# $HFT Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — January 22, 2026 > **Asset:** $HFT > **Date:** 2026-01-22 (January 22, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/hft/2026-01-22 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/hft.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @mr_plumpkin > **Author:** Mr Plumpkin ([@mr_plumpkin](https://x.com/mr_plumpkin)) > **Metrics:** 57 likes · 3 retweets · 18 comments · 3.5K views > **Posted:** 2026-01-22T14:36:21+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mr_plumpkin/status/2014346400302026889](https://x.com/mr_plumpkin/status/2014346400302026889) > > "Every market needs an ultra low latency battleground for HFT firms, to price in information as quickly as possible. This is true price discovery. Who's going to do that for RWA perps? It's not Variational, or any DEX really. Curious to see who will occupy that market segment." ### Post #2 by @0xSmit > **Author:** Smit ([@0xSmit](https://x.com/0xSmit)) > **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 342 views > **Posted:** 2026-01-22T13:10:01+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xSmit/status/2014324674935849089](https://x.com/0xSmit/status/2014324674935849089) > > "people think market makers and HFT firms are spiritually bankrupt, for me they are peak software engineers, if there were no MMs and HFT the liquidity and spreads would be too bad, they make markets efficient." --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*