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As Team Liquid and Team Yandex faced off in a Dota 2 playoff match at The International 2026 in Shanghai, China, on August 20, two Polymarket whales placed opposing six-figure bets, amounting to $393,221. Whale 1 (0x5dab…322e1) backed Team Liquid at 10:23 UTC with a $245,259 at entry odds of 58%, according to whale data from Predictbook.co . On the other hand, Whale 2 (0x6d20…9a165) countered at 10:39 UTC with a $147,962 at 55% odds.  The game between Team Liquid and Team Yandex involved the Upper Bracket Quarterfinal of The International 2026 (TI15), the premier Dota 2 championship running August 13–23. As Team Yandex won Thursday’s match in a 2-0 sweep, Whale 2 walked away with roughly $460,300 across three winning bets, with Return on Investment (ROIs) ranging from 15.1% to 51.7%, as per metrics from Polymarketscan . Whale 2 Dota 2 bets. Source: Polymarketscan. On the other hand, Whale 1 lost the bet and increased the total lifetime losses to $...

As XRP price dropped below a crucial psychological support level around $1 for the first time in 2026 this week, on-chain data shows large holders, XRP Ledger (XRPL) wallets with a balance of more than 1 million tokens, have gradually increased and reached a multi-month peak. The number of XRP’s large holders was at 2,038 at press time, according to data from Santiment that Finbold analyzed on August 12. These million-XRP wallets have increased by 32 over the past three months. Number of XRPL wallets with over 1 million XRP. Source: Santiment. The recent spike in XRPL’s whales to a multi-month peak has coincided with the token’s capitulation below $1 for the first time since November 16, 2024. As such, the conviction rate among deep-pocketed investors has surged, with a likelihood of a reversal pattern happening. “When million-XRP wallets rise while market cap falls, stronger hands are absorbing panic, patience is replacing simple price-related hype, and fut...