2025-12-28 05:24:38

The last weekend of 2025, the market played out an ancient economic truth.

Gold and silver are soaring at supercar speeds, especially silver, which has seen a 7% premium in the spot market. This detail says it all—investors are even willing to pay a premium just to secure physical assets. In contrast, Bitcoin's trading volume and volatility have fallen into a lull, as if hit the pause button.

Under this extreme contrast, the market seems to be sending a signal: traditional metal assets remain hard currency, while crypto assets need to prove themselves. According to insiders, to turn the situation around, a bullish candle breaking through $100,000 is necessary; otherwise, the feeling of being "humiliated" cannot be suppressed.

But there's never a shortage of drama within the circle. The Lighter project launched a 25% airdrop plan, which was initially good news but caused controversy due to the "Witch Hunt" mechanism. Data shows that 70% to 90% of accounts were deemed to be cheating accounts. Some participants invested $200,000 to participate in the grab, only to be "counter-grabbed," losing everything. This reflects a trend: project teams' risk control awareness is evolving, and the batch-grabbing model led by studios may be heading toward decline.

At the same time, security threats are escalating. FLOW was hacked, with $3.9 million worth of assets minted and dumped, causing the token price to halve. Similar security vulnerabilities occur from time to time, reminding market participants to stay alert to smart contract risks.

Overall, this weekend's market reflects both macro liquidity anxieties and internal growing pains within the ecosystem.

BTC0,17%

FLOW10,07%

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PrivateKeyParanoia

· 12h ago

Silver 7% premium, is Bitcoin hitting the pause button? Truly outrageous, this time the metal daddy is directly deified. Lighter's witch hunt mechanism is indeed ridiculous, $200,000 was reversed, I feel sorry for them. But to be fair, the rug-pull studios should be shut down, the ecosystem should have been cleaned up long ago. That $3.9 million bug in FLOW is hilarious, this is why I keep my private keys myself, who dares to guarantee smart contract risks? Why hasn't the $100,000 bullish rally appeared yet? It's really embarrassing for BTC. It feels like this wave isn't about the coin itself, but the entire ecosystem is still growing teeth.

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GasFeeNightmare

· 12h ago

The 7% silver premium is really amazing, investors are voting with their feet Lighter's "Witch Hunt" this time is a total social death scene, losing $200,000 feels terrible haha BTC's current slump is really depressing, $100,000 still feels far away That FLOW bug was incredible, $3.9 million just disappeared, that's real risk It's hard to make profits now, studios might have to switch careers

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LiquidatedThrice

· 12h ago

This wave of silver premiums is really heartbreaking. We're still waiting for $100,000 while gold has already soared. Lighter, this thing cracked me up. Spending 200,000 to buy some tokens and getting rekt instead—this is what you call reaping what you sow. FLOW directly cut in half? Contract risks are really no joke. Hard assets like metals vs. dreams in the crypto world—feeling like the choice is now very clear. The token farming studios should cool down; the project team is really paying attention this time. Honestly, stronger fundamentals are still needed; just shouting slogans is useless. I'll just watch to see what happens next with gold and silver. Bitcoin's current slump really can't be sustained.

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FlashLoanPhantom

· 12h ago

Silver 7% premium? That's outrageous, traditional assets really hit us hard. Leverage trading 200,000 and getting liquidated, serves you right, this wave should clean up the trash accounts. BTC really needs to move now, or it will truly become a clone. Lighter's recent moves are a bit harsh, but we have to admit the project team is also evolving. That FLOW vulnerability was really incredible, 3.9 million just disappeared like that, isn't an insecure smart contract a problem? Gold and silver are soaring wildly, but why is our crypto market still sluggish? Just play with a good mindset. Honestly, risk control evolution is a good thing; the era of blindly leveraging and farming is over.

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Web3Educator

· 12h ago

Let me break this down for my students real quick — this whole silver premium situation? Fundamentally speaking, that's when the market's screaming "physical assets > digital promises" and honestly it hits different To the friends who got反撸 for 2 million USD... This is why I always emphasize to my students — do your own research, not all airdrops are pie in the sky The $3.9 million hack incident on FLOW is another example. In terms of smart contract risk management, our Web3 community still needs to keep evolving What’s the point of Bitcoin being sluggish? We need to wait for that bullish candle to break 100,000 before anything changes From my years of teaching experience, this cycle of "ancient economic truths" is just a way to filter out who truly understands this game

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