PANews reported on August 2 that according to monitoring by on-chain analyst Aunt Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), "insider whales" opened 20x leveraged XRP and SOL short positions, opening short orders of 3333333 XRP and 44444.44 SOL respectively, with a total value of US$17.07 million, and opening prices of $2.93 and $164.18 respectively; the total value of the four short positions currently exceeds US$221 million, with a floating profit of US$6.01 million.