2025-12-28 04:22:45

Last night, a noteworthy phenomenon appeared on the market monitoring dashboard—$FLOW 's market capitalization shrank by 45% within a few hours without any warning.

This is not a typical technical breakdown nor the usual team跑路 scenario. The real trigger came from within the ecosystem: Blocto, the most important infrastructure on the Flow chain, announced the shutdown of core functions such as wallets, DEX, and cross-chain bridges.

The official reason given is straightforward—due to the long-term decline in $FLOW price, the platform has accumulated losses exceeding $5.5 million and can no longer sustain operations. This fully functional platform, once deeply integrated with Flow, ultimately chose to "cut the chain."

The severity of the issue lies in Blocto's position. It is not just an ordinary app but the main gateway for millions of users entering the Flow ecosystem. When this door closes, panic quickly spreads from DeFi to NFT and blockchain gaming ecosystems—users relying on this platform are forced to seek alternatives, but these alternatives are insufficient.

Looking back, Flow was once the most dazzling star chain during the NFT boom, with TPS surpassing thousands, and was seen as a new direction for public chain competition. But now, its price has fallen below $0.3, a stark contrast that highlights the problem.

Even more concerning is the ecosystem risk exposed by this event: when infrastructure chooses to exit due to long-term losses, it indicates a fatal problem with the entire ecosystem's ability to generate value. This is not just a platform failure but a signal that the ecosystem is beginning to self-amputate.

In a bear market environment, a project's true resilience depends on the cohesion of its ecosystem. No matter how advanced the technology, if infrastructure partners start fleeing due to economic pressure, the question facing all participants becomes simple: can the ecosystem save itself, or will it fall into an even deeper vicious cycle?

Everyone is now watching the next move of the Flow team.

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GateUser-a5fa8bd0

· 9h ago

Watching Flow go from the king of NFTs to this point, it's really a bit heartbreaking. The moment Blocto shut down, I knew trouble was brewing. The infrastructure is already collapsing; how can the ecosystem be saved?

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metaverse_hermit

· 9h ago

Once Blocto shuts down, Flow is dead. Truly.

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LiquidityWhisperer

· 9h ago

Damn, Blocto is shutting down directly? Is Flow about to be finished? Wait, can't even afford to burn through a $5.5 million loss? This ecosystem is indeed toxic. From a celebrity public chain to this now... how ironic.

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FlatlineTrader

· 9h ago

It's time to admit that this wave of Flow has already cooled down, right? Once Blocto collapses, the entire chain is doomed. Brutally pinning the NFT public chain on the shame pillar, from star to abandoned child, it happened so quickly. A $5.5 million loss and still pretending to be cool; the ecosystem's self-amputation is truly remarkable. The project that was hyped the most is also the one that has fallen the hardest. The question is, is the Flow team still sleeping? They should come out and say something now. Is this what you call ecosystem resilience? I think it's just paper-thin. Projects that can't withstand wind and rain in a bear market have to die; no one can be blamed. Who will be next? Just thinking about it is terrifying. The price has already broken below 0.3; is there anyone still buying? I'm speechless. Closing Blocto is like the ecosystem announcing a death sentence; there's no suspense anymore.

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CryptoSourGrape

· 9h ago

If I had known that Blocto would turn out like this, I wouldn't be so optimistic about FLOW... Now with a loss of 5.5 million, this ecosystem really can't save itself.

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FUDwatcher

· 9h ago

$5.5 million loss... Blocto is going all out to withdraw completely Yesterday, they were still hyping how awesome the Flow ecosystem is, and now they’re cutting themselves off Having TPS alone is useless; someone has to be willing to use it This round of Flow can be considered ecosystem suicide; all the infrastructure has left, so what’s the point Let’s see how the Flow official team handles the rescue now, or it’s really over What does Blocto’s跑路 (run away) mean? The ecosystem has no blood. Even with unbeatable technology, it’s useless $0.3... from a star to scrap metal at this speed? This is what true systemic risk looks like, not some K-line explosion Millions of users are forced to find alternatives? Laughable, there are no alternatives at all When the bear market hits, it’s all true; the infrastructure has all starved to death

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