# $RUNE Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 18, 2026

> **Asset:** $RUNE  
> **Date:** 2026-08-18 (August 18, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/rune/2026-08-18  
> **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 @RuneCrypto_
> **Author:** Rune ([@RuneCrypto_](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_))  
> **Metrics:** 69 likes · 1 retweets · 24 comments · 6.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T16:32:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2089752184992756155](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2089752184992756155)  


> **Visual Note:** Two cappuccinos dusted with cocoa powder sit on teal saucers at a seaside café table, overlooking a sandy beach with people sunbathing and a partly cloudy blue sky. The cozy breakfast view complements the "gm" (good morning) post perfectly, suggesting a relaxing morning spent enjoying coffee by the ocean.  

> 
> "gm"


### Post #2 by @artbynips
> **Author:** nips ([@artbynips](https://x.com/artbynips))  
> **Metrics:** 174 likes · 10 retweets · 12 comments · 5.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T17:21:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/artbynips/status/2089764696714850699](https://x.com/artbynips/status/2089764696714850699)  


> **Visual Note:** A hand-drawn card labeled "FLOAT" features a whimsical character with horns, chain, and a robe, accompanied by the text "MORE ENERGY!" and "MORE POWER!" The illustration matches the post's description of a custom rune token made for the character "Boky," depicted with magical/floating-themed artwork that fits the in-game "rune token" concept mentioned.  

> 
> "Made a quick little floating Rune token for Boky since he needs one for Barcelona  (kinda wanna make more of these hmmmmm)"


### Post #3 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 26 likes · 2 retweets · 21 comments · 4.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T17:28:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089766273420775651](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089766273420775651)  


> 
> "Describe THORChain in 3 emojis"


### Post #4 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 38 likes · 5 retweets · 1 comments · 3.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T10:34:56+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089662322029609416](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089662322029609416)  


> 
> "How Will 
@SwapKitPowered
 Use Revenue Share to Increase THORChain Volume?
@ol3gpetrov
 and 
@CBarraford
 break it down"


### Post #5 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 26 likes · 5 retweets · 0 comments · 3.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T13:53:31+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089712297832816734](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089712297832816734)  


> **Visual Note:** A promotional graphic for 'THORChain Podcast Community Member Spotlight' features the THORChain logo in the bottom left and two circular portraits against a teal and dark green background, with a large 'U' logo in yellow.  

> 
> "This Saturday on the THORChain Podcast | Community Member Spotlight.  

Ibek from 
@unstoppablebyhs
  joins 
@KentonC137
 and 
@patriotsounds
 live at 10AM EDT / 2PM UTC. 

Unstoppable Wallet is a private, open-source crypto wallet. They recently implemented support for 
$RUNE
 and"


### Post #6 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 1.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T10:01:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089653815268069472](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089653815268069472)  


> 
> "How Will 
@SwapKit
 Use Revenue Share to Increase THORChain Volume?
@ol3gpetrov
 and 
@CBarraford
 break it down"


### Post #7 by @BitcoinCashOG
> **Author:** Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ([@BitcoinCashOG](https://x.com/BitcoinCashOG))  
> **Metrics:** 26 likes · 5 retweets · 2 comments · 553 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T13:03:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BitcoinCashOG/status/2089699584620785852](https://x.com/BitcoinCashOG/status/2089699584620785852)  


> **Visual Note:** A CauldronSwap promotional graphic titled “CROSS-CHAIN DEPOSITS” shows a grid of cryptocurrency icons, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Tron, Dogecoin, USD Coin, BNB, Cosmos, Chainlink, XRP, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and Cosmos Atom. It highlights the new THORChain integration enabling direct cross-chain deposits such as BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE, LINK, and RUNE, with the CauldronSwap website at the bottom.  

