# $FTX Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — February 16, 2026

> **Asset:** $FTX  
> **Date:** 2026-02-16 (February 16, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ftx/2026-02-16  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ftx.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @FabianoSolana
> **Author:** fabiano.sol ([@FabianoSolana](https://x.com/FabianoSolana))  
> **Metrics:** 486 likes · 40 retweets · 87 comments · 92.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T15:00:22+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/FabianoSolana/status/2023412141899108358](https://x.com/FabianoSolana/status/2023412141899108358)  


> 
> "Armani has one of the wildest stories in crypto:

 Worked for FTX
 Started building Backpack
 Raised $20M
 FTX collapsed (got hardcore rugged)
 Kept building
 Mad Lads became the face of Solana
 Backpack got millions in volume
 Acquired FTX EU for $32M
 Refunds"


### Post #2 by @KAIZ3NS
> **Author:** Kaizen ([@KAIZ3NS](https://x.com/KAIZ3NS))  
> **Metrics:** 184 likes · 9 retweets · 49 comments · 47.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T18:59:53+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/KAIZ3NS/status/2023472418468384822](https://x.com/KAIZ3NS/status/2023472418468384822)  


> 
> "Hearing a few whispers that people think we’re close to the bottom without another FTX event happening.

People forget that in the summer of 2022, BTC was trading at $20k even before the FTX collapse.

What caused us to trade at $20k in the summer of 2022? A few things: firstly"


### Post #3 by @barneyxbt
> **Author:** barney ([@barneyxbt](https://x.com/barneyxbt))  
> **Metrics:** 240 likes · 10 retweets · 32 comments · 27.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T17:01:07+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/barneyxbt/status/2023442530067697678](https://x.com/barneyxbt/status/2023442530067697678)  


> 
> "I really miss trading on FTX, man.

The clean mobile UI, the liquidation engine, the ability to use unrealized PnL as collateral…

It was simply perfect.

It hasn’t been this easy to hit win rates like this on any other exchange since."


### Post #4 by @glassnode
> **Author:** glassnode ([@glassnode](https://x.com/glassnode))  
> **Metrics:** 80 likes · 6 retweets · 9 comments · 15.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T19:04:27+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/glassnode/status/2023473569154445805](https://x.com/glassnode/status/2023473569154445805)  


> 
> "During the first sharp leg down in NOV 2025, the market absorbed heavy sell pressure aggressively, similar to the post-LUNA & FTX crash responses.
The recent drop to $60k did see some accumulation, but it was notably weaker than the NOV 2025 bounce or the reflexive demand seen"


### Post #5 by @mrpunkdoteth
> **Author:** Mrpunk.eth ([@mrpunkdoteth](https://x.com/mrpunkdoteth))  
> **Metrics:** 60 likes · 6 retweets · 34 comments · 5.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T00:18:02+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mrpunkdoteth/status/2023190094883262854](https://x.com/mrpunkdoteth/status/2023190094883262854)  


> 
> "WE STOPPED TALKING ABOUT 
@SBF_FTX
 ON THE TIMELINE & MARKET STARTS NUKING."


### Post #6 by @degentalks
> **Author:** Liv ⭒ ([@degentalks](https://x.com/degentalks))  
> **Metrics:** 114 likes · 3 retweets · 44 comments · 2.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T16:08:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/degentalks/status/2023429347533783387](https://x.com/degentalks/status/2023429347533783387)  


> 
> "If you survived Luna, FTX, $8 Solana and 10/10…

you can survive anything."


