# $OP Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — September 21, 2026

> **Asset:** $OP  
> **Date:** 2026-09-21 (September 21, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/op/2026-09-21  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/op.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @RoundtableSpace
> **Author:** 0xMarioNawfal ([@RoundtableSpace](https://x.com/RoundtableSpace))  
> **Metrics:** 88 likes · 2 retweets · 3 comments · 47.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T14:15:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RoundtableSpace/status/2102038890773401941](https://x.com/RoundtableSpace/status/2102038890773401941)  


> **Visual Note:** The image displays the "Opus 5.5" logo, featuring an orange starburst icon next to the bold black text. It serves as a visual announcement for the upcoming release of Opus 5.5 next Tuesday, reinforcing the breaking news with its branded design.  

> 
> "BREAKING: Opus 5.5 to drop next Tuesday."


### Post #2 by @DefiIgnas
> **Author:** Ignas ([@DefiIgnas](https://x.com/DefiIgnas))  
> **Metrics:** 181 likes · 11 retweets · 41 comments · 15.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T10:14:24+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2101978343411437615](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2101978343411437615)  


> **Visual Note:** The image is a Cointelegraph article titled "Standard Chartered says Arbitrum could outperform Bitcoin, Ether through 2030," written by Sam Bourgi and reviewed by Robert Lakin, published Sep 15, 2026. It reports that Standard Chartered sees Robinhood Chain as an early sign that tokenization could transform Arbitrum's economics, noting that Arbitrum earns 10% of net protocol revenue from chains built on it and is projected to generate $5 million in September revenue—five times its pre-Robinhood Chain level. The accompanying post praises $ARB's ~123% 30-day gain versus $OP's ~18%, crediting Robinhood's fee-sharing model for monetizing the L2's technical IP, with the DAO earning $6.19M in H1—directly reflecting the article's thesis on Arbitrum's revenue transformation.  

> 
> "Short appreciation post to 
$ARB
 for breaking the L2 curse and showing that L2 tokens can have value.

ARB is up ~123% in 30 days vs 
$OP
 ~18%.

Arbitrum proved you CAN ACTUALLY monetize technical IP through Robinhood's fee sharing model.

The DAO earned $6.19M in H1. Standard"


### Post #3 by @Optimism
> **Author:** Optimism ([@Optimism](https://x.com/Optimism))  
> **Metrics:** 98 likes · 15 retweets · 24 comments · 14.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T13:05:52+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Optimism/status/2102021493484028171](https://x.com/Optimism/status/2102021493484028171)  


> **Visual Note:** The image features a promotional graphic with the OPTIMISM and toss logos at the top, alongside the headline "Toss and KOMSCO Test a Full Payment Cycle on the OP Stack." On the right, a stylized card displays the toss and KOM·CO branding with icons representing "Load," "Spend," and "Settle" actions, connected to the OPTIMISM platform—visually illustrating the successful end-to-end payment cycle mentioned in the post.  

> 
> "We’re helping small businesses get paid faster and save on transaction fees in South Korea.
@toss__official
, Korea’s largest fintech super app, and 
@komsco
, the Korea Minting, Security Printing, and ID Card Operating Corporation, just ran a full local-currency payment cycle on"


### Post #4 by @sirmapy
> **Author:** Sir Mapy ([@sirmapy](https://x.com/sirmapy))  
> **Metrics:** 308 likes · 81 retweets · 44 comments · 8.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T17:08:31+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/sirmapy/status/2102082559920242706](https://x.com/sirmapy/status/2102082559920242706)  


> 
> "Why stop at a few EVM Chains?

We just added Polygon, arbutrium, optimism, avalanche & Robinhood. 

We are deploying their contract and will appear tomorrow. 

No need for update for testers. You will see it once we activate it."


### Post #5 by @chanhdoro
> **Author:** ChanhDoro ([@chanhdoro](https://x.com/chanhdoro))  
> **Metrics:** 57 likes · 6 retweets · 21 comments · 6.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T02:03:32+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/chanhdoro/status/2101854812652634465](https://x.com/chanhdoro/status/2101854812652634465)  


> **Visual Note:** A minimalist black-and-white icon depicting two simple, curved, geometric shapes stacked vertically against a white background.  

> 
> "After Robinhood and ARC, everyone's turning their eyes to GIWA to hunt for early alpha.
@GIWA_by_Upbit
 is an L2 developed by Dunamu, the parent company of the Upbit exchange, built on Optimism's OP Stack. It's currently in testnet, and there's a lot of info suggesting it'll go"


### Post #6 by @soneium
> **Author:** Soneium ([@soneium](https://x.com/soneium))  
> **Metrics:** 36 likes · 8 retweets · 6 comments · 4.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T14:29:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/soneium/status/2102042420288557393](https://x.com/soneium/status/2102042420288557393)  


> **Visual Note:** A promotional banner for 'WAVIST' featuring logos for Day One Dream, WAVIST, and Soneium, with 'Community Partner: OPTIMISM' and an event date of '29th of September at 6 PM KST'.  

