# $ENS Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — July 18, 2026

> **Asset:** $ENS  
> **Date:** 2026-07-18 (July 18, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ens/2026-07-18  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ens.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @Gratefulape
> **Author:** Grateful Ape ([@Gratefulape](https://x.com/Gratefulape))  
> **Metrics:** 33 likes · 2 retweets · 16 comments · 3.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T12:50:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Gratefulape/status/2078462409564385317](https://x.com/Gratefulape/status/2078462409564385317)  


> **Visual Note:** [caption-failed: minimax unavailable]  

> 
> "My friend was almost scammed yesterday.

This is how they tried to do it!

They created a fake Grateful Ape user on Discord and a fake Grateful Ape ENS!

Absolutely crazy work! 

Be very careful with OTC deals!"


### Post #2 by @MooninPapa
> **Author:** Aaron Dishner ([@MooninPapa](https://x.com/MooninPapa))  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 2.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T09:30:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MooninPapa/status/2078412078143131969](https://x.com/MooninPapa/status/2078412078143131969)  


> **Video Content:** A man wearing glasses appears in a circular inset in the top right corner, providing market commentary over various cryptocurrency charts displayed on a trading platform. He analyzes different assets, pointing out specific price levels and indicators with hand-drawn arrows and circles, including ENS at levels like 4.47 and 68.82, VVV around 0.09754 with an RSI near 33, and other tokens like PIPPIN at 4.978. Throughout the video, he transitions between different charts and timeframes, highlighting key resistance and support zones, volume data, and technical setups while speaking directly to the camera.  

> 
> "A 7% ENS move with volume can be worth tracking, but structure still decides the follow-through. VVV is also on the watchlist.

Market analysis/opinion only, not financial advice."


### Post #3 by @clipsofcrypto
> **Author:** Arjun ([@clipsofcrypto](https://x.com/clipsofcrypto))  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 1.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T21:43:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/clipsofcrypto/status/2078596589472583763](https://x.com/clipsofcrypto/status/2078596589472583763)  


> **Video Content:** The video begins with a three-person panel discussion on "Voter Apathy" featuring Nick Almond (Jito Foundation), Laura Shin (Unchained), and Proph3t (Retadao), before transitioning to the topic "Should DAOs Control Treasuries?" Throughout the broadcast, Nick Almond argues that DAOs should govern protocols but not control money, citing unsophisticated governor contracts that have failed to prevent bad actors from extracting funds from treasuries like ENS. The clip alternates between a three-way split-screen view and a close-up of Almond as he warns that permissionless onchain treasuries attract people who exploit them, emphasizing that ENS's future depends on the foundation not just retiring. Tickers for ETH, HYPE, BNB, SOL, ARB, and other tokens scroll along the bottom of the screen throughout the discussion.  

> 
> ""We kind of asked too much of DAOs"

Nick Almond, Head of Governance at Jito Foundation, on why DAO treasuries should stay onchain despite the 
$ENS
 saga

"If you stick a permissionless pot of money onchain, and some of these have"


### Post #4 by @rheacts
> **Author:** Rhea ([@rheacts](https://x.com/rheacts))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 83 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T20:02:05+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/rheacts/status/2078571027379143065](https://x.com/rheacts/status/2078571027379143065)  


> **Video Content:** The video begins with a three-way split-screen interview on the "Unchained" show titled "DAOS IN CRISIS?" featuring Nick Almond, Laura Shin, and Proph3t discussing ENS Labs' spending. The view then switches to a single shot of Proph3t as he explains that ENS Labs is spending over a million dollars a month, expressing concern that this burn rate would seem like a red flag to investors and is "quite high" for a private company. The camera cuts to Nick Almond and then Laura Shin, who suggests that the inflated salaries for their work may not justify such high costs.  

