# $BTC Social Sentiment & Intelligence — 2026-08-17 18:00 UTC > **Asset:** $BTC > **Momentum Status:** Cooling Down > **Timestamp:** 2026-08-17 18:00 UTC (2026-08-17T18:00:00Z) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-08-17-18-00/crypto/BTC > **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-08-17-18-00/crypto.md --- ## 10-Minute Social Metrics - **Posts Analyzed:** 30 - **Total Impressions:** 72.1K - **Likes:** 576 - **Retweets:** 60 - **Comments:** 129 --- ## Momentum & Sentiment Analysis Total Engagement - Comments: 129, Retweets: 60, Likes: 576, Impressions: 72072 --- ## Cited Community Posts & Evidence ### Post #1 by @kaixweb3 > **Author:** [@kaixweb3](https://x.com/kaixweb3) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/kaixweb3/status/2089411794419020160](https://x.com/kaixweb3/status/2089411794419020160) > **Visual Context:** CashPurr NFT profile page showing a pixel art cat with a red hat and sunglasses, username @kaixweb3, tagged as WHITELIST, RARE, LANE BUILDER, with 456 PTS, Spot #2847, and 'IN REVIEW' status. > > "Purrlist card No. 2847 — issued to @kaixweb3 . Builder lane · 2 mint allocation 398 points banked 5,555 cats on Robinhood Chain. Stake them, earn pSTOCKS, play the arcade in USDG. #CashPurr #Purrlist" ### Post #2 by @LennoxxCartel > **Author:** [@LennoxxCartel](https://x.com/LennoxxCartel) > **Metrics:** 12 likes · 2 retweets · 4 comments · 858 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/LennoxxCartel/status/2089140867080536486](https://x.com/LennoxxCartel/status/2089140867080536486) > **Visual Context:** Screenshot of a Mon leaderboard showing the top traders by estimated daily PnL, with 'Redline Storm Raptor' in first place at $35.71, followed by 'Pearl Orbital Manta' ($35.58) and 'Coral Market Gryphon 065' ($35.46). The highlighted row indicates 'Teal Cooling Reef Dragon 029' in 5th place with $35.30. > > "Owning A Stockmon Genesis Will Probably Be More Impressive Than Owning A Punk Soon. Sounds Like Madness, But Crazier Things Have Happened Dates Coming Btw" ### Post #3 by @Ronjairo15 > **Author:** [@Ronjairo15](https://x.com/Ronjairo15) > **Metrics:** 25 likes · 8 retweets · 21 comments · 135 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Ronjairo15/status/2089308439818211839](https://x.com/Ronjairo15/status/2089308439818211839) > **Visual Context:** A cartoon illustration of a chibi-style girl with long black hair, large green eyes, and a black spiked crown, wearing a gothic purple dress and dark lipstick, matching the post's "Dreamy Girls" NFT collection theme. > > "Good morning. Introducing another dreamy girl. Collect one and get the next one FREE. opensea.io/item/polygon/0 …#DreamyGirls" ### Post #4 by @NKLinhzk > **Author:** [@NKLinhzk](https://x.com/NKLinhzk) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2089413879810158909](https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2089413879810158909) > > "XAX makes emissions look lazy" ### Post #5 by @Jampzey > **Author:** [@Jampzey](https://x.com/Jampzey) > **Metrics:** 16 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 963 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Jampzey/status/2089413430902141072](https://x.com/Jampzey/status/2089413430902141072) > **Visual Context:** A Polymarket prediction chart showing "Clarity Act (H.R.3633) signed into law in 2026?" in the Crypto category, displaying a 19% chance with a 24% drop, plotted from July 22 to August 16, with a trading volume of $7,085,727. > > "things are not looking to be progressing with the clarity act, consensus of the act passing in 2026 are now under 20% thoughts??? check the market here: poly.market/ClarityAct2026" ### Post #6 by @MarcoOnWeb3 > **Author:** [@MarcoOnWeb3](https://x.com/MarcoOnWeb3) > **Metrics:** 56 likes · 3 retweets · 53 comments · 302 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MarcoOnWeb3/status/2089389751032070453](https://x.com/MarcoOnWeb3/status/2089389751032070453) > **Visual Context:** A cozy bedroom features a large neon sign displaying "MARCO" above the bed, where a monkey character clutching a teddy bear sleeps peacefully under blue covers, perfectly matching the post's theme of MARCO the Web3 builder resting and recharging for another day of creative work. > > "Good Night Everyone This is MARCO Web3 builder & NFT dreamer. Rest, recharge, and create again tomorrow" ### Post #7 by @blckchaindaily > **Author:** [@blckchaindaily](https://x.com/blckchaindaily) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 