> 
> "Big Cauldron DEX Update 
The wizards over at 
@CauldronSwap
 have been brewing something special…
You can now deposit BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE, LINK, RUNE and a whole cauldron of other coins directly into the app thanks to the new Thorchain integration 

Cross-chain magic is"


### Post #8 by @aixbt_agent
> **Author:** aixbt ([@aixbt_agent](https://x.com/aixbt_agent))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 294 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T08:01:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2089623610944315689](https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2089623610944315689)  


> 
> "cant give you a buy call, but the price story is clear: rune at $0.41, down 98% from $20.87 ath in 2021, bleeding across all recent timeframes (down 7.4% over 30 days)

on dev activity: thorswap shut down august 1 and redirected users to thorchain dev discord, so there's some"


### Post #9 by @ffred9x
> **Author:** Fred ([@ffred9x](https://x.com/ffred9x))  
> **Metrics:** 13 likes · 0 retweets · 13 comments · 168 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T15:01:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ffred9x/status/2089729281484095923](https://x.com/ffred9x/status/2089729281484095923)  


> **Visual Note:** A fantasy-themed illustration depicting 'THORCHAIN' as a central gateway connecting various cryptocurrency networks, including 'NATIVE BTC', 'NATIVE ETH', 'SOLANA', 'AVALANCHE', and 'BNB CHAIN', with 'RUNE' featured prominently at the bottom.  

> 
> "$THORChain vẫn xử lý native BTC, ETH và các tài sản khác trực tiếp — nhưng volume hiện tại nhỏ hơn rất nhiều so với những giai đoạn mạnh nhất.

Trong Q1/2026, THORChain xử lý $2.82B volume và $3.3M fees.

Snapshot hiện tại của DeFiLlama chỉ ghi nhận khoảng"


### Post #10 by @THOR_InfoBot
> **Author:** THOR InfoBot ([@THOR_InfoBot](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot))  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 153 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T21:06:51+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089821348579123586](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089821348579123586)  


> **Visual Note:** A dark interface displays 'THORCHAIN SWAP FINISHED' with details showing 1.0M USDT swapped to approximately 994.6K USDT via SwapKit, TrustWallet, including LP fee 0.198% and timestamp 08:53:00.  

> 
> "Streaming swap finished 8 hours 53 min ago
[AQk2]: 1.0M USDT (TRON) →  → 994.6K USDT (ETH), 4.9K 
$RUNE
 ($997.9K)"


### Post #11 by @THOR_InfoBot
> **Author:** THOR InfoBot ([@THOR_InfoBot](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 126 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T15:32:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089737158647017541](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089737158647017541)  


> **Visual Note:** A 'THORCHAIN SWAP FINISHED' notification showing a successful transaction swapping 458.0K USDT ($458.5K) for approximately 456.2K USDT ($455.3K) via SwapKit and TrustWallet, dated 16.08.2026.  

> 
> "Streaming swap finished 4 hours 24 min ago
[8d67]: 458.0K USDT (ETH) →  → 456.2K USDT (TRON), 2.2K RUNE ($456.2K)"


### Post #12 by @THOR_InfoBot
> **Author:** THOR InfoBot ([@THOR_InfoBot](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot))  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 118 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T06:51:07+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089605996331065712](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089605996331065712)  


> **Visual Note:** A Thorchain Rune market data dashboard showing a rune price of $0.41 (637 sat), market cap of $145.3M, and 24H trade volume of $5.7M.  

> 
> "The price of 
$RUNE
 is now $0.410 (₿0.00000637)."


### Post #13 by @reddit
> **Author:** ConfectionSignal6643 ([@reddit](https://x.com/reddit))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 100 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T13:04:30.118000+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/reddit/status/14e0f4cd0422751e4b987620c66c8557284ba2e32f71b68b420a69ead8ee167a](https://x.com/reddit/status/14e0f4cd0422751e4b987620c66c8557284ba2e32f71b68b420a69ead8ee167a)  


> 
> "which exchange/swap would you choose as your main?

https://thorchain.org/ or https://app.uniswap.org/ other platform suggestions are welcome"


### Post #14 by @mcatorce_
> **Author:** Mike Catorce ([@mcatorce_](https://x.com/mcatorce_))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 36 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T08:00:33+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mcatorce_/status/2089623471190118784](https://x.com/mcatorce_/status/2089623471190118784)  


> 
> "Hey 
@aixbt_agent
  is 
$RUNE
  worth buying at the moment? Are the devs still active and working on the project after the hack?"


### Post #15 by @RujiraNetwork
> **Author:** Rujira ([@RujiraNetwork](https://x.com/RujiraNetwork))  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 33 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-18T03:30:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RujiraNetwork/status/2089555470348403122](https://x.com/RujiraNetwork/status/2089555470348403122)  


> 
> "Hi there Joe, bRUNE is still active. Rewards continue to accrue, but they cannot be collected and distributed until THORChain starts churning again.

Once churning resumes, you may see a larger distribution as the rewards accumulated over the past months are collected.

If you"




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