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If we indeed lose Flowty — a truly stable, one-of-a-kind marketplace — it would be a MASSIVE loss for the community and the entire Dapper collectibles ecosystem. I really hope they find a way to stay around.
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Announcement: Suspension of Flowty Services 📢 [Part 1 of 2]
Flowty Community,
The Flowty team has spent much of the last few months evaluating the best path forward for the platform. We have been building Flowty for over five years, and the platform has been live for over four years. We have a truly incredible community and feel fortunate to have the unwavering support and loyalty of so many of you. You took a chance on a grassroots platform built by Flow community members, and we are forever grateful.
Unfortunately, the reality for Flowty is that the addressable market for NFT services platforms is significantly smaller than it once was and what we imagined it could become. Without structural changes or external support, there is simply not enough volume for Flowty to sustainably operate, let alone thrive.
Next Steps
As a result, we will be pausing most Flowty services while we evaluate strategic alternatives. The following are the steps we are taking for each of Flowty’s core services. Please continue reading to the next section if you would like to support our efforts to resume operations.
Sales Marketplace
Effective in 24 hours
👉 Flowty users will no longer be able to add new sales listings to the marketplace
👉 Existing sales listings will be removed from the marketplace
Loan Marketplace
Effective today
👉 The max loan duration has been reduced from 180 days to 90 days
Going forward
👉 Over the next few weeks, we will reduce the max loan duration to 60 days, then 30 days and ultimately remove the ability to post new loan listings
👉 Borrowers will still be able to repay loans at any time throughout this process
Rationale
👉 We understand that many borrowers utilize a refinancing strategy in which existing loans are repaid with new loans
👉 We want to give those borrowers time to manage and unwind their loan portfolios before loan operations are formally suspended
Rentals
Effective in 24 hours
👉 Flowty users will no longer be able to add new rental listings to the marketplace
👉 Existing rental listings will be removed from the marketplace
Launchpad
Effective in 24 hours
👉 The launchpad feature will be suspended
We understand that this will come as a surprise to some and may be disappointing to those who rely on Flowty. We did not take this decision lightly and wish things had turned out differently. We also believe that, with your help (see below), there may still be a path to restoring services in the future.
Whether or not Europe stands with us, whether or not your journalists do their jobs, whether or not your politicians demonstrate the courage to act, I will fight for my people and my country.
The American and Israeli resolve to decimate the Revolutionary Guards and dismantle the Islamic Republic’s infrastructure of terror has the broad support of the Iranian people.
The current regime’s despicable use of Iranians as human shields is a crime against humanity. The safety of civilians and the protection of Iran’s vital, national infrastructure must remain a priority. To Iran’s own military: lay down your arms and join the people. If you do, there will be a place for you in a free Iran.
My dear compatriots,
Decisive moments lie before us.
The assistance that the President of the United States had promised to the brave people of Iran has now arrived. This is a humanitarian intervention, and its target is the Islamic Republic, its apparatus of repression, and its machinery of killing—not the country and great nation of Iran.
However, despite the arrival of this assistance, the final victory will still be achieved by us. It is we, the people of Iran, who will finish this task in this final battle. The time to return to the streets is approaching.
Now that the Islamic Republic is collapsing, my message to the country’s military, law enforcement, and security forces is clear:
You have sworn an oath to protect Iran and the Iranian nation, not the Islamic Republic and its leaders. Your duty is to defend the people, not to defend a regime that has taken our homeland hostage through repression and crime. Join the nation and help ensure a stable and secure transition. Otherwise, you will sink with Khamenei’s ship and his crumbling regime.
And my message to the President of the United States, President Trump, is this:
The honorable people of Iran, despite the brutal repression and killings carried out by this regime, stood bravely for nearly two months. I now ask you to exercise the utmost possible caution to preserve the lives of civilians and my compatriots. The people of Iran are your natural allies and the allies of the free world, and they will not forget your assistance during the most difficult period of Iran’s contemporary history.
And to you, my dear compatriots in Iran:
In these sensitive hours and days, more than ever we must remain focused on our ultimate goal: reclaiming Iran.
I ask you, for now, to remain in your homes and remain calm and safe. Stay alert and ready to return to the streets for the final action at the appropriate time, which I will communicate to you.
Follow my messages through social media and satellite media. If disruptions occur in the internet and satellite broadcasts, I will remain in contact with you via radio.
We are very close to final victory. I hope to be with you as soon as possible so that together we may reclaim Iran and rebuild it.
Long live Iran.
Reza Pahlavi
هممیهنان عزیزم،
لحظاتی سرنوشتساز پیشِ روی ماست.
