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Contract exchange Flying Tulip raises $200 million at $1 billion valuation

Andre Cronje's newly developed decentralized exchange Flying Tulip has raised $200 million at a valuation of $1 billion, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, CoinFund, DWF Labs, FalconX, Hypersphere, Lemniscap, Nascent, Republic Digital, Selini, Sigil Fund, Susquehanna Crypto, Tioga Capital, and Virtuals Protocol.

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