# $RUNE Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 21, 2026

> **Asset:** $RUNE  
> **Date:** 2026-08-21 (August 21, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/rune/2026-08-21  
> **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:** 113 likes · 23 retweets · 5 comments · 7.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T07:24:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090701584107770235](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090701584107770235)  


> 
> "THORNode v3.20.0  Vote is open, nearly passed.

Activates in ~4 days. Two things this upgrade delivers: churns restart, and the path opens for Monero and Zcash on THORChain.

Article coming soon."


### Post #2 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 45 likes · 11 retweets · 3 comments · 6.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T18:47:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090873317922402471](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090873317922402471)  


> **Visual Note:** A community spotlight graphic for THORChain features the text "fincontrarian" with a "COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT" tag, alongside a circular framed image of ocean waves, introducing the featured community member in the social media post.  

> 
> "The Chads are talking, so we're putting the spotlight on them. A THORChain Community Spotlight, where a different voice from the community tells us their story

Kicking it off with .
@fincontrarian"


### Post #3 by @ChainRacingClub
> **Author:** 🄱LOCK ([@ChainRacingClub](https://x.com/ChainRacingClub))  
> **Metrics:** 33 likes · 1 retweets · 23 comments · 2.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T14:02:02+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ChainRacingClub/status/2090801603792052530](https://x.com/ChainRacingClub/status/2090801603792052530)  


> 
> "I don't think there is a single Ordinal mfer left that believes in Ordi.

We lost 90% of them to Runes, which was so bad we lost 99.9% of them to Solana etc.

Brc2.0 was a HUGE failure.

The L1 foundation created to push the protocol forward, HUGE failure.

Who is left?

Legends."


### Post #4 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 24 likes · 1 retweets · 2 comments · 2.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T11:25:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090762085449736203](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090762085449736203)  


> **Visual Note:** A Bitcoin block countdown timer showing Block 27580000, estimated at 23:48:49 PM on Aug 25, 2026, with 47 seconds remaining, 27,536,495 last height, and 63,505 remaining blocks.  

> 
> "the most-watched countdown in crypto right now 
runescan.io/block/27580000"


### Post #5 by @thewolfofdefi
> **Author:** The Wolf of Defi ([@thewolfofdefi](https://x.com/thewolfofdefi))  
> **Metrics:** 56 likes · 11 retweets · 4 comments · 1.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T19:47:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/thewolfofdefi/status/2090888604520206338](https://x.com/thewolfofdefi/status/2090888604520206338)  


> 
> "Privacy is one of the strongest narrative.

One thing most people miss is that 
$RUNE
 will soon fit this narrative perfectly.

With the 
$XMR
 migration on the horizon, 
@THORChain
 will become the only place for permissionless privacy. Swap your 
$BTC
 for 
$XMR
 and the other way"


### Post #6 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 10 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 1.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T14:13:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090804364248268976](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090804364248268976)  


> **Visual Note:** A THORChain podcast thumbnail for 'Community Member Spotlight' featuring a large U logo and two small profile images of community members.  

> 
> "This Saturday on the THORChain Podcast | Community Member Spotlight at 10AM EDT / 2PM UTC. 

Ibek from 
@unstoppablebyhs
  joins 
@KentonC137
 and 
@patriotsounds
. 

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


### Post #7 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T06:22:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090685832680153341](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090685832680153341)  


> 
> ".@Chadbarraford explained the difference Between Custom Concentrated Liquidity(CCL) and Dynamic Concentrated Liquidity(DCL)?

Watch and Learn"


### Post #8 by @THORChain
> **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T18:43:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090872311322735060](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2090872311322735060)  


> 
> "“ok so why THORCHain?”    

glad you asked.    

▶︎  •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|။|||။|||။၊|   56:21:32"


### Post #9 by @RuneCrypto_
> **Author:** Rune ([@RuneCrypto_](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_))  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 4 comments · 941 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T03:46:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2090646721843839098](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2090646721843839098)  


> 
> "is cate community really good?"


### Post #10 by @raynalytics
> **Author:** Rayyyk ([@raynalytics](https://x.com/raynalytics))  
> **Metrics:** 15 likes · 4 retweets · 0 comments · 390 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T14:51:45+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/raynalytics/status/2090814117431083392](https://x.com/raynalytics/status/2090814117431083392)  


> 
> "v3.20 is voting. ADR29 has passed.

Should 
@THORChain
’s TSS library remain open source?

This week’s THORSday article covers the debate:"


### Post #11 by @Fakk2
> **Author:** Juggernaut ([@Fakk2](https://x.com/Fakk2))  
> **Metrics:** 17 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 377 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T08:01:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Fakk2/status/2090710868254167203](https://x.com/Fakk2/status/2090710868254167203)  


> 
> "$RUNE
 ᚱ"


### Post #12 by @RuneCrypto_
> **Author:** Rune ([@RuneCrypto_](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_))  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 333 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T17:15:55+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2090850395568439432](https://x.com/RuneCrypto_/status/2090850395568439432)  


> **Visual Note:** A dark screen displaying "Referrals" with "$30,084.36" labeled as "Total earned rewards."  

> 
> "missed me"


### Post #13 by @THOR_InfoBot
> **Author:** THOR InfoBot ([@THOR_InfoBot](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 75 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T08:53:32+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2090723970446155968](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2090723970446155968)  


> **Visual Note:** A ThorChain swap completion screen showing 520.0K USDT converted to approximately 6.8 BTC via a Rapid Swap.  

> 
> "Streaming swap finished 8 hours 2 min ago
[78WD]: 520.0K USDT (TRON) →  → 6.8 BTC, 7.9K RUNE ($537.4K)"


### Post #14 by @CryptoThro
> **Author:** CRYPTO THRO ([@CryptoThro](https://x.com/CryptoThro))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T22:53:43+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CryptoThro/status/2090935407315665342](https://x.com/CryptoThro/status/2090935407315665342)  


> **Visual Note:** A black-background trading chart (candlestick style) showing a price that has remained low and flat for most of the period before suddenly spiking sharply upward in a near-vertical green line on the right side.  

> 
> "My current #memecoin BAG 

1- #PEPE 
2- #SHIB 
3- #PENGU 
4- #FLOKI 
5- #DOGE 
6- #TRUMP 
7- #JUP 
8- #RUNE 
9- #PI 
10- #WIF 

Any other #crypto I should add??"




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