# $DEFI Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — May 18, 2025

> **Asset:** $DEFI  
> **Date:** 2025-05-18 (May 18, 2025)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/defi/2025-05-18  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/defi.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @this_investor
> **Author:** That Investor ([@this_investor](https://x.com/this_investor))  
> **Metrics:** 83 likes · 12 retweets · 18 comments · 2.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-05-18T23:14:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/this_investor/status/1924242240064356480](https://x.com/this_investor/status/1924242240064356480)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 2  

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> "Everyone talks about DeSci as “blockchain for science.”

Open data. On-chain peer review. Tokenized funding.

But none of it matters without community.

Here’s why:

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 1. A Strong Community = Funding Power
In TradSci, a handful of institutions decide what gets funded.
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