💰 Andre Cronje raises $200M for Flying Tulip

Andre Cronje’s new project Flying Tulip has closed a $200M round at a $1B valuation, with backers including Brevan Howard Digital, CoinFund, DWF Labs, FalconX, and Hypersphere. The team aims to raise another $800M through a public sale of $FT.

➡️ Building a full onchain exchange: spot, derivatives, lending, stablecoins, insurance
➡️ First launch on Sonic ($S) with zero trading fees
➡️ Key feature: “onchain redemption right” lets investors redeem funds anytime — downside protection with upside exposure
➡️ Capital will be deployed into Aave, Ethena, Spark to target ~4% yield, funding development and token buybacks

Cronje is betting on a model that mixes DeFi returns with TradFi-style investor protections - a rare blend in today’s market.

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✨ From $90K to $470K in under 11 hours

One Jeff NFT flipped from $90K to $230K to $470K in less than half a day.

➡️ First seller thought he hit gold selling at 2000 HYPE - 2x floor
➡️ Next buyer sold again at 2.5x higher
➡️ Hours later, price doubled once more

There are only 16 of these NFTs. By the end of 2025, seven-figure valuations look realistic. The buyers? Whales with millions of HYPE tokens. Spending 20K HYPE on a piece tied to the project that made them tens of millions is nothing.

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📰 Key crypto updates you need to know

Quick rundown of the most important moves in the market recently:

➡️ Strategy — acquired 196 BTC at $113,048 avg price, ~$22.1M total

➡️ YieldBasis — launched $YB token sale on Legion platform

➡️ OpenEden — joined Binance HODLer Airdrops as project #47

➡️ Aethir — Predictive Oncology launched $344M ATH Digital Asset Treasury

➡️ Falcon Finance — debut on major exchanges, reaching ~$8B ATH FDV

➡️ Anoma — listed on Binance Alpha, Binance Futures, Bybit and more

➡️ ApeX — will use 50% of daily revenue to buy back $APEX

➡️ Swarm Network — launching Oct 1 on Binance Alpha and Futures

➡️ Flying Tulip — Andre Cronje raised $200M at $1B valuation

➡️ Binance — introduced crypto-as-a-service for banks and brokerages

➡️ Hyperliquid — airdropped 4,600 Hypurr NFTs to top users

➡️ zkVerify — to be listed Sept 30 on Binance Alpha, Futures, Gate, KuCoin

Busy day across exchanges and protocols - from new listings to massive raises, liquidity is shifting fast.

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📈 Double Bottoms - a pattern worth your attention

One of the strongest long setups comes from the double bottom. It’s about positioning early, not chasing late.

➡️ Entry near the lows provides liquidity to early stop hunts and sets up the best reward with minimal risk
➡️ Open Interest works well as confluence when price revisits the level
➡️ Most traders only recognize the pattern after the move is nearly over, when risk-reward is already gone

The edge is simple - spot it early, position smartly, and let others “see it” once your trade is already in profit.

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⏫ October is Alt ETF month

Final deadlines are approaching for spot ETFs tied to Solana, XRP, Cardano, Dogecoin, and Litecoin - with approval odds estimated at 75–90%.

➡️ Solana ETF deadlines: Oct 2–10
➡️ Litecoin ETF deadline: Oct 8
➡️ Dogecoin ETF deadline: Oct 16
➡️ XRP ETF deadlines: Oct 20–22
➡️ Cardano ETF deadline: Oct 23

If approvals land, October could turn into the most important month ever for altcoin market structure.

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🟦 Starknet rolls out BTC staking with $100M fund

Starknet has launched Bitcoin staking and a $100M incentive program in STRK tokens to accelerate the BTCFi ecosystem.

➡️ BTC holders can now earn yield while keeping custody of their assets
➡️ Tokenized BTC versions supported: WBTC, tBTC, Liquid Bitcoin and others
➡️ zk-STARK cryptography secures the staking mechanism
➡️ Incentives aimed at growing adoption and liquidity across BTCFi on Starknet

This move positions Starknet as a bridge between Bitcoin capital and Ethereum-style DeFi - giving BTC a new role beyond “digital gold.”

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