# $RAY Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 17, 2026 > **Asset:** $RAY > **Date:** 2026-08-17 (August 17, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ray/2026-08-17 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ray.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @Raydium > **Author:** Raydium ([@Raydium](https://x.com/Raydium)) > **Metrics:** 299 likes · 34 retweets · 79 comments · 24.3K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T12:04:55+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Raydium/status/2089322578699514257](https://x.com/Raydium/status/2089322578699514257) > **Visual Note:** The image shows a neon-styled logo featuring the letters "Pi" enclosed within a hexagonal outline, glowing in vibrant pink and cyan colors against a dark background. The accompanying post from "x.com/phantom/status" likely references Phantom, a crypto wallet, with the neon logo suggesting a futuristic, blockchain-themed branding element. > > "x.com/phantom/status…" ### Post #2 by @Raydium > **Author:** Raydium ([@Raydium](https://x.com/Raydium)) > **Metrics:** 263 likes · 35 retweets · 43 comments · 18.5K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T20:14:19+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Raydium/status/2089445742091919780](https://x.com/Raydium/status/2089445742091919780) > **Visual Note:** The image is a dark-themed promotional graphic featuring abstract blue shapes, the Stonk logo, and bold text announcing "Stonk surpassed $700,000 in revenue," celebrating the platform's business-building success on Raydium. > > "Build a revenue generating business on Raydium." ### Post #3 by @loshmi > **Author:** Loshmi ([@loshmi](https://x.com/loshmi)) > **Metrics:** 115 likes · 7 retweets · 55 comments · 9.9K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T12:34:17+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/loshmi/status/2089329970703126614](https://x.com/loshmi/status/2089329970703126614) > > "- launched on Stonk - Stonk is their favourite launchpad (maybe even theirs??) - cat is paired with $RAY and earns you RAY passively - is barely sitting at 100k mcap - have been shilled by Raydium at least 5 times already hmmm" ### Post #4 by @LaunchOnSF > **Author:** Stonk ([@LaunchOnSF](https://x.com/LaunchOnSF)) > **Metrics:** 216 likes · 47 retweets · 30 comments · 8.6K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T17:48:34+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/LaunchOnSF/status/2089409062249124146](https://x.com/LaunchOnSF/status/2089409062249124146) > **Visual Note:** The image shows a dark promotional graphic with the Stonk and PreStocks logos at the top, announcing that "PreStocks added $25,000 of liquidity to Butthole," with Butthole highlighted in orange text and blue abstract shapes decorating the right side. > > "PreStocks has now added $25,000 of liquidity to Butthole We have partnered with @PreStocks to support Pre-IPO pairings on StonkFun! Liquidity was added through @Raydium on the Anthropic/Butthole pair Launch coins / Paired with anything" ### Post #5 by @Oldman__Crypto > **Author:** Oldman Crypto ([@Oldman__Crypto](https://x.com/Oldman__Crypto)) > **Metrics:** 41 likes · 4 retweets · 5 comments · 5.4K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T01:18:58+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Oldman__Crypto/status/2089160021762597312](https://x.com/Oldman__Crypto/status/2089160021762597312) > > "Here are the correlation pairs — when the big coin pumps, the smaller one follows: NEO GAS ONT ONG VET VTHO More similar pairs: BNB CAKE / BAKE ETH LDO / RPL AVAX JOE SOL RAY / ORCA PORTAL NOM ALICE TLM ACE XAI TUT TST" ### Post #6 by @whalewatchalert > **Author:** Whale Watch by Moby ([@whalewatchalert](https://x.com/whalewatchalert)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T07:25:04+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/whalewatchalert/status/2089252154397597973](https://x.com/whalewatchalert/status/2089252154397597973) > > "A PUMP whale just bought $27.29K of $RAY at $346.15M MC" ### Post #7 by @MSBIntel > **Author:** MSB Intel ([@MSBIntel](https://x.com/MSBIntel)) > **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 1.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T18:06:45+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MSBIntel/status/2089413638536806531](https://x.com/MSBIntel/status/2089413638536806531) > **Visual Note:** A blue hexagonal logo with "R!" branding displayed in a gradient pink-to-teal color, set against a solid blue background with "RAY INTEL" text in the bottom left corner. The image complements the post by featuring Raydium's signature branding while highlighting Raydium's 24-hour trading volume surpassing pump.fun at $71.0M versus $65.3M. > > "BREAKING: Raydium flipped pump.fun in 24h trading volume. Raydium $71.0M | pump.fun $65.3M | Raydium now ranks #11." ### Post #8 by @ErhanKOfficial > **Author:** Erhan K ([@ErhanKOfficial](https://x.com/ErhanKOfficial)) > **Metrics:** 9 likes · 1 retweets · 3 comments · 293 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T11:22:00+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ErhanKOfficial/status/2089311778928828747](https://x.com/ErhanKOfficial/status/2089311778928828747) > **Visual Note:** Bar chart from CryptoRank.io titled 'Tokenized Stocks Share of Total DEX Spot Trading Volume' dated August 12, 2026, showing growth from 0.11% in January 2026 to 4.34% in July 2026. > > "The SEC is preparing to bring U.S. stocks on-chain for 24/7 trading Tokenized stocks have already recorded $3.3B in volume on PancakeSwap V3 over the past year, followed by Raydium at $3.1B, Uniswap V4 at $1.9B, and Meteora at $1.8B. $CAKE $RAY $UNI The total tokenized" ### Post #9 by @blckchaindaily > **Author:** Blockchain Daily News ([@blckchaindaily](https://x.com/blckchaindaily)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 242 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T09:38:49+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/blckchaindaily/status/2089285812118499460](https://x.com/blckchaindaily/status/2089285812118499460) > > "PANCAKESWAP V3 HOSTED $3.3B TOKENIZED STOCK TRADING VOLUME OVER PAST YEAR, FOLLOWED BY RAYDIUM $3.1B, UNISWAP V4 $1.9B, METEORA $1.8B $CAKE $RAY $UNI" ### Post #10 by @hoppycat > **Author:** Hoppy Cat ([@hoppycat](https://x.com/hoppycat)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 10 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-17T15:08:42+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/hoppycat/status/2089368829193302035](https://x.com/hoppycat/status/2089368829193302035) > > "I like Raydiums." --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*