# $NEAR Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 20, 2025

> **Asset:** $NEAR  
> **Date:** 2025-08-20 (August 20, 2025)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/near/2025-08-20  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/near.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @charles48011843
> **Author:** Charles ([@charles48011843](https://x.com/charles48011843))  
> **Metrics:** 25 likes · 0 retweets · 19 comments · 22.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T01:25:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/charles48011843/status/1957977132786663513](https://x.com/charles48011843/status/1957977132786663513)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 33  

> 
> "Continue with the public chain analysis to explore opportunities with Aptos 
@aptos
, 
@0xPolygon
, NEAR 
@NEARProtocol
, and Arbitrum 
@arbitrum
!

As a deep DeFi player, when observing public chain ecosystems, I focus more on the alignment of market cap with TVL, the uniqueness of"


### Post #2 by @NEARProtocol
> **Author:** NEAR Protocol ([@NEARProtocol](https://x.com/NEARProtocol))  
> **Metrics:** 321 likes · 87 retweets · 27 comments · 16.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T16:41:11+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NEARProtocol/status/1958207699499536610](https://x.com/NEARProtocol/status/1958207699499536610)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 7  

> 
> "10 NEAR must-knows:

-Sharding: dynamic and unlimited scalability

-Intents: one-click, chain-agnostic transactions

-Chain Signatures: single account, multi-chain operations

-Shade Agents: on-chain, verifiable AI agents

-Stateless Validation: lightweight state transition"


### Post #3 by @CryptoTony__
> **Author:** Crypto Tony ([@CryptoTony__](https://x.com/CryptoTony__))  
> **Metrics:** 22 likes · 4 retweets · 29 comments · 3.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T18:34:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CryptoTony__/status/1958236089375928570](https://x.com/CryptoTony__/status/1958236089375928570)  


> 
> "$NEAR / $USD - Update 

Only an entry over $3.50 supply zone and not before."


### Post #4 by @AltcoinGordon
> **Author:** Gordon ([@AltcoinGordon](https://x.com/AltcoinGordon))  
> **Metrics:** 54 likes · 2 retweets · 35 comments · 2.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T05:59:14+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AltcoinGordon/status/1958046145936011313](https://x.com/AltcoinGordon/status/1958046145936011313)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 20  

> 
> "$NEAR in a perfect accumulation zone.

These are the conditions to build your positions.

Do you understand?"


### Post #5 by @AlexSkidanov
> **Author:** Alex Skidanov (alex.near) ([@AlexSkidanov](https://x.com/AlexSkidanov))  
> **Metrics:** 53 likes · 8 retweets · 2 comments · 2.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T18:31:13+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AlexSkidanov/status/1958235388591653244](https://x.com/AlexSkidanov/status/1958235388591653244)  


> **Visual Note:** Sample image description 34  

> 
> "NEAR scales horizontally."


### Post #6 by @BlackstarsMKTCR
> **Author:** BlackStars | Crypto News ([@BlackstarsMKTCR](https://x.com/BlackstarsMKTCR))  
> **Metrics:** 87 likes · 13 retweets · 3 comments · 1.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T19:14:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BlackstarsMKTCR/status/1958246277864444088](https://x.com/BlackstarsMKTCR/status/1958246277864444088)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 72  

> 
> "JUST IN : 
@NEARProtocol
 volume exceeds $188M 

$NEAR"


### Post #7 by @BowenWang18
> **Author:** Bowen Wang ([@BowenWang18](https://x.com/BowenWang18))  
> **Metrics:** 53 likes · 13 retweets · 6 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T17:59:13+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BowenWang18/status/1958227335733473507](https://x.com/BowenWang18/status/1958227335733473507)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 17  

> 
> "NEAR mainnet just finished upgrading from 8 to 9 shards today, improving throughput by 12.5%.

It was a seamless live upgrade and the network remained stable throughout the upgrade process. The previous upgrade from 6 to 8 shards was the real technical challenge, where we"


### Post #8 by @NEARQuant
> **Author:** NEAR Quant ([@NEARQuant](https://x.com/NEARQuant))  
> **Metrics:** 17 likes · 3 retweets · 2 comments · 836 views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T18:51:11+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NEARQuant/status/1958240414236024845](https://x.com/NEARQuant/status/1958240414236024845)  


> 
> "NEAR mainnet now running on 9 shards 

Another smooth protocol upgrade by 
@BowenWang18
 and the NEAR One team"


### Post #9 by @esatoshiclub
> **Author:** Satoshi Club ([@esatoshiclub](https://x.com/esatoshiclub))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 2 comments · 208 views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T08:06:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/esatoshiclub/status/1958078074370629979](https://x.com/esatoshiclub/status/1958078074370629979)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 4  

> 
> "SEC Chair Paul Atkins says there are “very few” tokens he views as securities, adding that a token alone is “probably not” a security.

This is a major shift from the previous administration, which had labeled $BNB, $SOL, $TRX, $ADA, $NEAR, $ICP, $ALGO, and $ATOM as securities."


### Post #10 by @vinibarbosabr
> **Author:** Vini Barbosa ([@vinibarbosabr](https://x.com/vinibarbosabr))  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 2 retweets · 3 comments · 184 views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T10:23:53+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/vinibarbosabr/status/1958112748795003244](https://x.com/vinibarbosabr/status/1958112748795003244)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 28  

> 
> "I see many ppl claiming Near now has 10 shards,
but this looks inaccurate.
@NEARProtocol
 has 9 shards on mainnet.

Nearcore v2.7.0 added one more shard to 8. Now 9.
We can check it in the merged pr #13324 below 

We can count 9 shards.

shard_ids → 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,"


### Post #11 by @NEARWEEK
> **Author:** NEARWEEK ([@NEARWEEK](https://x.com/NEARWEEK))  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 170 views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T15:21:28+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NEARWEEK/status/1958187635005878631](https://x.com/NEARWEEK/status/1958187635005878631)  


> **Visual Note:** Sample image description 28  

> 
> "We're now at 322 validators on 
@NEARProtocol
. Higher"


### Post #12 by @Satoshi_Talks
> **Author:** Satoshi Talks ([@Satoshi_Talks](https://x.com/Satoshi_Talks))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 87 views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T13:22:49+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Satoshi_Talks/status/1958157778339422569](https://x.com/Satoshi_Talks/status/1958157778339422569)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 51  

> 
> "SEC Chair Paul Atkins signals a major shift:

“Very few” tokens are securities. A token alone is “probably not.”

This is a major shift from the previous administration, which had labeled $BNB, $SOL, $TRX, $ADA, $NEAR, $ICP, $ALGO, and $ATOM as securities.

Implications:"


### Post #13 by @MarketProphit
> **Author:** Market Prophit ([@MarketProphit](https://x.com/MarketProphit))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 18 views  

> **Posted:** 2025-08-20T12:35:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MarketProphit/status/1958145749717602739](https://x.com/MarketProphit/status/1958145749717602739)  


> **Video Content:** Sample video description 50  

> 
> "Top 3 Bullish Sentiment Cryptos: CROWD

  $M $BNB $NEAR

Top 3 Bullish Cryptos: MP

  $SPX $SPY
    
Check out sentiment and other crypto stats at http://marketprophit.com"




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