CoinGape and CoinTurk News EN give opposite accounts of whether XRP whales are sending coins to or pulling them from Binance during the same late‑August period.
CoinGape and CoinTurk News EN give opposite accounts of whether XRP whales are sending coins to or pulling them from Binance during the same late‑August period.
What all sources agree on
- XRP was trading at $1.43 at the time both articles were published.
- The reports were published on the same day, August 26, 2026, and both link large whale activity on Binance to a recent XRP price surge.
Where the reports disagree
1Direction of whale movement (into vs. out of Binance)
Whales have sent 1.45 million XRP coins to Binance in the last 30 days per CryptoQuant data.
XRP saw a dramatic surge in whale withdrawals from Binance, with 231 million tokens—valued at $335 million—removed in a single day, marking the largest such outflow in six months.
What would settle it: On-chain wallet transaction data for Binance's XRP hot wallets over the relevant period.
2Volume of XRP moved
Data from CryptoQuant shows that whales have sent 1.451 XRP coins to the Binance exchange in the last 30 days.
whale accounts transferred over 231 million XRP out of Binance, far exceeding the 90-day daily average outflow of $40 million.
What would settle it: CryptoQuant or comparable exchange-flow dashboards showing raw transaction counts for the cited dates.
3Timeframe of the reported movement
the amount of XRP that whales have sent to Binance has risen to the highest in four months.
total XRP withdrawals in just 48 hours multiplied by 4.3 times, reaching the same 231 million token figure.
What would settle it: Time-stamped on-chain transfer logs for the disputed period.
What to make of it
Treat the $1.43 XRP price as established, but do not treat either whale-flow claim as fact until on-chain wallet data confirming direction, volume and timeframe is available.
Treat the $1.43 XRP price as established, but do not treat either whale-flow claim as fact until on-chain wallet data confirming direction, volume and timeframe is available.
