# $BTC Social Sentiment & Intelligence — 2026-08-18 19:20 UTC > **Asset:** $BTC > **Momentum Status:** Stable > **Timestamp:** 2026-08-18 19:20 UTC (2026-08-18T19:20:00Z) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-08-18-19-20/crypto/BTC > **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-08-18-19-20/crypto.md --- ## 10-Minute Social Metrics - **Posts Analyzed:** 24 - **Total Impressions:** 62.6K - **Likes:** 615 - **Retweets:** 34 - **Comments:** 70 --- ## Momentum & Sentiment Analysis Total Engagement - Comments: 70, Retweets: 34, Likes: 615, Impressions: 62575 --- ## Cited Community Posts & Evidence ### Post #1 by @chesus > **Author:** [@chesus](https://x.com/chesus) > **Metrics:** 18 likes · 3 retweets · 3 comments · 743 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/chesus/status/2089789030338630067](https://x.com/chesus/status/2089789030338630067) > **Visual Context:** A promotional graphic for "STONK-A-THON POWERED BY $TONKBR0KER SAFE LAUNCH" advertising a "RACE TO $10M" with $100K+ in prizes, featuring logos for Tesla, Apple, and Nvidia. > > "What if we turned the $STONKBROKER Safe Launch into a competition? THE STONK-A-THON A 30-day race for builders, communities and meme coin devs launching on the Stonk Launcher. Potential challenges: First to $10M MC Most unique holders Deepest liquidity Most" ### Post #2 by @BTC_for_Freedom > **Author:** [@BTC_for_Freedom](https://x.com/BTC_for_Freedom) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 389 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BTC_for_Freedom/status/2089794012081279367](https://x.com/BTC_for_Freedom/status/2089794012081279367) > > "- You: "You want a strong currency?" - Government: "Absolutely. Strength is our priority." - You: "Then why target 2% weakening per year?" - Government: "Strong RELATIVE to other currencies." - You: "So the race is: who sinks slowest?" - Government: "We prefer 'relative" ### Post #3 by @rahozel > **Author:** [@rahozel](https://x.com/rahozel) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 10 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/rahozel/status/2089794670847258881](https://x.com/rahozel/status/2089794670847258881) > **Visual Context:** A promotional graphic for 'WINK Link Oracle Network' with the tagline 'Bridging Real-World Data to Smart Contracts,' showing a bridge design connecting data sources like Market Data, Events, and Randomness to Smart Contracts and Blockchain. > > "The blockchain only sees what exists within its own environment. But applications often need a much wider view. A DeFi application may need market information. A game may need randomness. An automated system may need an external event as a trigger. These inputs don't" ### Post #4 by @Yoramate > **Author:** [@Yoramate](https://x.com/Yoramate) > **Metrics:** 26 likes · 1 retweets · 23 comments · 272 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Yoramate/status/2089768320396648742](https://x.com/Yoramate/status/2089768320396648742) > **Visual Context:** A screenshot of a cryptocurrency/NFT platform showing a token called 'PAD0' paired with 'ETH', with a price of $0.04371 and a market cap of $35K, featuring artwork of an astronaut and a green cat. > > "Finally Bounding, Send to milly $PAD0 0x1948b2f613693a2faeac79b3491f60258644d984 dexscreener.com/robinhood/0x8b …" ### Post #5 by @memeowfun > **Author:** [@memeowfun](https://x.com/memeowfun) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 21 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/memeowfun/status/2089786776063779043](https://x.com/memeowfun/status/2089786776063779043) > > "Robinhood Chain just made history. The first NFT-404 is LIVE. 1 token = 1 NFT. Same asset. Same pool. Buy 1 → a random Meow404 hits your wallet. Drop below 1 → it returns to the pool. Instant floor liquidity. Fractional entry. No illiquid JPEGs. memeow.fun/token/0x86b16c …" ### Post #6 by @DefiWimar > **Author:** [@DefiWimar](https://x.com/DefiWimar) > **Metrics:** 21 likes · 2 retweets · 5 comments · 