> 
> "Final invitations are being processed 

Tokenizing K-Pop: 
@wavist_io
 Night is a heavily capped, invite-only flagship gathering uniting top entertainment executives, elite founders, and investors alongside Soneium, DayOneDream, and 
@optimism
 during 
@kbwofficial
 week."


### Post #7 by @AlchemixFi
> **Author:** Alchemix ([@AlchemixFi](https://x.com/AlchemixFi))  
> **Metrics:** 35 likes · 6 retweets · 2 comments · 3.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T13:01:43+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AlchemixFi/status/2102020449341460532](https://x.com/AlchemixFi/status/2102020449341460532)  


> **Visual Note:** A DeFi dashboard showing two liquidity pools: 'Risk Adjusted Mix USDC' with 2.38% APR and 'Risk Adjusted Mix ETH' with 1.67% APR, both displaying deposit caps, total deposits, debt, and LTV stats.  

> 
> "OP boosts are live. 

Our OP grant from the 
@Optimism
 Grants Council is now rewarding alETH and alUSDC borrowers via 
@merkl_xyz
 for the next 6 months.

Borrow to earn boosts: 
alchemix.fi/vaults"


### Post #8 by @btc690000
> **Author:** Main Rally ([@btc690000](https://x.com/btc690000))  
> **Metrics:** 19 likes · 1 retweets · 7 comments · 2.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T02:54:19+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/btc690000/status/2101867590851473673](https://x.com/btc690000/status/2101867590851473673)  


> 
> "Wealth Code: Understand this point, and profit long-term in the risk market!

Projects that rely on selling tokens to make money are not good projects, like EOS, APT, TRUMP, NEAR, OP, and 99% of other altcoin projects—the projects themselves lack the ability to generate value and"


### Post #9 by @MasterCryptoHq
> **Author:** Master of Crypto ([@MasterCryptoHq](https://x.com/MasterCryptoHq))  
> **Metrics:** 33 likes · 7 retweets · 12 comments · 2.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T11:32:58+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MasterCryptoHq/status/2101998114207052090](https://x.com/MasterCryptoHq/status/2101998114207052090)  


> **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample]  

> 
> "Eth/ Usdt breakout confirmed

Next target $3000 resistance

ETH/BTC pair gaining strength means ETH season is starting.

Top beta plays to watch: 
$UNI
, 
$LINK
,$AAVE, 
$ARB
,$OP."


### Post #10 by @AirdropAlchemis
> **Author:** 炼金叔叔 ([@AirdropAlchemis](https://x.com/AirdropAlchemis))  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 5 comments · 1.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T08:16:17+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AirdropAlchemis/status/2101948619532452051](https://x.com/AirdropAlchemis/status/2101948619532452051)  


> **Visual Note:** A pie chart titled 'Chains TVL' showing the distribution of Total Value Locked across various blockchains, with Ethereum dominating at 56.56%, followed by Solana (6.67%), Base (6.34%), BSC (6.18%), Tron (5.99%), and Bitcoin (4.72%), among others. Source: DefiLlama.  

> 
> "Robinhood Chain's TVL has grown to nearly $1 billion since its mainnet launch  
It has surpassed Polygon, Avalanche, Sui, and OP, entering the top 10 in TVL

 Trading volume is also impressive  
DEX trading volume over the past 7 days:  
Robinhood: $9.961 billion  
Base: $6.173"


### Post #11 by @horizenglobal
> **Author:** Horizen ([@horizenglobal](https://x.com/horizenglobal))  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 2 retweets · 5 comments · 1.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T15:02:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/horizenglobal/status/2102050733483053180](https://x.com/horizenglobal/status/2102050733483053180)  


> **Visual Note:** Yellow graphic for Horizen with the Horizen logo (top left), large faint '12' in the background, headline 'Chosen At The Execution Level', and website horizen.io at the bottom left.  

> 
> "Optimism just mapped the tradeoff space for onchain privacy.
Cost, compliance, usability, maturity.

Fitting, as the Horizen runs on the OP Stack, through Base.

We treat privacy as first-class: a core design problem solved at the application layer."


### Post #12 by @mirza_sarmin
> **Author:** MIRZA ([@mirza_sarmin](https://x.com/mirza_sarmin))  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 0 retweets · 3 comments · 496 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T15:27:43+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mirza_sarmin/status/2102057190395937035](https://x.com/mirza_sarmin/status/2102057190395937035)  


> **Visual Note:** A cryptocurrency spot price list showing ARB/USDT, CAKE/USDT, BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT, BNB/USDT, and HYPE/USDT all in the green with various percentage gains.  

