# $BLAST Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 17, 2026 > **Asset:** $BLAST > **Date:** 2026-08-17 (August 17, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/blast/2026-08-17 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/blast.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @jay_p_sui > **Author:** Jay-P (Chipotle Arc) ([@jay_p_sui](https://x.com/jay_p_sui)) > **Metrics:** 125 likes · 14 retweets · 28 comments · 25.0K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T22:36:08+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jay_p_sui/status/2089481430732616135](https://x.com/jay_p_sui/status/2089481430732616135) > **Visual Note:** An infographic announcing that 'Printr' raised $2.5m in their first financing round from investors including Sfermion, Draper Dragon, Bitscale, Hermeneutic, Sui Foundation, Axelar Foundation, and Flow Foundation. > > "Sui is a complete joke. @printr raised 2.5$ M on @SuiNetwork yet $SUI is not even available as a chain on the platform. Yet homegrown folks like @josemvcerqueira built @blastdotfun and no support from @SuiFoundation or anyone at the foundation. But Gud Tek is all that matters." ### Post #2 by @CryptPope > **Author:** POPE ([@CryptPope](https://x.com/CryptPope)) > **Metrics:** 9 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 198 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T17:06:35+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CryptPope/status/2089398494985376009](https://x.com/CryptPope/status/2089398494985376009) > **Visual Note:** A website section for 'PRYSM' listing their backers/innovators, including pre-seed investors like AXELAR, DRAPER DRAGON, SUI, flow.com, and bitscale, along with seed extension backers like MIRANA, MANTLE, L1D, Sfermion, and flowdesk, with BYBIT as a strategic incubation partner. > > "Sui abandoned it's own ecosystem product in @blastdotfun and invested in this... now they are closing shop. I really hope things change cause this is crazy!!!" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*