Back to collectionFrom a Withdrawal Freeze to a Chain of Risk
On the first workday after Celsius froze withdrawals, the studio had to protect work on its main game while judging whether the shock outside would disrupt daily development. BTC plunged 15% in a day and broke below USD 23,000; ETH fell below USD 1,200. The previous day's withdrawal freeze had become a worry about risks spreading across platforms.
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On the first workday after Celsius froze withdrawals, the studio had to protect work on its main game while judging whether the shock outside would disrupt daily development. A-Zhen had planned to check dependencies; market news could no longer be treated as distant noise.
BTC plunged 15% in a day and broke below USD 23,000; ETH fell below USD 1,200. The stETH discount, successive liquidations and lending risks fed one another as the market guessed which name might be next. A-Zhen separated verifiable external dependencies from names circulating in chat. She urged colleagues to check the services they actually used before debating any change to the plan.
The previous day's withdrawal freeze had become a worry about risks spreading across platforms. The team's discussion shifted from price moves to the reliability of services. A-Zhen planned to keep checking rather than let unconfirmed names set the schedule; Night Watchman needed to tell players which questions still lacked answers. No one could say where the next problem would surface.