# $MET Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 17, 2026 > **Asset:** $MET > **Date:** 2026-08-17 (August 17, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/met/2026-08-17 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/met.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @SoSoValueCrypto > **Author:** SoSoValue ([@SoSoValueCrypto](https://x.com/SoSoValueCrypto)) > **Metrics:** 273 likes · 51 retweets · 14 comments · 33.3K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T05:06:42+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SoSoValueCrypto/status/2089217333323825293](https://x.com/SoSoValueCrypto/status/2089217333323825293) > **Visual Note:** A schedule from SoSoValue listing upcoming token unlocks for Aug 17-23, featuring $ZK ($1.30M, 2.59%), $IOTA ($394.05K, 0.31%), $UDS ($570.11K, 1.08%), $ZRO ($19.39M, 4.40%), $KAITO ($11.48M, 7.63%), and $MET ($1.18M, 1.34%). The table closely matches the post's list of projects unlocking tokens this week, with the largest unlock by value being $ZRO and by percentage being $KAITO. > > "Upcoming Token Unlocks (Aug 17 - Aug 23） Several crypto projects will unlock tokens this week, including $ZK , $IOTA , $UDS, $ZEO , $KAITO, $MET Investors, keep an eye on these token unlocks events!" ### Post #2 by @stacy_muur > **Author:** Stacy Muur ([@stacy_muur](https://x.com/stacy_muur)) > **Metrics:** 106 likes · 14 retweets · 28 comments · 8.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T19:19:01+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/stacy_muur/status/2089431825605345424](https://x.com/stacy_muur/status/2089431825605345424) > **Visual Note:** A stacked bar chart from Tokenomist displays weekly token unlock amounts across multiple projects from June 22 to October 12, with a red dashed line highlighting "This Week." The chart visualizes the upcoming token unlocks referenced in the post, showing notable spikes for LayerZero ($ZRO), KAITO ($KAITO), SOON ($SOON), ZKsync ($ZK), and Meteora ($MET) among other projects like Convex, Lighter, Ethena, and Sui. > > "This week's largest unlocks ↓ • LayerZero ($ZRO): $19M to be unlocked (7.3% of supply) • KAITO ($KAITO): $11M to be unlocked (13.5% of supply) • SOON ($SOON): $3.9M to be unlocked (6.0% of supply) • ZKsync ($ZK): $1.3M to be unlocked (1.7% of supply) • Meteora ($MET):" ### Post #3 by @SolanaFloor > **Author:** SolanaFloor ([@SolanaFloor](https://x.com/SolanaFloor)) > **Metrics:** 13 likes · 1 retweets · 4 comments · 4.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T17:00:19+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SolanaFloor/status/2089396917902164459](https://x.com/SolanaFloor/status/2089396917902164459) > **Video Content:** A man with a mustache speaks to the camera in an indoor setting with curtains, with a 'tradingFloor' logo in the corner and a purple text box reading 'TAKE OR PASS?' at the bottom. > > "What's the trade? On tradingFloor the guests pitch a trade each, then we either take the trade or pass, and track the results. This week @0xCryptoSam pitched $HYPE , @yashhsm pitched $PUMP , and @solquicks pitched $MET . Which trade will perform best?" ### Post #4 by @DineroDom0 > **Author:** DineroDom ([@DineroDom0](https://x.com/DineroDom0)) > **Metrics:** 32 likes · 2 retweets · 5 comments · 4.0K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T02:15:30+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DineroDom0/status/2089174246970806439](https://x.com/DineroDom0/status/2089174246970806439) > **Visual Note:** The image is a daily candlestick chart for the ticker MET/USDC on Binance, currently priced at 0.1626 (down 0.81% on the day), showing a prolonged downtrend from highs near 0.27 down to a low around 0.08, followed by a basing/consolidation pattern with tight compression between 0.14–0.17 from late June through August. This visual supports the post's thesis of "rock bottom" accumulation, illustrating the price compression and drying-up of selling volume that the author cites as a bullish setup for $MET. > > "Not often do you see a chart at absolute rock bottom with fundamentals like $MET The compression looks great here, sellers are gone, supply is actively staked, (20% apr non dilutive) and Solana volume is starting to tick up again." ### Post #5 by @met_lparmy > **Author:** LP Army ([@met_lparmy](https://x.com/met_lparmy)) > **Metrics:** 36 likes · 22 retweets · 16 comments · 