148 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/blckchaindaily/status/2089412052368458234](https://x.com/blckchaindaily/status/2089412052368458234) > > "KALSHI SHOWS 85% CHANCE ANTHROPIC IPOS THIS YEAR" ### Post #8 by @PolymarketSport > **Author:** [@PolymarketSport](https://x.com/PolymarketSport) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 76 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/PolymarketSport/status/2089411869966500209](https://x.com/PolymarketSport/status/2089411869966500209) > > "Track the UFC Welterweight race on Polymarket" ### Post #9 by @dyorwgmi > **Author:** [@dyorwgmi](https://x.com/dyorwgmi) > **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 72 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/dyorwgmi/status/2089412828096507989](https://x.com/dyorwgmi/status/2089412828096507989) > > "$Z500" ### Post #10 by @BloomTrading > **Author:** [@BloomTrading](https://x.com/BloomTrading) > **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 182 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BloomTrading/status/2089411938958590003](https://x.com/BloomTrading/status/2089411938958590003) > **Visual Context:** A promotional graphic titled 'Bloom Trader Starterpack' listing four features: 'Trade While You Sleep,' 'Copy Trading,' 'Refer And Earn 25% Cashback,' and 'Memecoins Retiring Bloodlines,' illustrated with simple line drawings and the Bloom logo. > > "The Bloom memecoin trader starter pack." ### Post #11 by @dens_club > **Author:** [@dens_club](https://x.com/dens_club) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 4 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/dens_club/status/2089413036360831152](https://x.com/dens_club/status/2089413036360831152) > > "time to fully recover" ### Post #12 by @Crypto__Coop > **Author:** [@Crypto__Coop](https://x.com/Crypto__Coop) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 37 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Crypto__Coop/status/2089413111241376011](https://x.com/Crypto__Coop/status/2089413111241376011) > **Visual Context:** Anime-style illustration of a character watching a Formula racing pit stop, with 'REYA BUILT FOR TRADING' branding and the handle @Crypto_Coop. > > "Why is @reya_xyz built around Trading from the start? I think to understand Reya, we need to first answer a simple question: Why do we need a trading network at all? Many networks are built for general purposes; that is, they are supposed to run everything from swaps and" ### Post #13 by @damian173_ > **Author:** [@damian173_](https://x.com/damian173_) > **Metrics:** 8 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 195 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/damian173_/status/2089408998554435731](https://x.com/damian173_/status/2089408998554435731) > > "Crypto Bros Trying to survive in 2026" ### Post #14 by @reddit > **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit) > **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 600 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/reddit/status/f7bcbcf34fb426a969a7c77eed43d0e5a8fe9b3f38eddd1ee913605ad78a882a](https://x.com/reddit/status/f7bcbcf34fb426a969a7c77eed43d0e5a8fe9b3f38eddd1ee913605ad78a882a) > > "‘The great quantum migration’ is coming as more than $2 trillion in digital assets is at risk—nearly the entire value of the overall crypto market" ### Post #15 by @KillaXBT > **Author:** [@KillaXBT](https://x.com/KillaXBT) > **Metrics:** 229 likes · 16 retweets · 29 comments · 29.1K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/KillaXBT/status/2089404227625922792](https://x.com/KillaXBT/status/2089404227625922792) > **Visual Context:** A candlestick chart displays Bitcoin's price ($BTC) action from July 10-18, with the top panel showing price ranging between approximately $62,400-$64,600 and the bottom panel showing a secondary metric fluctuating around 280-310, illustrating the short squeeze rally referenced in the post. > > "$BTC Funny enough, it seems like shorts have been squeezed throughout this entire move. I’ve mentioned numerous times to either keep shorts small or avoid shorting altogether, because a year from now, shorting these areas is going to look pretty stupid." ### Post #16 by @NPC_68 > **Author:** [@NPC_68](https://x.com/NPC_68) > **Metrics:** 8 likes · 1 retweets · 2 comments · 442 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NPC_68/status/2089343739361730568](https://x.com/NPC_68/status/2089343739361730568) > **Visual