# $RUNE Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 19, 2026

> **Asset:** $RUNE  
> **Date:** 2026-08-19 (August 19, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/rune/2026-08-19  
> **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 @Dashpay
> **Author:** Dash ([@Dashpay](https://x.com/Dashpay))  
> **Metrics:** 71 likes · 17 retweets · 4 comments · 8.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T18:15:30+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Dashpay/status/2090140615082201271](https://x.com/Dashpay/status/2090140615082201271)  


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

> 
> "February: basic Orchard proofs on a dev net.
July: Dash becomes the second chain after Zcash to run full Orchard privacy. 5 months. That’s it.
Huge props to genius lead dev 
@SamWestrich
 
As 
@TheDesertLynx
  told the story on  
@THORChain
 Podcast #226 with
@patriotsounds
 &"


### Post #2 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 27 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 3.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T06:46:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089967096524411247](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2089967096524411247)  


> 
> "How Will THORChain Handle 
@monero
's Cooldown Period and UTXOs?
@CBarraford
 explains that"


### Post #3 by @tarotbyece
> **Author:** tarotbyece ([@tarotbyece](https://x.com/tarotbyece))  
> **Metrics:** 9 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 2.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T10:12:15+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/tarotbyece/status/2090019002605056020](https://x.com/tarotbyece/status/2090019002605056020)  


> **Visual Note:** A screenshot of a Turkish-language message from "Ecem" sharing that she has paid off all her debts and, for the first time in a long while, the money she earns will actually stay with her—expressing relief and gratitude following the "RUNE" related work/guidance.  

> 
> "RUNE"


### Post #4 by @CryptoFatihh
> **Author:** Kripto Fatih ([@CryptoFatihh](https://x.com/CryptoFatihh))  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T20:00:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CryptoFatihh/status/2090166991701090666](https://x.com/CryptoFatihh/status/2090166991701090666)  


> 
> "Bu 100 coine bulaşmam….Uzak duruyorum….

ONE, EULER, SPELL, MANTRA, FALCON, RUNE, A (Vaulta), CVC, STRAX, POWR, STEEM, AUDIO, BNT, IOST, CHR, QKC, NEO, WAVES, ADX, NULS, ICX, EGLD, ZIL, KAIA, CELO, METIS, MINA, IOTA, XTZ, ALGO, KSM, GLMR, MOVR, ASTR, PHA, CFX, RIF, IOTX, LSK,"


### Post #5 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 1.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T17:57:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090135959937355903](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090135959937355903)  


> **Visual Note:** A DefiLlama analytics dashboard for THORChain showing Fees (Lifetime) of $173.51m, Supply-Side Revenue of $161.76m, Revenue of $11.75m, and Holders Revenue of $2.4m, with a cumulative Fees & Revenue growth chart and Volume (Lifetime) of $124.47B.  

> 
> "THORChain numbers are now on 
@DefiLlama
 
$173M in lifetime fees. $124B in lifetime swap volume. Every metric sourced from THORChain's own API and updated daily.

The dashboard breaks it all down: revenue engines, liquidity depth, activity and token data."


### Post #6 by @RunesOfRobin
> **Author:** Runes Of Robin ([@RunesOfRobin](https://x.com/RunesOfRobin))  
> **Metrics:** 80 likes · 18 retweets · 6 comments · 445 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T03:51:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RunesOfRobin/status/2089923057813246027](https://x.com/RunesOfRobin/status/2089923057813246027)  


> **Visual Note:** Pixel art of a top-hatted figure in a blue suit pouring a sack of gold coins into a glowing pit of treasure on a stone platform.  

> 
> "Your NFT will be tied to a token called 
$RUNE
. 

When you mint the NFT, you get free 
$RUNE
.

This 
$RUNE
 token will have a liquidity pool with 50% of the mint funds and will be used in our game to earn more."


### Post #7 by @sh1lverbox
> **Author:** s1lverbox ([@sh1lverbox](https://x.com/sh1lverbox))  
> **Metrics:** 12 likes · 3 retweets · 2 comments · 261 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T14:30:39+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/sh1lverbox/status/2090084032176406935](https://x.com/sh1lverbox/status/2090084032176406935)  


> 
> "IDGF what u all saying about 
@thorchain
 and 
@Maya_Protocol
 , but thats the only projects which are worth anything in todays crypto space. When TC was down due to hacks or other issues only Maya gang was there to help. Now its time to help them out same way."


### Post #8 by @RUNEBondApp
> **Author:** RUNEBond ([@RUNEBondApp](https://x.com/RUNEBondApp))  
> **Metrics:** 11 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 222 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:06:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RUNEBondApp/status/2090032528883089822](https://x.com/RUNEBondApp/status/2090032528883089822)  


> **Visual Note:** A website titled 'Compare crypto staking across chains' showing a table with networks including THORChain (15.28% reward), Avalanche (5.48%), Cardano (2.13%), and Celestia (5.38%).  

> 
> "We think 
$RUNE
 staking is genuinely different from everything else out there right now. So we built a tool to prove it side by side.

Sometimes, to understand the size of an opportunity, you first need to understand how it actually works. A 15% reward rate means very different"


### Post #9 by @THOR_InfoBot
> **Author:** THOR InfoBot ([@THOR_InfoBot](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 162 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T06:51:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089968387757645903](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2089968387757645903)  


> **Visual Note:** A financial dashboard titled 'THORCHAIN RUNE MARKET DATA' displays price trends and metrics, including a 'RUNE PRICE' of $0.396, a 'MARKET CAP' of $140.3M, and a 'TVL OF NON-RUNE ASSETS' of $29.2M.  

> 
> "The price of RUNE is now $0.396 (₿0.00000615)."


### Post #10 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 50 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-19T13:39:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090071071701565627](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090071071701565627)  


> 
> "More 
@DefiLlama
 data on: 
investors.defillama.com/thorchain"




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