9.7K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DefiWimar/status/2089788162734264629](https://x.com/DefiWimar/status/2089788162734264629) > > "BIG STORM IS COMING FOR $BTC Bitcoin is forming an ascending channel after the crash from $83K Most traders see this as a recovery. I see a trap. My plan: Ascending Channel → Bull Trap → Major Sell-Off → New Bottom The real bottom could be around $50K Don’t get" ### Post #7 by @BitcoinArchive > **Author:** [@BitcoinArchive](https://x.com/BitcoinArchive) > **Metrics:** 47 likes · 7 retweets · 10 comments · 10.1K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2089794741260980425](https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2089794741260980425) > **Visual Context:** The image shows the official seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), featuring a bald eagle with a shield and the text "SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION" along with "MCMXXXIV" (1934), set against a blurred background of a stock ticker displaying numbers like 53.51, 16.96, 15.74, and 15.82. The seal directly relates to the post, as the SEC is the regulatory body that has clarified its crypto rules, affirming that Bitcoin remains a commodity rather than a security and outlining when tokens may stop being classified as such. > > "BREAKING: SEC crypto rules leave Bitcoin untouched • BTC remains pure commodity • Stablecoins stay non-securities • Clarifies when tokens stop being securities" ### Post #8 by @HalseyHuth > **Author:** [@HalseyHuth](https://x.com/HalseyHuth) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 116 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/HalseyHuth/status/2089786878719316373](https://x.com/HalseyHuth/status/2089786878719316373) > **Visual Context:** A graphic announcing "MoonPay" and "Cash App Pay" with the MoonPay logo and the Cash App dollar sign icon, noting that Cash App Pay services are provided by Block, Inc. > > "Tens of millions of Americans already keep their money in Cash App. Starting today, that balance is a crypto on-ramp too - MoonPay is the first digital asset platform to support Cash App Pay, live in our checkout and across partners like @TrustWallet , @MetaMask , @Ledger and" ### Post #9 by @NexusByGero > **Author:** [@NexusByGero](https://x.com/NexusByGero) > **Metrics:** 8 likes · 5 retweets · 1 comments · 194 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NexusByGero/status/2089785127777775963](https://x.com/NexusByGero/status/2089785127777775963) > **Visual Context:** The image is a promotional graphic for Nexus by GeroWallet, announcing "Bitcoin blockchain data, live on Nexus," with an illustration showing data flowing from Bitcoin block #962,813 into Nexus, which exposes endpoints for Blocks & Transactions, Ordinals & Runes (e.g., UNIOMON-6000S inscribed 12,480 times), and Fees & Mempool (3.2 BTC fees, 2.1 MB mempool). This visually reinforces the post's message that Nexus is a comprehensive Bitcoin API alternative offering blocks, transactions, UTXOs, Ordinals, Runes, fees, mempool, and tx broadcast via REST, OpenAPI, and TypeScript SDK. > > "If you’re evaluating a Bitcoin API alternative, Nexus is live and ready to integrate. Blocks, txs, addresses, UTXOs, Ordinals, Runes, fees, mempool + tx broadcast. REST + OpenAPI + TypeScript SDK. Start a 7-day free trial - nexus.gerowallet.io" ### Post #10 by @circle_crypto > **Author:** [@circle_crypto](https://x.com/circle_crypto) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 10 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/circle_crypto/status/2089793993454637150](https://x.com/circle_crypto/status/2089793993454637150) > > "Very excited to see this partnership happen!" ### Post #11 by @visionandvibehq > **Author:** [@visionandvibehq](https://x.com/visionandvibehq) > **Metrics:** 9 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 146 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/visionandvibehq/status/2089759479982125326](https://x.com/visionandvibehq/status/2089759479982125326) > > "Why Are Corporations Afraid of