# $GMX Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 18, 2026

> **Asset:** $GMX  
> **Date:** 2026-08-18 (August 18, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/gmx/2026-08-18  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/gmx.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @llamaonthebrink
> **Author:** MilliΞ ([@llamaonthebrink](https://x.com/llamaonthebrink))  
> **Metrics:** 29 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 1.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T20:52:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/llamaonthebrink/status/2089817638788604026](https://x.com/llamaonthebrink/status/2089817638788604026)  


> **Visual Note:** The image shows a leaderboard ranking top crypto projects by cumulative earnings, with Tether leading at $19.084b across 1 chain, followed by Circle ($7.209b, 22 chains), Axie Infinity ($1.413b, 2 chains), Pump ($1.246b, 4 chains), and Hyperliquid ($1.195b, 2 chains), then OpenSea ($919.15m, 16 chains), Paxos ($861.35m, 2 chains), Sky ($744.52m, 1 chain), Phantom ($579.28m, 6 chains), and LooksRare ($558.02m, 1 chain). The chart supports the post's argument that the 2021 cycle was fundamentally driven, as projects like OpenSea and Axie Infinity generated substantial fees through genuine user activity and revenue, rather than purely speculative token price movements.  

> 
> "It’s funny because 2021 was in many ways a more fundamentals driven cycle.

Ethereum, Uniswap, Curve, Aave, Compound, Maker, dYdX, Axie, Opensea, Arbitrum, Polygon, Lido, GMX, SNX, and on and on, all generated substantial fees and more importantly they were growing."


### Post #2 by @neko_smg
> **Author:** sasami ([@neko_smg](https://x.com/neko_smg))  
> **Metrics:** 20 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 1.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T14:41:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/neko_smg/status/2089724421460369877](https://x.com/neko_smg/status/2089724421460369877)  


> 
> "Why does PerpDEX crave X so much? Is it cursed by X or something?

【TGE済のX】
dYdX
GMX

LogX
edgeX
KiloEx
Paradex
MYX

【X軍団】
RISEx
AFX

StandX
SoDEX
QFEX
Phoenix
JTX

【途中にX】
Extended
TxFlow

【優秀な4つはXがない】
Hyperliquid
Lighter
Variational
Aster

There might be"


### Post #3 by @_dedanny_
> **Author:** Decentralized Danny ([@_dedanny_](https://x.com/_dedanny_))  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 170 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T17:21:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_dedanny_/status/2089764514128626001](https://x.com/_dedanny_/status/2089764514128626001)  


> 
> "Adding a few more to the list of real, revenue-producing onchain businesses:

Pendle 
$pendle
Venice AI 
$vvv
 
PancakeSwap 
$cake
Maple Finance 
$syrup
Jupiter 
$jup
Lido 
$ldo
Raydium 
$ray
 
GMX $gmx 
Ethena 
$ena
MetaDAO 
$meta
 

these are actual businesses making money onchain, with"


### Post #4 by @FrankLambeek
> **Author:** ItsFrank ([@FrankLambeek](https://x.com/FrankLambeek))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 164 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T13:45:32+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/FrankLambeek/status/2089710288094285991](https://x.com/FrankLambeek/status/2089710288094285991)  


> 
> "Crypto is entering an interesting phase.

The easy narratives are already crowded.

Now I'm watching where the actual capital is moving.

 AI → 
$TAO
 $RENDER
 $FET
 RWA → 
$ONDO
 $LINK
 DePIN → 
$HNT
 $AKT Trading → 
$HYPE
 $GMX L1s → 
$SOL
 $SUI
 $NEAR
The interesting"




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