Most people missed the signal yesterday (Jan 21) when Team Liquid started migrating 250TB of esports footage to Walrus Protocol.
They aren't just archiving old matches. They are turning decades of history into immutable, verifiable on-chain assets. This is the largest single dataset transition in Web3 history, and it proves that decentralized storage is finally ready for enterprise scale.
Why this is the infrastructure play of 2026:
The Tech: Walrus isn't just storing files; it’s using "Red Stuff" encoding to cryptographically prove them. In an age where AI is drowning in bad data, "proof of availability" is the new gold standard.
The Stress Test: The network swallowed that 250TB upload without a hiccup. Capacity is at 4,100 TB and already 25% utilized.
The Economics: $WAL is trading at ~$0.13. With a 0.5% burn on usage, every terabyte that companies like Team Liquid upload deletes supply from the market forever.
Analysts are forecasting a run to $0.43 this year for a reason. As data moves from "trust me" (AWS/Google) to "verify me" (Walrus), the protocol that owns the verification layer wins.
Data is the asset. Walrus is the vault.