Web3? How the Lack of Confidentiality Blocks Institutional Adoption and How Midnight Solves It When a large company's legal department hears "blockchain," the first reaction is rarely enthusiasm it's usually the question, "what about GDPR?" And" ### Post #12 by @misterrcrypto > **Author:** [@misterrcrypto](https://x.com/misterrcrypto) > **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 507 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/misterrcrypto/status/2089794976028787065](https://x.com/misterrcrypto/status/2089794976028787065) > **Visual Context:** A screenshot of a cryptocurrency portfolio showing an address starting with '0x431f1cbb50be14da5cb3da1157018d1e83a6cee', a balance of 1,178,879.85$, and a SHORT position on BTC with significant PnL losses. > > "A whale just opened a $51,752,000 $BTC short position. Liquidation Price: $65,337 He definitely knows something." ### Post #13 by @Craftmonster3 > **Author:** [@Craftmonster3](https://x.com/Craftmonster3) > **Metrics:** 18 likes · 0 retweets · 18 comments · 352 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Craftmonster3/status/2089777837381242958](https://x.com/Craftmonster3/status/2089777837381242958) > > "Literally most of the browsers I've ever used treat privacy as a setting you need to turn on if you want to. @BeldexCoin Browser on the other hand does quite the opposite..privacy is active from the start. It comes fully equipped with BelNet VPN already integrated, so your" ### Post #14 by @CryptoLadyir > **Author:** [@CryptoLadyir](https://x.com/CryptoLadyir) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 4 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CryptoLadyir/status/2089795315838701862](https://x.com/CryptoLadyir/status/2089795315838701862) > > "تی شرت که ۴۰۱ آنلاک شد" ### Post #15 by @LoroMasnah > **Author:** [@LoroMasnah](https://x.com/LoroMasnah) > **Metrics:** 13 likes · 2 retweets · 5 comments · 225 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/LoroMasnah/status/2089785776401777126](https://x.com/LoroMasnah/status/2089785776401777126) > **Visual Context:** A person wearing a 'BORED APE YACHT CLUB' cap and matching black t-shirt standing in front of a colorful mural featuring pixel-art characters. > > "Back in the streets" ### Post #16 by @joegrower420 > **Author:** [@joegrower420](https://x.com/joegrower420) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 11 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/joegrower420/status/2089796687221105009](https://x.com/joegrower420/status/2089796687221105009) > > "This is how it works" ### Post #17 by @Eminascrypt > **Author:** [@Eminascrypt](https://x.com/Eminascrypt) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Eminascrypt/status/2089783307932192850](https://x.com/Eminascrypt/status/2089783307932192850) > > "Good afternoon" ### Post #18 by @DrNickA > **Author:** [@DrNickA](https://x.com/DrNickA) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 100 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DrNickA/status/2089795396004405277](https://x.com/DrNickA/status/2089795396004405277) > > "Very difficult to scale half a million plus workforce. Would need something decentralised." ### Post #19 by @pumpius > **Author:** [@pumpius](https://x.com/pumpius) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 0 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/pumpius/status/2089794381234757637](https://x.com/pumpius/status/2089794381234757637) > > "BREAKING: SEC DROPS NUCLEAR CRYPTO BOMBSHELL — America Just Seized the Crown as Crypto Capital of the World Paul Atkins unleashes historic new rules with massive fundraising exemptions and a “get out of jail free” safe harbor that could flood U.S. markets with billions!" ### Post #20 by @SECPaulSAtkins > **Author:** [@SECPaulSAtkins](https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins) > **Metrics:** 351 likes · 114 retweets · 32 comments · 7.0K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins/status/2089788275913322994](https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins/status/2089788275913322994) > > "With