Flying Tulip’s $200M Gamble: A Token-Tastic Tale!

Flying Tulip, that most earnest of ventures, recently secured $200 million in a private funding round. Founded by Andre Cronje, the exchange is set to launch a public sale of its native FT token-also priced at the same valuation. The round was reportedly structured as a simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT) and values Flying Tulip’s token at a $1 billion fully diluted valuation. đŸ€Ż

Global Bank Account Purge?! đŸ˜±

Apparently, someone told them about ‘rented’ accounts. Which are, as far as anyone can tell, accounts that aren’t actually yours but you let someone else use. Like a very complicated library book, only with more potential for upsetting the taxman. Bloomberg – those purveyors of slightly-worried news – reported on it, probably while wringing their hands. Sources remain anonymous, naturally. Because revealing yourself when discussing financial regulation is a bit like waving a red flag at a particularly grumpy accountant.

How Swift and Consensys Plan to Make Money Move at the Speed of Light (Maybe)

On September 29, 2025, at the Sibos conference in Frankfurt (yes, the city famous for sausages and finance wizardry), Swift revealed a new plan: partner up with Consensys to build a blockchain-based ledger for real-time cross-border payments. For those who don’t know, Swift already connects over 11,500 financial institutions in more than 200 countries, so if it were a social butterfly, it’d be one heck of a popular one.

Pump.fun’s Racist Tokens: The New Crypto Trend or a Moral Crisis?

These incidents have restarted the debate over the lack of regulation in the meme coin space. The ease with which tokens can be created on launchpads inevitably facilitates the dissemination of malicious content. Because nothing says “innovation” like letting people weaponize racism for profit. đŸ€ĄđŸ’ž

Bitcoin’s Legal Circus: Szabo’s v30.0 Drama Unveiled đŸŽȘ

Enter Nick Szabo, cryptography’s answer to a brooding detective, who dropped a warning sharper than a butler’s wit: v30.0’s lax attitude toward data-carrying transactions might turn full-node operators into legal piñatas. Why? Because suddenly, objectionable content could be as easy to find as a misplaced monocle at a garden party. 🚹