# $RUNE Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 17, 2026

> **Asset:** $RUNE  
> **Date:** 2026-08-17 (August 17, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/rune/2026-08-17  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/rune.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 52 likes · 3 retweets · 5 comments · 8.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-17T10:26:25+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089297793865130293](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089297793865130293)  


> 
> "never stop swapping"


### Post #2 by @CauldronSwap
> **Author:** Cauldron ([@CauldronSwap](https://x.com/CauldronSwap))  
> **Metrics:** 40 likes · 17 retweets · 1 comments · 1.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-17T11:25:34+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CauldronSwap/status/2089312677923311821](https://x.com/CauldronSwap/status/2089312677923311821)  


> **Visual Note:** A 'CROSS-CHAIN DEPOSITS' graphic by Cauldron.quest showing logos of various cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Tron, Dogecoin, Tether, USDC, DAI, and others.  

> 
> "Deposit BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE, LINK, RUNE, and lots of other coins to 
@CauldronSwap
 with our new update!  
@Thorchain
 + 
@CauldronSwap
 ="


### Post #3 by @IamJoeThePirate
> **Author:** Joe The Pirate ([@IamJoeThePirate](https://x.com/IamJoeThePirate))  
> **Metrics:** 10 likes · 1 retweets · 2 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-17T20:40:59+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/IamJoeThePirate/status/2089452450667196600](https://x.com/IamJoeThePirate/status/2089452450667196600)  


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

> 
> "Hey 
@RujiraNetwork
 - I have just noticed that staking APR for bRUNE is ~0%. What happened, is it still active?"


### Post #4 by @Fakk2
> **Author:** Juggernaut ([@Fakk2](https://x.com/Fakk2))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 211 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-17T12:42:19+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Fakk2/status/2089331993011990707](https://x.com/Fakk2/status/2089331993011990707)  


> 
> "#Dash Integrates #Zcash Orchard Fork into its Secondary Evolution Chain!
@THORChain
  #Podcast #226 
$DASH
 $ZEC
 

$RUNE
 ᚱ
youtu.be/z8YfIeJMUO4?si
… via 
@YouTube"


### Post #5 by @RuneCrypto_
> **Author:** Rune ([@RuneCrypto_](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 102 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-17T14:42:11+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2089362159553667296](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2089362159553667296)  


> 
> "lmao"


### Post #6 by @RuneCrypto_
> **Author:** Rune ([@RuneCrypto_](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 83 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-17T22:05:14+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2089473653008122141](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2089473653008122141)  


> 
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