2.3K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T13:40:44+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/met_lparmy/status/2089346695188316231](https://x.com/met_lparmy/status/2089346695188316231) > **Video Content:** The video features a single animated scene of a chubby cartoon penguin floating on its back in a blue-tiled pool, appearing relaxed and content. Throughout the keyframes, the penguin remains in a consistent pose with its flippers and feet visible, while small motion lines around its body and feet suggest gentle movement in the water. The watermark "PENGU" is visible in the top right corner of each frame, with no other text, numbers, or tickers appearing on screen. > > "The Meteora Marathon 24 hours. 24 speakers. One hour each. Advanced LP strategies + the third-party tools serious LPs should know. Hosted by @Heavymetalcook6 , @MichaelZogot and many more. Aug 29–30 LP Army Private rank ONLY Graduate the Academy. Earn your rank. Get" ### Post #6 by @whalewatchalert > **Author:** Whale Watch by Moby ([@whalewatchalert](https://x.com/whalewatchalert)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 2.3K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T22:22:49+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/whalewatchalert/status/2089478079328538824](https://x.com/whalewatchalert/status/2089478079328538824) > > "New Pair: A MET whale just bought $1.31K of $EYE at $5.94M MC" ### Post #7 by @met_lparmy > **Author:** LP Army ([@met_lparmy](https://x.com/met_lparmy)) > **Metrics:** 47 likes · 14 retweets · 16 comments · 1.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T22:27:07+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/met_lparmy/status/2089479163400839389](https://x.com/met_lparmy/status/2089479163400839389) > **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample] > > "Meteora is building a new DLMM, and we need your help naming one of the most popular strategies. The strategy combines Spot + Bid-Ask, and the goal is to turn it into a simple one-click option instead of requiring multiple transactions. What should we call it?" ### Post #8 by @met_lparmy > **Author:** LP Army ([@met_lparmy](https://x.com/met_lparmy)) > **Metrics:** 18 likes · 3 retweets · 2 comments · 1.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T22:34:14+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/met_lparmy/status/2089480953328500905](https://x.com/met_lparmy/status/2089480953328500905) > **Visual Note:** "The Printboard by LP Army ranks the top 5 fee-earning liquidity pools on meteora.ag, led by EYE-SOL ($261.07K fees, 7.85M volume), followed by MANLET-SOL ($138.09K), Z500-SOL ($102.39K), LAYOOO-SOL ($48.28K), and ANSEM-SOL ($39.88K) with the highest volume at 13.04M." > > "Top 5 fee-printing pools LPs are entering on @MeteoraAG in the last 24 hours" ### Post #9 by @0xMrBeefman > **Author:** Mr. Beefman ([@0xMrBeefman](https://x.com/0xMrBeefman)) > **Metrics:** 13 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 949 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T06:46:25+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xMrBeefman/status/2089242427940892865](https://x.com/0xMrBeefman/status/2089242427940892865) > **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample] > > "+$9000 earned by our DAO recently and that's only part of the profits Liquidity providing is the best thing that's happened to me in crypto Welcome to the family meteora.ag/ref/MRB the friendliest community out there" ### Post #10 by @lostsol > **Author:** Lost ([@lostsol](https://x.com/lostsol)) > **Metrics:** 44 likes · 0 retweets · 22 comments · 909 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T11:19:18+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/lostsol/status/2089311100034568349](https://x.com/lostsol/status/2089311100034568349) > **Visual Note:** A collage of Twitter/X posts showing user @sirxbt's journey of opening their first liquidity provider (LP) position on Meteora, including transactions in SOL/USDC and USELESS-SOL pairs, with profits, fees earned ($0.468316), and closing positions. > > "Meteora is rewarding contributors retroactively for Season 2 If you created explainers, strategy breakdowns or anything that helped grow the LP Army between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, you can submit your 10 best posts until 24 August Shout-out to Meteora for recognizing" ### Post #11 by @MeteoraEco > **Author:** Meteora Ecosystem ([@MeteoraEco](https://x.com/MeteoraEco)) > **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 661 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T22:29:59+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MeteoraEco/status/2089479883554693510](https://x.com/MeteoraEco/status/2089479883554693510) > **Visual Note:** A 'Week In Review' graphic from 'Meteora' for 'Week of 10/8 - 16/8', displaying sections for 'Referral Staking', 'Public Submissions', and 'Zap Out Upgrade' with various illustrations and charts. > > "meteora just keeps shipping lp army just keeps cooking are you a leader? go win with meteora" ### Post #12 by @eevvaa01 > **Author:** Eᴠᴀ ([@eevvaa01](https://x.com/eevvaa01)) > **Metrics:** 30 likes · 1 retweets · 28 comments · 530 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T13:12:57+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/eevvaa01/status/2089339699991367741](https://x.com/eevvaa01/status/2089339699991367741) > **Visual Note:** A blue infographic lists 'MAJOR TOKEN UNLOCKS' from August 17-24, 2026, topped by LayerZero (ZRO) at $19.87M (7.3%) and followed by KAITO, SoSoValue, SOON, and others. > > "$566M+ in token unlocks this week $ZRO at $19.87M $KAITO at $11.18M $SOSO at $7.60M $SOON at $4.05M $MBG at $2.85M that’s $46.94M in cliff unlocks alone $SOLV $MET $LMTS $NEWT and $UDS are also unlocking linearly a lot of fresh supply is coming into focus this week now let’s" ### Post #13 by @SwannyDeFi > **Author:** Prince Swanny ([@SwannyDeFi](https://x.com/SwannyDeFi)) > **Metrics:** 16 likes · 0 retweets · 5 comments · 439 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T10:00:34+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SwannyDeFi/status/2089291284963786948](https://x.com/SwannyDeFi/status/2089291284963786948) > **Visual Note:** A dark-themed staking dashboard for Dynamic Referral Staking with Meteora (MET), showing "Stake MET and Refer Users to Earn Rewards!" and displaying 303,737.69 estimated rewards for Cycle 1, 73.99M total MET staked, a 20.14% estimated APR, and 4 days, 0 hours, and 15 seconds remaining in the cycle. > > "4 days until @MeteoraAG Cycle 1 ends. Things are getting interesting $MET at ~$0.16 is already producing ~1.17%/month from base staking alone With base staking APR currently around 14%, let's put that into real numbers: 14%" ### Post #14 by @TneVova > **Author:** Vova ( ([@TneVova](https://x.com/TneVova)) > **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 183 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T18:38:36+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TneVova/status/2089421655474864288](https://x.com/TneVova/status/2089421655474864288) > **Visual Note:** An orange circular device labeled 'Meteora' rests on a blue towel that reads '#JustUseJupiter'. > > "Just use Jupiter @JupiterExchange Just use Meteora @MeteoraAG" ### Post #15 by @apewiseai > **Author:** Ape Wise ([@apewiseai](https://x.com/apewiseai)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 135 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T02:12:29+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/apewiseai/status/2089173487730749894](https://x.com/apewiseai/status/2089173487730749894) > > "A smart-money whale just bought $1.71K of $MET at $88.39M MC" ### Post #16 by @bluntbrain > **Author:** Ishan ([@bluntbrain](https://x.com/bluntbrain)) > **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 90 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T13:40:08+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/bluntbrain/status/2089346540699607274](https://x.com/bluntbrain/status/2089346540699607274) > **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample] > > "$176M traded through Meteora in 24 hours. Most pools spread your money across every price, so most of it earns nothing. @MeteoraAG splits the range into bins. Each bin trades at one fixed price. Zero slippage inside, and only the live bin earns fees. @met_lparmy" ### Post #17 by @blckchaindaily > **Author:** Blockchain Daily News ([@blckchaindaily](https://x.com/blckchaindaily)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T12:51:37+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/blckchaindaily/status/2089334333639151871](https://x.com/blckchaindaily/status/2089334333639151871) > > "TOP TOKEN UNLOCKS THIS WEEK: $ZRO $27.0M (8.96% CIRC SUPPLY), $KAITO $15.2M (13.71%), $PENGU $3.5M, $PLUME $2.5M, $ZK $1.2M, $MET $1.2M, $IOTA $0.4M" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*