# $METIS Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 23, 2026 > **Asset:** $METIS > **Date:** 2026-08-23 (August 23, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/metis/2026-08-23 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/metis.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @MetisL2 > **Author:** Metis ([@MetisL2](https://x.com/MetisL2)) > **Metrics:** 29 likes · 3 retweets · 3 comments · 5.6K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-23T13:56:07+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MetisL2/status/2091524890075808157](https://x.com/MetisL2/status/2091524890075808157) > **Video Content:** A panel discussion at HSC Ho Chi Minh featuring executives from Kanga Global, Ledger Enterprise, Bybit, Metis, and Monad Foundation discusses "The Adoption Gap: Why Mature Web3 What's Next Isn't Working," with the caption "AI hacks are making DeFi trust worse" overlaid. The five panelists—including Metis CEO Tom Ngo and Hasu Nguyen of Bybit—sit in white chairs on stage, visually supporting the post's theme about building trustworthy systems as DeFi scales. > > "As @tomngodefi , CEO of Metis, shared at HSC Ho Chi Minh: code can be a Pandora’s box. The key is building systems we can truly trust as DeFi scales globally." ### Post #2 by @truonggiangle99 > **Author:** Giang ([@truonggiangle99](https://x.com/truonggiangle99)) > **Metrics:** 14 likes · 4 retweets · 5 comments · 418 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-23T09:48:49+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/truonggiangle99/status/2091462654946861172](https://x.com/truonggiangle99/status/2091462654946861172) > **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample] > > "@base , Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon are the L2s with the highest liquidity and activity; the rest are like zombies waiting hopelessly for an antidote • Linea (LINEA) • Scroll (SCR) • Manta Pacific (MANTA) • Metis (METIS) • Taiko (TAIKO) • Zircuit (ZRC) • Sophon" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*