# $SEI Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — July 17, 2026 > **Asset:** $SEI > **Date:** 2026-07-17 (July 17, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/sei/2026-07-17 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/sei.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @MetaMask > **Author:** MetaMask ([@MetaMask](https://x.com/MetaMask)) > **Metrics:** 227 likes · 38 retweets · 40 comments · 59.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T15:58:40+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MetaMask/status/2078147382374719687](https://x.com/MetaMask/status/2078147382374719687) > **Visual Note:** Multiple copper-colored coins featuring the Libra zodiac symbol float against a dark red background, representing Sei Network's cryptocurrency. The falling coin imagery visually reinforces the post's message about protecting users from MEV-related slippage losses. > > "Not all slippage is the market’s fault. Some of it is MEV - which @SeiNetwork aims to protect you from." ### Post #2 by @SeiNetwork > **Author:** Sei ([@SeiNetwork](https://x.com/SeiNetwork)) > **Metrics:** 158 likes · 26 retweets · 15 comments · 13.6K views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T16:57:13+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SeiNetwork/status/2078162115186335897](https://x.com/SeiNetwork/status/2078162115186335897) > **Visual Note:** The image shows the title page of an academic paper titled "Reveal, Correct, Then Pay: Encrypted Mempools and Perpetual Funding Security" by Benjamin Marsh of Sei Labs and University of Portsmouth, dated July 2026. The paper directly relates to the post's claim, as it studies how encrypted mempools—designed to prevent front-running—can be exploited for self-authored attacks on perpetual futures funding rates, while proposing adaptive corrective transactions as a solution to address this funding-rate manipulation vulnerability. > > "The same pre-execution privacy that prevents front-running can be turned into funding-rate manipulation on perp venues. New Sei Labs research identifies the mechanism and solves for it." ### Post #3 by @Sei_Labs > **Author:** Sei Labs ([@Sei_Labs](https://x.com/Sei_Labs)) > **Metrics:** 40 likes · 12 retweets · 7 comments · 9.5K views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T16:02:46+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Sei_Labs/status/2078148414567833620](https://x.com/Sei_Labs/status/2078148414567833620) > **Visual Note:** Title page of an academic paper titled 'Reveal, Correct, Then Pay' by Benjamin Marsh of Sei Labs and University of Portsmouth, dated July 2026, discussing encrypted mempools and perpetual funding security. > > "Sei Labs is conducting research at the intersection of market structure and next-generation blockchain design. A new paper identifies, and solves, funding rate manipulation attacks that can be deployed against perp venues on blockchains with pre-execution privacy, like Sei Giga." ### Post #4 by @MSBIntel > **Author:** MSB Intel ([@MSBIntel](https://x.com/MSBIntel)) > **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.2K views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T18:30:00+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MSBIntel/status/2078185465417789843](https://x.com/MSBIntel/status/2078185465417789843) > **Visual Note:** A maroon square featuring a white circular logo with stylized wave patterns, associated with Sei Labs, whose proposed solution to encrypted mempool manipulation risks involves revealing trades, allowing market adjustment, then calculating and paying funding rates for perpetual contracts. > > "BREAKING: Sei Labs says encrypted mempools can stop front-running, but may also make perp funding easier to manipulate by delaying traders from correcting prices. The fix: reveal trades, let the market adjust, then calculate and pay funding." ### Post #5 by @CoinMarketCap:blockonomi > **Author:** ([@CoinMarketCap:blockonomi](https://x.com/CoinMarketCap:blockonomi)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 400 views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T10:45:44.955547+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/6a5a07b168369255943ab1ec/](https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/6a5a07b168369255943ab1ec/) > > "IREN Stock Plunges 9% Amid Meta Cloud Competition and Executive Compensation Controversy Key Takeaways IREN shares plummeted 9% Thursday, hitting an intraday low of $34.44 amid trading volume exceeding 40 million shares. Investor anxiety centered on Meta’s planned entry into comm" ### Post #6 by @EgsoncleCrypto > **Author:** GigaEmmanuel Sei ([@EgsoncleCrypto](https://x.com/EgsoncleCrypto)) > **Metrics:** 26 likes · 0 retweets · 15 comments · 340 views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T14:17:47+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/EgsoncleCrypto/status/2078121995003158783](https://x.com/EgsoncleCrypto/status/2078121995003158783) > **Visual Note:** An anime-style illustration of a red-haired, Saiyan-like character reading a 'SET NEWS' newspaper while sitting in a green chair next to a lamp and coffee cup. > > "SEI WEEKLY REPORT Every week comes with amazing development Sei Network. This review captures; Trading is blockchain's clearest demand signal, and Giga and Monaco are going to reshape it on Sei. Here are some of the amazing news on events, activities and alphas for last week" ### Post #7 by @_mikunfrt > **Author:** F.R.T ($/acc) ([@_mikunfrt](https://x.com/_mikunfrt)) > **Metrics:** 17 likes · 4 retweets · 9 comments · 221 views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T05:25:24+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_mikunfrt/status/2077988016551838146](https://x.com/_mikunfrt/status/2077988016551838146) > **Visual Note:** A cartoon illustration of a green turtle wearing blue and white striped pajamas and a matching nightcap, holding a steaming yellow mug with a sleepy smile. > > "GM Fam Most people overestimate what can happen in a day and underestimate what can happen in a year. That's why I love waking up with the same mindset: >Drink coffee. >Learn something new. >Keep stacking $FROG @TheFrogToken on @SeiNetwork >Keep building. Have an" ### Post #8 by @CoinMarketCap:Coingabbar > **Author:** ([@CoinMarketCap:Coingabbar](https://x.com/CoinMarketCap:Coingabbar)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 100 views > **Posted:** 2026-07-17T12:35:28.423868+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/6a5a217b9cec9a715be43d41/](https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/6a5a217b9cec9a715be43d41/) > > "BNB News Today: BNB Chain Adds $2.8B in Tokenized T-Bill AUM BNB News Today: How the Chain Achieved Tokenized T-Bill AUM Milestone? BNB Chain now sits at the top of the tokenized treasury leaderboard. Token Terminal data shows the blockchain added $2.8" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*