### Post #7 by @notanicecat69
> **Author:** Wood ([@notanicecat69](https://x.com/notanicecat69))  
> **Metrics:** 12 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 2.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T20:48:15+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/notanicecat69/status/2023499688146878544](https://x.com/notanicecat69/status/2023499688146878544)  


> 
> "ct will see infinite bottom signals only to pull a pam bondi and say nah you know what we should be looking for the next ftx blow up not focus on the million other things that scream bottom"


### Post #8 by @ChewieWins
> **Author:** Chewie ([@ChewieWins](https://x.com/ChewieWins))  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 753 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T06:05:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ChewieWins/status/2023277596159492128](https://x.com/ChewieWins/status/2023277596159492128)  


> 
> "There are few founders as amazing as 
@armaniferrante
 He didn't let FTX failure stop him

First set up best NFT to date, 
@MadLads
 from 6.9 SOL mint (when 
@solana
 was under $20). Then the multiple airdrops worth multiple times over since. Not counting potentially huge from"


### Post #9 by @JayPark46248410
> **Author:** jaypark ([@JayPark46248410](https://x.com/JayPark46248410))  
> **Metrics:** 11 likes · 0 retweets · 5 comments · 249 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T16:11:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/JayPark46248410/status/2023430028311371867](https://x.com/JayPark46248410/status/2023430028311371867)  


> 
> "Living legend is cooking.
@armaniferrante
 's story is basically crypto on hardcore mode: FTX collapse, then the FTX EU acquisition and customer refunds.
So what happens when someone who lived through that decides to build an exchange for real?
He’s said the FTX fallout taught him"


### Post #10 by @Mr_Lightspeed
> **Author:** MrLightspeed.base.eth ([@Mr_Lightspeed](https://x.com/Mr_Lightspeed))  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 221 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T03:22:39+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Mr_Lightspeed/status/2023236557562355736](https://x.com/Mr_Lightspeed/status/2023236557562355736)  


> 
> "I got totally destroyed in the last bear market after FTX, Luna, and so on. I was one of those who got debanked. Currently embroiled as a creditor in the Safemoon bankruptcy and it is no fun! (p.s. - I won't get a penny back I bet).

I've been in this space long enough to watch"


### Post #11 by @JayPark46248410
> **Author:** jaypark ([@JayPark46248410](https://x.com/JayPark46248410))  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 198 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T06:27:07+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/JayPark46248410/status/2023282977787277753](https://x.com/JayPark46248410/status/2023282977787277753)  


> 
> "Not even the collapse of FTX could stop 
@armaniferrante
. If anything, it made him stronger.

IMO, outside of 
@VitalikButerin
, 
@chameleon_jeff
, and 
@toly
, few in crypto embody the real builder mindset like Armani. He is my favorite.

Outside of 
@MadLads
, the PFP NFT scene feels"


### Post #12 by @ClauseTown
> **Author:** Zezima ([@ClauseTown](https://x.com/ClauseTown))  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 123 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T11:06:23+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ClauseTown/status/2023353256328523905](https://x.com/ClauseTown/status/2023353256328523905)  


> 
> "FTX 2.0!"


### Post #13 by @pablo_shiller
> **Author:** pablobaggio ([@pablo_shiller](https://x.com/pablo_shiller))  
> **Metrics:** 15 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 113 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T11:03:36+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/pablo_shiller/status/2023352557188563129](https://x.com/pablo_shiller/status/2023352557188563129)  


> 
> "Day 5 and still believing 𝗙𝗧𝗫 𝟮.𝟬 
@SBF_FTX"


### Post #14 by @andreaslbigger
> **Author:** Andreas Bigger ([@andreaslbigger](https://x.com/andreaslbigger))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 104 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T04:56:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/andreaslbigger/status/2023260217044090965](https://x.com/andreaslbigger/status/2023260217044090965)  


> 
> "In another timeline, FTX didn’t collapse and crypto is way past all time highs while the s&p is barely keeping up."


### Post #15 by @degensing
> **Author:** Degen Sing ([@degensing](https://x.com/degensing))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 34 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T17:45:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/degensing/status/2023453608042520709](https://x.com/degensing/status/2023453608042520709)  


> 
> "@FabianoSolana
 got rugged by FTX while working there, kept building, then bought FTX EU and refunded customers.. the full circle on that story is genuinely insane.."


### Post #16 by @NKLinhzk
> **Author:** nklinh.eth ([@NKLinhzk](https://x.com/NKLinhzk))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 3 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-02-16T03:17:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2023235210293456911](https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2023235210293456911)  


> 
> "2022 was ftx, not capitulation imo"




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