# $NPC Social Sentiment & Intelligence — 2026-09-03 18:00 UTC > **Asset:** $NPC > **Momentum Status:** Cooling Down > **Timestamp:** 2026-09-03 18:00 UTC (2026-09-03T18:00:00Z) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-03-18-00/crypto/NPC > **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-03-18-00/crypto.md --- ## 10-Minute Social Metrics - **Posts Analyzed:** 2 - **Total Impressions:** 13.0K - **Likes:** 100 - **Retweets:** 18 - **Comments:** 8 --- ## Momentum & Sentiment Analysis Total Engagement - Comments: 8, Retweets: 18, Likes: 100, Impressions: 12979 --- ## Cited Community Posts & Evidence ### Post #1 by @Stellar_Rippler > **Author:** [@Stellar_Rippler](https://x.com/Stellar_Rippler) > **Metrics:** 104 likes · 16 retweets · 1 comments · 5.0K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Stellar_Rippler/status/2095551712216088660](https://x.com/Stellar_Rippler/status/2095551712216088660) > **Visual Context:** The image shows two tweets from @RippleXity announcing major hires at Ripple: the London Metal Exchange's Senior VP and Head of Treasury joining Ripple (8/29/26, 52K views), and Mastercard's VP of Blockchain & Crypto Product joining Ripple (8/25/26, 249K views). These high-profile traditional finance recruitments support the post's claim about XRP's growing institutional credibility, particularly given the LME hire's relevance to Ripple's tokenized commodities ($XAUa gold and $XAGa silver). > > "Ohh dear lord, you better believe XRP is going to become a really powerful asset in the new financial system. They hired the man who ran treasury at the exchange that moves physical metal for the global economy. You can already trade Tokenized Gold ($XAUa) and Silver ($XAGa) on" ### Post #2 by @0xResearch > **Author:** [@0xResearch](https://x.com/0xResearch) > **Metrics:** 9 likes · 2 retweets · 1 comments · 1.1K views > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xResearch/status/2095531082485555676](https://x.com/0xResearch/status/2095531082485555676) > > "Ethena’s buybacks come with an important catch: they don’t start until sUSDe yields exceed 6%. Today, yields are still below that threshold. So the real question isn’t how much $ENA gets bought back. It’s what gets ENA's yields sustainably above 6%." --- ## Contributing Accounts - `@darrentrr` (https://x.com/darrentrr) - `@CryptoWizardd` (https://x.com/CryptoWizardd)