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

> **Asset:** $WAL  
> **Date:** 2026-08-21 (August 21, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/wal/2026-08-21  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/wal.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @WalrusProtocol
> **Author:** Walrus ([@WalrusProtocol](https://x.com/WalrusProtocol))  
> **Metrics:** 66 likes · 11 retweets · 5 comments · 8.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T18:04:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/WalrusProtocol/status/2090862497029079397](https://x.com/WalrusProtocol/status/2090862497029079397)  


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

> 
> "@kostascrypto
 sat down with 
@gazza_jenks
 on 
@TheBlockCo
's Starting Block podcast to discuss AI threat models, data provenance, and where Walrus fits in.

Watch the full interview:"


### Post #2 by @DLougaris
> **Author:** Dionisis Lougaris ([@DLougaris](https://x.com/DLougaris))  
> **Metrics:** 56 likes · 7 retweets · 6 comments · 8.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T18:53:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DLougaris/status/2090874914974658932](https://x.com/DLougaris/status/2090874914974658932)  


> 
> "Excited to share that I'll be a speaker at Sui Basecamp 2026 in Singapore (Oct 7-8) 
I'll be talking about 
@WalrusProtocol
 , as well as demoing Walrus Memory, which gives AI agents persistent, portable memory.
Would love to see you there!"


### Post #3 by @gazza_jenks
> **Author:** Gareth Jenkinson ([@gazza_jenks](https://x.com/gazza_jenks))  
> **Metrics:** 17 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 2.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T12:50:45+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/gazza_jenks/status/2090783664380453344](https://x.com/gazza_jenks/status/2090783664380453344)  


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

> 
> "TODAY ON THE STARTING BLOCK:

We've got 
@Mysten_Labs
 co-founder 
@kostascrypto
 in the Hot Seat for a deep conversation on AI, cryptography.

We'll also get a pulse check on 
@WalrusProtocol
 @SuiNetwork
.

Join us live on 
@TheBlockCo"


### Post #4 by @0xPain__
> **Author:** 0xPain ([@0xPain__](https://x.com/0xPain__))  
> **Metrics:** 51 likes · 5 retweets · 2 comments · 2.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T20:00:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xPain__/status/2090891692559761716](https://x.com/0xPain__/status/2090891692559761716)  


> **Visual Note:** A cryptocurrency liquidity pool dashboard showing various SUI-based pairs with their APR rates highlighted in a red box, including SUI-USDC at 167.29% and SUI-USDC at 182.77%.  

> 
> "Market activity on Sui has been picking up again.

One area I've been watching is LP, where changes in trading volume and token incentives can significantly affect pool yields.

Currently, some 
$SUI
, 
$WAL
, and 
$DEEP
 pools on Cetus are displaying APRs of around 150%.

It'll be"


### Post #5 by @Philose
> **Author:** Philose ([@Philose](https://x.com/Philose))  
> **Metrics:** 18 likes · 4 retweets · 2 comments · 907 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T07:13:34+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Philose/status/2090698811551158698](https://x.com/Philose/status/2090698811551158698)  


> **Visual Note:** A promotional graphic for 'WALRUS' displaying the text '200+ projects. 686TB of data. one storage layer.' alongside a walrus logo and handle '@Philose'.  

> 
> "-200+ projects
-686TB of data stored
-AI agents, and builders all on the same storage layer

Walrus launched on mainnet in March 2025 and the ecosystem built around it in just over a year is worth highlighting 

Here is what is actually being built on #Walrus right now"


### Post #6 by @Philose
> **Author:** Philose ([@Philose](https://x.com/Philose))  
> **Metrics:** 18 likes · 3 retweets · 3 comments · 375 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T07:52:10+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Philose/status/2090708523017543905](https://x.com/Philose/status/2090708523017543905)  


> **Visual Note:** A promotional graphic for WALRUS with the tagline 'decentralized storage. programmable. permanent.' The image features a WALRUS logo, a 3D cube illustration, and the Twitter handle @Philose at the bottom left, set against a dark background with light blue accents.  

> 
> "Walrus is a decentralized storage protocol built by Mysten Labs on Sui

Raised $140M at a $2B valuation, launched mainnet March 2025, and became the second largest decentralized storage protocol in the world within its first year

Data is distributed across 100 independent nodes."


### Post #7 by @WalrusProtocol
> **Author:** Walrus ([@WalrusProtocol](https://x.com/WalrusProtocol))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 289 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T20:02:30+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/WalrusProtocol/status/2090892317993607293](https://x.com/WalrusProtocol/status/2090892317993607293)  


> 
> "View on DeepSurge: 
deepsurge.xyz/projects/21b07
…"


### Post #8 by @King_Breezyy
> **Author:** Breezy ([@King_Breezyy](https://x.com/King_Breezyy))  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 174 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T08:37:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/King_Breezyy/status/2090719930979078333](https://x.com/King_Breezyy/status/2090719930979078333)  


> 
> "Walrus is cooking hard 
200+ projects + 686TB in just over a year is no joke. Storage layer of the future loading.."


### Post #9 by @DforDouble
> **Author:** DoubleG ([@DforDouble](https://x.com/DforDouble))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 163 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-08-21T12:57:12+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DforDouble/status/2090785289933377880](https://x.com/DforDouble/status/2090785289933377880)  


> 
> "Walrus has to be one of the best projects on Sui"




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