Retention Near 92% as ftUSD Launches on Ethereum
17 days in: community retention strong, income > cash burn, ftUSD live on Ethereum + Sonic. Next: Lend, Spot, TRS. At $3.5k/day revenue, unallocated + divested supply gets burned.

New Raise Model Guarantees Exit Options in Bear Markets
Understanding @flyingtulip_ new raise model; TLDR; Market Cap: $2k FDV: $175m Volume: $33.5m 2 weeks in (and brutal markets) and yet the token looks boring (by design). Volume is tiny (by design). Comparative projects that raised and TGE'd in the same time-frame are on average significantly...

From Tether to DeFi: On‑Chain Innovation Accelerates
Crypto can be very noisy, and innovation moves slow, but just reflecting on how much even simple things like stablecoins have come from back when Tether started from just tokenizing USD deposits on bitfinex to make trades a bit simpler,...

Betting Market Exposes FDV Irrelevance, Validates Model Floor
Didn't want to mention or interact with this at all till after it was done, but this kind of betting definitely adds a weird angle to launching a project, we had so many people in discord asking about FDV that...
PUT Model Running, 445k FT Burned, Yields Pending
Fees, Revenues, and yields aren't activated yet. This is just the PUT model at work.
Securing $200M to Launch Token-First Model
$200m for a brand new model. Very appreciative. Looking forward to finally getting the product out the door and seeing the real world impact of a "token first" design.
Unlock 30% Liquidity Zero‑Collateral on FT Put Options
Hold. Refund. Profit. And now including borrow. Access 30% liquidity with 0% collateral against your FT PUT options.

FT Raises Capital, Uses Interest for Ops, Ensures On‑chain Refunds
FT raise mental model. FT has had some big headlines; - $200m seed - $25m follow-on - $55m Impossible - $10m CoinList But, this isn't actually money raised. In traditional finance terms, this is the equivalent of raising money, putting that all in tbills, and using...

Flying Tulip Enables Full-Featured Exchanges on Any Blockchain
Flying Tulip is an application layer that transforms any blockchain into a fully featured exchange while leveraging the chains full liquidity. The initial product launch is on Ethereum, Sonic, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Base. Future expansions planned for MegaETH, Monad,...

User Thanks Andre Cronje, Asks Whitelist Round Count
@AndreCronjeTech Thank you for the whitelist, I appreciate it! How many rounds Whitelist do you plan to have? https://t.co/5Kc0Iy53EJ
Supporter Whitelist Open—No Funds Required Yet
#2 Supporter Whitelist. Even if you do not wish to register interest at this point, there are still future rounds. No funds are requested at this time, please do not send funds anywhere. https://t.co/qjLlEGtXhT
Crypto Marketing Matures, Boosting Usability and User Experience
Very impressed with both @monad & @megaeth marketing, branding, airdrop/sale respectively. Quite happy to see the industry moving into a new age where there is collective improvement on usability and experience. Means the tech in the industry has matured to...
ImpossibleFi Waives Fees, Guarantees Equal Terms for All
Investment platforms like @impossiblefi normally charge a small fee to facilitate the raise, this makes sense in normal token sales where it is capital in and token out. With @flyingtulip_'s capital allocation model, where the initial principal isn't used and...
Innovating Everywhere: Lending, Trading, Derivatives, Stablecoins, Insurance
A VC told me "you can only innovate 1 thing", challenge accepted. The reason every article on Flying Tulip is so long is that we are innovating on; lending, trading, derivatives, stablecoins, insurance, and even yield. Time to deliver on...
Insurance Product Set to Surpass Derivatives Market
I agree and eventually think our insurance product will be bigger than our derivatives market.
First Fundraise Tokens Highlight FT's Chain‑wide Exchange Vision
Great analysis. Risk disclosures. And even criticism. Worth mentioning this is the first time I raised funds and first time I have tokens @stacy_muur. Everything before I had no economic alignment. FT will transform each chain into a full featured...
Take Your Time: All Sale Rounds Offer Same Terms
No need to rush, there are plenty of rounds, you do not need to participate in the early access rounds, they are capped rounds as thank you to supporters in those communities.