for Aevo's tokenomics upgrade proposal will begin tomorrow, and a significant update may be on the agenda based on community decision.
Key Ecosystem Events
The most critical point of the week for the Ethereum and Arbitrum ecosystems is the start of the Devconnect conference tomorrow. Known as the Ethereum community's largest technical event, Devconnect is at the center of many important announcements.
Upcoming ICOs and Token Sales
This week's ICO agenda is also quite busy. Cookie Launchpad's first ICO begins tomorrow, and the token sale for its trading platform, VOOI, will take place during this period. The Monad (MON) ICO on Coinbase will begin on November 17th.
Macroeconomic Factors
On the macro side, the FOMC minutes to be released on November 19th are seen as critical for the direction of the markets.