> 
> "" 
$ENS
 Labs is spending on the order of more than a million dollars a month"

Proph3t on why that burn rate would look like a red flag to any investor

"I'm a founder I run a business, I feel like that is quite high"

"I don't know all the intricacies of 
$ENS
, but if I were an

[Spoken audio]: an analysis about what happened there that you want to share? I mean, I think it is probably relevant to bring up how much the ENS, like ENS Labs, has actually developed e-spending to develop ENS, which I believe is on the order of more than a million dollars a month, right, Nick? Yeah, something like that, 20 million over a couple of years. Yeah, which, yeah, I mean, I'm a founder, I run a business. I feel like that is quite high. I don't know all the intricacies of E&S, but like if I were an investor, any E&S is a private company, that would be a red flag for sure. Because you just feel like the amount of resources necessary to do the work that they're doing, it wouldn't cost that much. And so you're saying like maybe the salaries or something are inflated, is that what you think? That would That would be my guess, yeah."


### Post #5 by @mutant_ape_eth
> **Author:** GMaggo ([@mutant_ape_eth](https://x.com/mutant_ape_eth))  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 47 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T12:27:17+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mutant_ape_eth/status/2078456572888408089](https://x.com/mutant_ape_eth/status/2078456572888408089)  


> 
> "Whats better with higher bull upside?
@ensvision"


### Post #6 by @enstools
> **Author:** ENS.Tools | ENSTools.eth ([@enstools](https://x.com/enstools))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 34 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T16:30:55+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/enstools/status/2078517886675464489](https://x.com/enstools/status/2078517886675464489)  


> **Video Content:** A digital advertisement on a dark purple background featuring a gear icon and the text 'MANAGE', 'Holding lots of .eth is a chore', and 'ens.tools'.  

> 
> "Set your records right once, everywhere. ENS multi-chain addresses made simple. #ENS 
ens.tools/manage/bulk-ed
…"


### Post #7 by @enstools
> **Author:** ENS.Tools | ENSTools.eth ([@enstools](https://x.com/enstools))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 26 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T21:00:50+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/enstools/status/2078585813261062152](https://x.com/enstools/status/2078585813261062152)  


> **Visual Note:** Promotional graphic for 'EXPIRY EXPLORER' from ens.tools with text 'Catch names the moment they drop' on a purple background.  

> 
> "From “what’s expiring” to “renew all” in a few clicks. That’s the point. #ENS #web3 
ens.tools"


### Post #8 by @enstools
> **Author:** ENS.Tools | ENSTools.eth ([@enstools](https://x.com/enstools))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 21 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T12:01:14+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/enstools/status/2078450016817926326](https://x.com/enstools/status/2078450016817926326)  


> **Video Content:** The video is a sleek, four-part animated promo for ens.tools' Expiry Explorer, set against a dark-to-bright purple gradient background. It opens with a circular gear logo and the label "EXPIRY EXPLORER," followed by the bold text "The best ENS names aren't for sale" that pulses into view. The scene then shifts with the reveal "They're expiring," followed by "Catch every one in one view," before concluding on a centered logo with the tagline "Find expiring .eth names" and the branding "ens.tools" anchored at the bottom of every frame.  

> 
> "Stop refreshing Etherscan. The Expiry Explorer is the watchtower for dropping names. #ENS 
ens.tools/find/expiry"


### Post #9 by @enstools
> **Author:** ENS.Tools | ENSTools.eth ([@enstools](https://x.com/enstools))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 15 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-18T01:30:47+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/enstools/status/2078291357295141023](https://x.com/enstools/status/2078291357295141023)  


> **Visual Note:** A pink and purple gradient promotional graphic for 'ens.tools' advertising 'ENS v2 READY' with text reading 'Built for what ENS becomes next' and mentioning 'L1 storage & NameWrapper indicators.'  

> 
> "ENS v2 readiness isn’t a buzzword here — we ship the indicators today. #ENS #web3 
ens.tools/blog/ensv2-wha
…"




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