# $SONIC Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — July 30, 2026

> **Asset:** $SONIC  
> **Date:** 2026-07-30 (July 30, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/sonic/2026-07-30  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/sonic.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @Cointelegraph
> **Author:** Cointelegraph ([@Cointelegraph](https://x.com/Cointelegraph))  
> **Metrics:** 119 likes · 20 retweets · 46 comments · 44.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T06:20:28+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2082712914163560861](https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2082712914163560861)  


> **Visual Note:** The image displays the Aave logo—a white semi-circle with two dots forming a stylized face—set against a light purple background. The logo visually represents the Aave protocol mentioned in the post, which announces the platform's strategic deprecation of low-adoption asset reserves and wind-down of deployments across multiple blockchain networks.  

> 
> "JUST IN: Aave is deprecating 50 low-adoption asset reserves and winding down deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. 

The changes affect $98.1M in supply and $15.6M in debt, says founder Stani Kulechov."


### Post #2 by @BSCNews
> **Author:** BSCN ([@BSCNews](https://x.com/BSCNews))  
> **Metrics:** 89 likes · 24 retweets · 10 comments · 26.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T08:24:34+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BSCNews/status/2082744147543552328](https://x.com/BSCNews/status/2082744147543552328)  


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> 
> "Aave to Wind Down Six Blockchain Deployments Including Sonic, Aptos & Scroll

Aave (
@aave
) is deprecating 50 low adoption asset reserves across multiple deployments.

The protocol is also winding down Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos deployments.

Another 25 asset"


### Post #3 by @AndreCronjeTech
> **Author:** Andre Cronje ([@AndreCronjeTech](https://x.com/AndreCronjeTech))  
> **Metrics:** 109 likes · 23 retweets · 14 comments · 14.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T12:08:05+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/2082800394493743266](https://x.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/2082800394493743266)  


> **Visual Note:** A table titled "Deposit Options" lists lending opportunities on Sonic, showing tokens (FT, S/wS, USDC, RUSD, stS, USSD, WBTC, WETH) with their Deposit APYs ranging from 0.00% to 8.05%, deposit amounts, and utilization rates such as USDC at 8.05% APY with 76.63% utilization.  

> 
> "Lend on Sonic.

Historic earn APY:

S/wS 2%
USDC 8%
ftUSD 1%
USSD 1%

Borrow APY:

S/wS 2.57%
USDC 10.51%
ftUSD 2.54% (stake to sftUSD currently earning ~14.6%)
USSD 3.2%
ETH 2.16%
BTC 1%

Lend on Sonic uses account based equity instead of LTV, allowing higher leverage and safe"


### Post #4 by @flyingtulip_
> **Author:** flyingtulip.com ([@flyingtulip_](https://x.com/flyingtulip_))  
> **Metrics:** 80 likes · 17 retweets · 2 comments · 8.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T15:07:52+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/flyingtulip_/status/2082845639751164300](https://x.com/flyingtulip_/status/2082845639751164300)  


> **Visual Note:** A "Deposit Options" dashboard for the Flying Tulip (FT) lending platform on SonicLabs, listing available tokens (FT, S/wS, USDC, RUSD, stS, USSD, wBTC, WETH) along with their Deposit APYs, total deposits, available borrow amounts, and utilization rates—with USDC notably offering the highest deposit APY at 8.05% and the largest deposit pool of $494,416.49.  

> 
> "Flying Tulip keeps deploying its full financial stack on 
@SonicLabs
: Lend and ftUSD are live, with Spot, leveraged trading and TRS coming soon.

Deposit and earn:
—USDC on Lend: 8.12% APY
—Mint ftUSD with USDC: projected APY of 14.22%

All on-chain. Fully transparent. With"


### Post #5 by @MSBIntel
> **Author:** MSB Intel ([@MSBIntel](https://x.com/MSBIntel))  
> **Metrics:** 32 likes · 3 retweets · 1 comments · 5.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T07:45:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MSBIntel/status/2082734187086503979](https://x.com/MSBIntel/status/2082734187086503979)  


> **Visual Note:** The image displays the Aave logo in white against a light purple background. The post references Aave's announcement about deprecating low-adoption reserves and winding down deployments on several networks, including Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, affecting $98.1 million in supply and $15.6 million in debt.  

> 
> "BREAKING: Aave is deprecating 50 low-adoption reserves and winding down deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos.

The changes affect $98.1 million in supply and $15.6 million in debt."


### Post #6 by @KhanAbbas201
> **Author:** Abbas Khan ([@KhanAbbas201](https://x.com/KhanAbbas201))  
> **Metrics:** 52 likes · 1 retweets · 4 comments · 4.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T14:32:27+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/KhanAbbas201/status/2082836726691791198](https://x.com/KhanAbbas201/status/2082836726691791198)  


> 
> "Today it's Scroll, Sonic, ZkSync and Aptos, tomorrow it's Starknet, megaETH, OP and a few others that have recently raised and have some remaining momentum.