our new proposal, the SEC is taking the most historic step yet to modernize federal securities regulations for crypto assets. As the Crypto Capital of the World, the U.S. must and will lead. Regulation Crypto Assets will ensure that we do." ### Post #21 by @vinibarbosabr > **Author:** [@vinibarbosabr](https://x.com/vinibarbosabr) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 36 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/vinibarbosabr/status/2089795247664775514](https://x.com/vinibarbosabr/status/2089795247664775514) > > "I'm building so many exciting projects with so many great people! • @0xramplabs with @michael2xl • @NEARLegion Brazil with @benibauer3 • Writing to @AgoristN (and discussing more cool things) • Revamping 「thecoding」 with a brand new site @ thecoding[.]dev thanks to" ### Post #22 by @NalyMetaX > **Author:** [@NalyMetaX](https://x.com/NalyMetaX) > **Metrics:** 10 likes · 0 retweets · 6 comments · 148 views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NalyMetaX/status/2089792430828925104](https://x.com/NalyMetaX/status/2089792430828925104) > **Visual Context:** A pixel-art style illustration of an armored king with a golden crown, fur-collared cape, and sword, appearing as a medieval fantasy character. The image doesn't directly relate to the post about Iron Allies and $IRON token activity, as it depicts a generic armored king rather than any branded project mascot or related imagery. > > "Getting people to show up once is easy. Getting them to come back tomorrow is a different problem. That’s what I find interesting about @IronAllies_ . The activity isn’t just there for the sake of activity, access code auctions, earning $IRON through participation, and finding" ### Post #23 by @KabutoKing_ > **Author:** [@KabutoKing_](https://x.com/KabutoKing_) > **Metrics:** 199 likes · 15 retweets · 151 comments · 18.8K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/KabutoKing_/status/2089700059977781468](https://x.com/KabutoKing_/status/2089700059977781468) > > "We should all @XMoney someone $1 each and turn them into a millionaire today" ### Post #24 by @cypherpunk > **Author:** [@cypherpunk](https://x.com/cypherpunk) > **Metrics:** 29 likes · 4 retweets · 1 comments · 1.1K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/cypherpunk/status/2089785127458976229](https://x.com/cypherpunk/status/2089785127458976229) > **Visual Context:** A cyberpunk-style announcement graphic dated August 18, 2026, from @ShieldedLabs promoting "ZERO-INDEXER," an enclave service displayed with a shield icon against a green grid background, aligning with the post about protecting Zcash users' privacy by preventing indexers from linking IP addresses to transactions. > > "JUST IN: @ShieldedLabs , Caution, Zec(.)rocks and Stardust are deploying zero-indexer, an enclave service that stops indexers from linking your IP address to your Zcash transactions." --- ## Contributing Accounts - `@dbrunn_` (https://x.com/dbrunn_) - `@CryptoMichNL` (https://x.com/CryptoMichNL) - `@Mikadzyki_NFT` (https://x.com/Mikadzyki_NFT) - `@groot_szn` (https://x.com/groot_szn) - `@BitcoinArchive` (https://x.com/BitcoinArchive) - `@0x_Discover` (https://x.com/0x_Discover) - `@NFTNews_EU` (https://x.com/NFTNews_EU) - `@misterrcrypto` (https://x.com/misterrcrypto) - `@ianai_lab` (https://x.com/ianai_lab) - `@BTC_for_Freedom` (https://x.com/BTC_for_Freedom) - `@DefiWimar` (https://x.com/DefiWimar) - `@MarketCapGuy` (https://x.com/MarketCapGuy) - `@TheGuySwann` (https://x.com/TheGuySwann) - `@watchernewsx` (https://x.com/watchernewsx) - `@worshipbitcoin` (https://x.com/worshipbitcoin) - `@MartiniGuyYT` (https://x.com/MartiniGuyYT) - `@NexusByGero` (https://x.com/NexusByGero) - `@bccponzi` (https://x.com/bccponzi) - `@tomotomo__vo` (https://x.com/tomotomo__vo) - `@btc_MasterPlan` (https://x.com/btc_MasterPlan) - `@Crypto1BANX` (https://x.com/Crypto1BANX) - `@web3_watchdog` (https://x.com/web3_watchdog) - `@CryptoTice_` (https://x.com/CryptoTice_)