# $MONERO Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — January 17, 2026

> **Asset:** $MONERO  
> **Date:** 2026-01-17 (January 17, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/monero/2026-01-17  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/monero.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @ThorTorrens
> **Author:** Thor Torrens ([@ThorTorrens](https://x.com/ThorTorrens))  
> **Metrics:** 131 likes · 12 retweets · 34 comments · 18.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-17T00:43:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ThorTorrens/status/2012324781543076172](https://x.com/ThorTorrens/status/2012324781543076172)  


> 
> "Many Hackers have been caught and arrested using monero. 

All this shows is that very few people even understand what privacy on chain even means. 

Including you."


### Post #2 by @ThorTorrens
> **Author:** Thor Torrens ([@ThorTorrens](https://x.com/ThorTorrens))  
> **Metrics:** 10 likes · 0 retweets · 5 comments · 1.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-17T00:42:28+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ThorTorrens/status/2012324607395569755](https://x.com/ThorTorrens/status/2012324607395569755)  


> 
> "Many Hackers have been caught and arrested using monero. 

All this shows is that very few people even understand what privacy on chain even means. 

Including you."


### Post #3 by @_Qubic_
> **Author:** Qubic ([@_Qubic_](https://x.com/_Qubic_))  
> **Metrics:** 56 likes · 18 retweets · 7 comments · 782 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-17T19:49:53+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_Qubic_/status/2012613365923819809](https://x.com/_Qubic_/status/2012613365923819809)  


> 
> "Epoch 195 Mining Profitability Report

Qubic CPU mining continues to lead in daily returns compared to traditional PoW options.

Daily earnings
→ Qubic: $0.97/day
→ Monero + Tari: $0.75/day
→ Monero: $0.73/day

Epoch 195 highlights
→ Top Up: 85%
→ To CCF: $12.05M
→"


### Post #4 by @DontTraceMeBruh
> **Author:** ᴜɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴀʙʟᴇ ([@DontTraceMeBruh](https://x.com/DontTraceMeBruh))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 10 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-17T10:33:04+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DontTraceMeBruh/status/2012473239377744281](https://x.com/DontTraceMeBruh/status/2012473239377744281)  


> 
> "A criminal with bad opsec is caught after analyzing over 900 transactions and 100s of hours of investigation: "MoNerO noT prievAt!"

A random twitter users deanonimizes a shielded zcash transaction using nothing more than a block explorer at home: "ZCASH IS ENKRYPTED BITCOINS!""




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