This was always going to be the case, and only a select few will survive this in the long run. 

The industry massively"


### Post #7 by @phamduydong179
> **Author:** DongPham ([@phamduydong179](https://x.com/phamduydong179))  
> **Metrics:** 15 likes · 4 retweets · 3 comments · 3.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T12:18:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/phamduydong179/status/2082802897151246445](https://x.com/phamduydong179/status/2082802897151246445)  


> **Visual Note:** The Aave logo displayed in white on a purple background.  

> 
> "Aave plans to shut down on over 6 blockchains, removing 75 underutilized assets as revenue from multiple markets no longer covers operating costs.
Including:
- Sonic, 
- Scroll, 
- zkSync, 
- Metis, 
- Soneium, 
- Aptos,
#Aave #DeFi #Blockchain #Crypto"


### Post #8 by @77bncvbsdcg
> **Author:** Faustino ([@77bncvbsdcg](https://x.com/77bncvbsdcg))  
> **Metrics:** 61 likes · 7 retweets · 37 comments · 1.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T11:34:59+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/77bncvbsdcg/status/2082792065759387898](https://x.com/77bncvbsdcg/status/2082792065759387898)  


> **Visual Note:** The white Aave logo featuring its distinctive ghost-like icon on a purple background.  

> 
> "Aave Plans to Withdraw from 6 Blockchains Due to Insufficient Revenue

The project intends to cease support for Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos, while also removing 75 low-usage assets

Many networks only generate under $5,000 in revenue per quarter, which isn't"


### Post #9 by @MadLukas86
> **Author:** Mad Lukas ([@MadLukas86](https://x.com/MadLukas86))  
> **Metrics:** 9 likes · 0 retweets · 4 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T08:33:28+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MadLukas86/status/2082746384537800820](https://x.com/MadLukas86/status/2082746384537800820)  


> 
> "Aave is winding down its deployment on 
@Sonic
. 
$S
 

Alongside Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos, #Sonic is being phased out due to low adoption, as Aave moves to reduce economic and technical risk.

This doesn’t mean Sonic is dead. But when DeFi’s largest"


### Post #10 by @Vincent_85
> **Author:** Vincent ([@Vincent_85](https://x.com/Vincent_85))  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 502 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T20:16:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Vincent_85/status/2082923257301467343](https://x.com/Vincent_85/status/2082923257301467343)  


> **Visual Note:** A quote card from @MrMinter_eth, Head of Marketing at Sonic Labs, discussing gas abstraction, stablecoins like USDC, and protocols sponsoring gas fees, with the Sonic logo at the bottom.  

> 
> "Web3 will never beat Web2 until the user experience is just as seamless. Nobody wants to deal with relayers or buying gas tokens just to interact with an app.
Good to see 
@SonicLabs
 tackling this at the core layer."


### Post #11 by @gengarharrha
> **Author:** Gengarharrha ([@gengarharrha](https://x.com/gengarharrha))  
> **Metrics:** 17 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 217 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T04:42:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/gengarharrha/status/2082688217996742683](https://x.com/gengarharrha/status/2082688217996742683)  


> **Visual Note:** The image features a Pepe frog shaking hands with a blue Sonic-like character, with "SSB 6900" text and a golden coin in the background. The handshake between Pepe and Sonic visually represents the post's message of accumulating both Pepe and Sonic-based meme coins ("HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu") rather than choosing sides in online squabbles.  

> 
> "If you base your investments on a few emotional posts from a few people on X, you gonna have a bad time. 

Get serious. BTW: #HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu is a good buy here. I don't care about your childish back-and-forth. I accumulate all three. If one gets down, I accumulate"


### Post #12 by @DiarioBitcoin
> **Author:** Diario฿itcoin ([@DiarioBitcoin](https://x.com/DiarioBitcoin))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 198 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-07-30T10:59:30+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DiarioBitcoin/status/2082783136509755529](https://x.com/DiarioBitcoin/status/2082783136509755529)  


> **Visual Note:** A Spanish-language news graphic in cartoon style reading 'Aave propone retirar reservas con USD $98,1 millones en activos suministrados' and 'Aave revisa sus reservas', depicting a stressed man surrounded by flashing alerts and chaos in a crypto trading environment.  

> 
> "Aave propone retirar USD $98,1 millones en activos por baja adopción. 

El protocolo busca eliminar 50 reservas y cerrar seis despliegues completos tras una revisión de riesgo. 

Esto impactaría en USD $15,6 millones de deuda pendiente y afectaría a Sonic, Scroll, zkSync,"




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