【Midnight News Brief】 Flow's price plummets amid security incident rumors... Domestic exchanges suspend deposits and withdrawals, etc.

FLOW today plummeted to $0.17… possible security incident risk

According to Coinness market monitoring, the price of FLOW tokens on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance experienced a sudden drop from $0.17 to $0.079. The FLOW Foundation stated that they are investigating the possibility of a security incident that could affect the FLOW network. Korean exchanges Upbit, Bithumb, and Coinone have suspended FLOW deposits and withdrawals, and the Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA) issued a “Trading Risk Warning” for FLOW.

Upbit·Bithumb·Coinone, temporarily suspend FLOW deposits and withdrawals

Upbit, Bithumb, and Coinone announced that they will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals due to security issues related to the FLOW digital asset.

ZEC whale investor opened a 10x long position before the surge

On-chain analyst AI Auntie via X stated that Hyperliquid (HYPE) ZEC whale investor (starting with 0x8de) opened a 10x long position before the price surge. The whale opened a ZEC long position worth $11.5 million at an average price of $446.48 yesterday, currently recording an unrealized profit of $1.48 million.

Pantera Capital: “By 2026, AI, prediction markets, and stablecoins will rise”

Pantera Capital research analyst Jay Yu posted 12 predictions for the cryptocurrency market in 2026 via X. Jay Yu suggested that the core trends in 2026 will include capital-efficient on-chain lending, polarization of prediction markets (finance·culture), and the proliferation of agency commerce (x402). He also predicted that AI will become the interface for crypto, tokenized gold will rise as a core RWA asset, and discussed that the debate on Bitcoin’s quantum computing risk will formally begin but pose limited actual threat. Mentioned that DAT (Bitcoin treasury enterprise) may reorganize into 2-3 entities, the boundary between tokens and stocks may weaken, and PerpDEX is expected to reorganize around Hyperliquid. Stablecoins will expand into a global payment and settlement infrastructure.

Cleanski: “Silver price may reach $200 per ounce by 2026… warning of malicious dollar inflation”

According to DailyHodl, Robert Kiyosaki, author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” warned that “the surge in silver prices could be a precursor to malicious dollar inflation.” He stated that “silver breaking $70 is bad news for holders of counterfeit money (USD),” and predicted that silver could reach $200 per ounce by 2026. As a countermeasure, he recommended buying gold, silver, Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH).

PlanB: “BTC has decoupled from stocks and gold… previously surged 10x”

Renowned Bitcoin analyst PlanB via X analyzed that “Bitcoin has now significantly decoupled from the historical correlation with the S&P 500 and gold.” He explained that “similar phenomena occurred when Bitcoin was below $1,000, after which the price surged 10x.” However, he added that “correlation can be broken at any time, and if that happens, a rise may not occur this time.” PlanB stated that “the results will be verified over time.”