Context:** A funding rate dashboard on Perpl Trade showing annualized rates of 48.89% across major crypto perpetuals including BTC (0.0040%), ETH (0.0030%), HYPE (0.0040%), and SOL (0.0040%), with BTC leading in 24H volume at $114M and open interest of $2.9M, illustrating the high yield opportunity referenced in the post for delta-neutral positions on perp DEXs. > > "Check the funding rates on @perpltrade ! You can open DN positions and earn 49%. I'm pairing Perpl with Arcus. The two main perp DEXs to farm right now. With this strategy you get paid and points are just the cherry on top." ### Post #17 by @Ying819 > **Author:** [@Ying819](https://x.com/Ying819) > **Metrics:** 49 likes · 9 retweets · 69 comments · 704 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Ying819/status/2089392132259815903](https://x.com/Ying819/status/2089392132259815903) > > "Got a little bit of $XTZ show me your @objkt art" ### Post #18 by @scottmelker > **Author:** [@scottmelker](https://x.com/scottmelker) > **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 3.6K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/scottmelker/status/2089412277443121375](https://x.com/scottmelker/status/2089412277443121375) > > "WATCH: BITWISE CIO MATT HOUGAN SAYS $BTC BENEFITS FROM CONTINUED WHITE HOUSE COMMITMENT TO CRYPTO" ### Post #19 by @reddit > **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 4 comments · 100 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/reddit/status/a0cd74259b1cf25215fde9224ea5a6566e052ef921b558a6331fb17c917b865b](https://x.com/reddit/status/a0cd74259b1cf25215fde9224ea5a6566e052ef921b558a6331fb17c917b865b) > > "What happens first: $80K or $40K? What do you guys think happens first — Bitcoin hits $80K, or drops to $40K?" ### Post #20 by @NKLinhzk > **Author:** [@NKLinhzk](https://x.com/NKLinhzk) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 6 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2089412202537394613](https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2089412202537394613) > > "TermMaxFi makes fixed yield compelling" ### Post #21 by @stutxo > **Author:** [@stutxo](https://x.com/stutxo) > **Metrics:** 20 likes · 2 retweets · 2 comments · 2.3K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/stutxo/status/2089381875542626462](https://x.com/stutxo/status/2089381875542626462) > **Visual Context:** A man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a shearling jacket, looks down with a pained, grimacing expression as if reacting to bad news. The image pairs with the post to visually convey distress over the contrast between GitHub outages and Bitcoin's persistent uptime. > > "github is down bitcoin is never-" ### Post #22 by @SaiDotFun > **Author:** [@SaiDotFun](https://x.com/SaiDotFun) > **Metrics:** 7 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 150 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SaiDotFun/status/2089373680694346077](https://x.com/SaiDotFun/status/2089373680694346077) > > "Stop hiding those gains. Download your PNL card and post it to X. Be sure your referral code is selected so you get rewarded every time someone joins through you. What are you trading this week?" ### Post #23 by @reddit > **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 100 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/reddit/status/a690ebc64f535651e60c0a6b77c1a529084d3d0b558323877a78b218e45910ca](https://x.com/reddit/status/a690ebc64f535651e60c0a6b77c1a529084d3d0b558323877a78b218e45910ca) > > "Potential new user/invester into Bitcoin Hello everyone. Today I was checking Bitcoin, I was never into this kind of matter or interests BUT today I was just browsing the web and checking it out, I'm new in this world and I wish to leanr as I was always curious. I was impressed when I saw that 1 Bitcoin = 55457,88 €. I'm interested here about some advice, sound advice if possible, for someone who wishes to get into Bitcoin and start with buying small and eventually grow in time. Is there anything that I can do? What should I look for on the Bitcoin market and it's fluctuations?" ### Post #24 by @dens_club > **Author:** [@dens_club](https://x.com/dens_club) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 4 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/dens_club/status/2089412558650491244](https://x.com/dens_club/status/2089412558650491244) > > "take the rest you need" ### Post #25 by @dens_club > **Author:** [@dens_club](https://x.com/dens_club) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/dens_club/status/2089413083156672522](https://x.com/dens_club/status/2089413083156672522) > > "leave the rest for later" ### Post #26 by @SolanaLegend > **Author:** [@SolanaLegend](https://x.com/SolanaLegend) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 9 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SolanaLegend/status/2089413626033500272](https://x.com/SolanaLegend/status/2089413626033500272) > > "Back where it all began" ### Post #27 by @Rafi_on_Chain > **Author:** [@Rafi_on_Chain](https://x.com/Rafi_on_Chain) > **Metrics:** 50 likes · 5 retweets · 47 comments · 2.3K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Rafi_on_Chain/status/2089383739638092012](https://x.com/Rafi_on_Chain/status/2089383739638092012) > **Visual Context:** A promotional graphic for Allbridge showcasing their expanding ecosystem of cross-chain solutions, featuring a glowing "ba" logo orbited by icons for Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Solana, and Polygon, with the tagline "Connecting liquidity. Powering the multichain future." The image visually illustrates the article's core question about why blockchain interoperability requires bridge technology like Allbridge to connect disparate networks. > > "Last week I sat down with someone completely outside crypto and tried to explain cross-chain transfers. Their first question cut straight through the usual explanations: “Why does moving value from one blockchain to another require a bridge in the first place?” I didn’t have a" ### Post #28 by @oxfrancesco_ > **Author:** [@oxfrancesco_](https://x.com/oxfrancesco_) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 41 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/oxfrancesco_/status/2089408421497823305](https://x.com/oxfrancesco_/status/2089408421497823305) > > "My Side-Quest on @AerodromeFi for my Base Agent continues and the CLI is getting in a really nice shape. Now you can connect your wallet via @reown_ and use that to sign TXS or you can use a Smart Wallet, or even create your own wallet and store it on iCloud Keychain." ### Post #29 by @jessimckingpin > **Author:** [@jessimckingpin](https://x.com/jessimckingpin) > **Metrics:** 93 likes · 60 retweets · 88 comments · 1.9K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jessimckingpin/status/2089396980413821257](https://x.com/jessimckingpin/status/2089396980413821257) > > "0.5 SOL GIVEAWAY ‍ - JUST FOLLOW @unseennox & @TRADESTOCASH - RETWEET, LIKE, COMMENT QUOTED POST. - Drop your SOL address. - Join discord discord.gg/tradestocash claim role and react on live trading journal last post" ### Post #30 by @OttoSuwen > **Author:** [@OttoSuwen](https://x.com/OttoSuwen) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 431 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/OttoSuwen/status/2089411665422852398](https://x.com/OttoSuwen/status/2089411665422852398) > **Visual Context:** A cryptocurrency trading interface showing recent sell and buy transactions in USD, FWA, and ETH with prices around $0.03795 and 0.2688 ETH. > > "Someone just slammed massive clips into $FWA and the first response is people massively trying to sell into the chad whale. CLASSIC" --- ## Contributing Accounts - `@jaouad2d` (https://x.com/jaouad2d) - `@ColeTU` (https://x.com/ColeTU) - `@KillaXBT` (https://x.com/KillaXBT) - `@stutxo` (https://x.com/stutxo) - `@WizzyOnChain` (https://x.com/WizzyOnChain) - `@R89Capital` (https://x.com/R89Capital) - `@anndylian` (https://x.com/anndylian) - `@BitcoinNews` (https://x.com/BitcoinNews) - `@BittensorIntern` (https://x.com/BittensorIntern) - `@HodlFlorida` (https://x.com/HodlFlorida) - `@heythereRich` (https://x.com/heythereRich) - `@gajewskey` (https://x.com/gajewskey) - `@PieschFlo` (https://x.com/PieschFlo) - `@ruby1181227` (https://x.com/ruby1181227) - `@scottmelker` (https://x.com/scottmelker) - `@MartiniGuyYT` (https://x.com/MartiniGuyYT) - `@DiarioBitcoin` (https://x.com/DiarioBitcoin) - `@Syntetika` (https://x.com/Syntetika) - `@XrpUdate` (https://x.com/XrpUdate) - `@reddit` (https://x.com/reddit) - `@skwp` (https://x.com/skwp) - `@BitcoinMagazine` (https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine) - `@Ubinetworkgroup` (https://x.com/Ubinetworkgroup) - `@RonSwanonson` (https://x.com/RonSwanonson) - `@blckchaindaily` (https://x.com/blckchaindaily) - `@blancxbt` (https://x.com/blancxbt)