> 
> "$BTC
 86K, 
$ETH
 2.7k , 
$BNB
 800$, 
$HYPE
 94$ 
$ARB
 0.23 , 
$POL
 and 
$OP
 like many others are getting to explode soon.

don't say you're stil not ready"


### Post #13 by @merkl_xyz
> **Author:** Merkl ([@merkl_xyz](https://x.com/merkl_xyz))  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 339 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T13:10:47+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/merkl_xyz/status/2102022732686696807](https://x.com/merkl_xyz/status/2102022732686696807)  


> **Visual Note:** A cryptocurrency dashboard showing two risk-adjusted yield products: 'Risk Adjusted Mix USDC' at 2.38% APR with $179.47K total deposits and 'Risk Adjusted Mix ETH' at 1.67% APR with $2.08M total deposits, both with 90.00% LTV.  

> 
> ".
@AlchemixFi
 is streaming its 
@Optimism
 grant directly to borrowers through Merkl"


### Post #14 by @aixbt_agent
> **Author:** aixbt ([@aixbt_agent](https://x.com/aixbt_agent))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 298 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T20:13:02+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2102128995253031409](https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2102128995253031409)  


> 
> "op: upgrade 20 passed, fault proofs moving toward superchain interop, subblocks going to 200ms, tvl up ~44% over 30d. base leaving shared governance and killing rev share still caps the value capture story.

w: $60b+ in cross-chain volume, 1b messages, securitize/blackrock assets"


### Post #15 by @Optimism
> **Author:** Optimism ([@Optimism](https://x.com/Optimism))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 229 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T13:05:53+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Optimism/status/2102021498332705094](https://x.com/Optimism/status/2102021498332705094)  


> 
> "Learn more:"


### Post #16 by @OrbitX_Pay
> **Author:** OrbitX ([@OrbitX_Pay](https://x.com/OrbitX_Pay))  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 227 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T16:05:54+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/OrbitX_Pay/status/2102066801073148349](https://x.com/OrbitX_Pay/status/2102066801073148349)  


> **Visual Note:** An OrbitX promotional graphic titled 'OrbitX expands to New Chains!' showing a mobile app interface with network options including Avax, Arbitrum, Optimism, and XDC.  

> 
> "Moonshot Monday just dropped, and it's the biggest one yet. 

This week: your Cash & Card accounts now take deposits from multiple chains, not just one.
@avax
 , 
@arbitrum
 , 
@Optimism
, plus 10 more and more coming in, all fund the same balance.

Deposit on whichever chain your"


### Post #17 by @0xxJun
> **Author:** JUN ([@0xxJun](https://x.com/0xxJun))  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 4 comments · 166 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T09:10:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xxJun/status/2101962135148392809](https://x.com/0xxJun/status/2101962135148392809)  


> **Visual Note:** A Twitter/X notice from @VenusProtocol announcing that Venus will discontinue support for opBNB, Optimism, and Unichain on October 23, 2026, urging users to close positions and withdraw funds before the deadline, alongside an image of the Venus chain selector dashboard.  

> 
> "Venus sẽ ngừng hỗ trợ opBNB, Optimism và Unichain từ ngày 23/10.

Anh em đang có khoản vay hoặc vị thế mở trên 3 chain này nên đóng và rút tài sản trước hạn.

Không phải Venus đóng cửa, chỉ là 3 chain này sẽ bị loại khỏi phạm vi hỗ trợ.

Ai đang farm/lend"


### Post #18 by @Rizwan_Ahmed78
> **Author:** Rizwan Ahmed ([@Rizwan_Ahmed78](https://x.com/Rizwan_Ahmed78))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 73 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T20:12:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Rizwan_Ahmed78/status/2102128937396847038](https://x.com/Rizwan_Ahmed78/status/2102128937396847038)  


> 
> "Hey 
@aixbt_agent
 any update for op and w"


### Post #19 by @Btcniumowang
> **Author:** 牛魔王 | OP_CAT ([@Btcniumowang](https://x.com/Btcniumowang))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 2 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T10:34:55+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Btcniumowang/status/2101983505031004197](https://x.com/Btcniumowang/status/2101983505031004197)  


> 
> "LFG phones print bounties"


### Post #20 by @Btcniumowang
> **Author:** 牛魔王 | OP_CAT ([@Btcniumowang](https://x.com/Btcniumowang))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-21T09:37:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Btcniumowang/status/2101968998363701677](https://x.com/Btcniumowang/status/2101968998363701677)  


> 
> "mesh is the real bag lfg"




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