کمکی که رئیسجمهور ایالات متحده به مردم شجاع ایران وعده داده بود، اکنون رسیده است. این یک مداخله بشردوستانه است؛ و هدف آن، جمهوری اسلامی، دستگاه سرکوب و ماشین کشتار آن است؛ نه کشور و ملت بزرگ ایران.
اما، با وجود رسیدن این کمک، پیروزی نهایی همچنان به دست ما رقم خواهد خورد. این ما ملت ایران هستیم که در این آخرین نبرد کار را تمام خواهیم کرد. زمان بازگشت به خیابانها نزدیک است.
اکنون که جمهوری اسلامی در حال فروپاشی است، پیام من به نیروهای نظامی، انتظامی و امنیتی کشور روشن است:
شما سوگند خوردهاید حافظ ایران و ملت ایران باشید، نه حافظ جمهوری اسلامی و سرکردگانش. وظیفه شما دفاع از مردم است، نه دفاع از رژیمی که با سرکوب و جنایت، میهن ما را به گروگان گرفته است. به ملت بپیوندید و به یک گذار باثبات و امن کمک کنید. در غیر این صورت، با کشتی درهمشکسته خامنهای و رژیمش غرق خواهید شد.
و پیام من به رئیسجمهور ایالات متحده، پرزیدنت ترامپ، این است:
ملت شریف ایران، با وجود سرکوب و کشتار وحشیانه این رژیم، نزدیک به دو ماه با دلاوری ایستادگی کرد. اینک از شما میخواهم بیشترین احتیاط ممکن را برای حفظ جان غیرنظامیان و هممیهنانم به کار ببرید. مردم ایران، متحدان طبیعی شما و جهان آزادند، و یاری شما در سختترین دوره تاریخ معاصر ایران را فراموش نخواهند کرد.
و به شما هممیهنان عزیزم در ایران:
در این ساعتها و روزهای حساس، بیش از هر زمان دیگر باید بر هدف نهایی خود متمرکز بمانیم: بازپسگرفتن ایران.
من از شما میخواهم که در حال حاضر در خانههای خود بمانید و آرامش و امنیت خود را حفظ کنید. هوشیار و آماده باشید تا در زمان مناسب، که بهطور دقیق به اطلاع شما خواهم رساند، برای اقدام نهایی به خیابانها باز گردید.
پیامهای من را از طریق شبکههای اجتماعی و رسانههای ماهوارهای دنبال کنید. اگر در اینترنت و ماهواره اختلال ایجاد شد، از طریق امواج رادیویی با شما در تماس خواهم بود.
ما به پیروزی نهایی بسیار نزدیکیم. میخواهم هر چه زودتر در کنار شما باشم تا با هم ایران را پس بگیریم و دوباره بسازیم.
پاینده ایران،
رضا پهلوی
To all of our friends around the world,
Under the yoke of the Islamic Republic, Iran is identified in your minds with terrorism, extremism, and poverty. The real Iran is a different Iran. A beautiful, peace-loving, and flourishing Iran.
It is the Iran that existed before the Islamic Republic, and it is the Iran that will rise again from its ashes the day the Islamic Republic falls.
So let me be clear about how a free Iran will act toward its neighbors and the world, after the fall of this regime.
In security and foreign policy, Iran’s nuclear military program will end. Support for terrorist groups will cease immediately. A free Iran will work with regional and global partners to confront terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, and extremist Islamism.
Iran will act as a friend and a stabilizing force in the region. And it will be a responsible partner in global security.
In diplomacy, relations with the United States will be normalized and our friendship with America and her people will be restored. The State of Israel will be recognized immediately. We will pursue the expansion of the Abraham Accords into the Cyrus accords bringing together a free Iran, Israel, and the Arab world.
A new chapter will begin, grounded in mutual recognition, sovereignty, and national interest.
In energy, Iran holds some of the largest oil and gas reserves in the world. A free Iran will become a reliable energy supplier to the free world. Policy-making will be transparent. Iran’s actions will be responsible. Prices will be predictable.
In transparency and governance, Iran will adopt and enforce international standards. Money laundering will be confronted. Organized corruption will be dismantled. Public institutions will answer to the people.
In the economy, Iran is one of the world’s last great untapped markets. Our population is educated, modern, with a diaspora that connects it to the four corners of the world. A democratic Iran will open its economy to trade, investment, and innovation. And Iran will seek to invest in the world.
Opportunity will replace isolation.
This is not an abstract vision. It is a practical one. Grounded in national interest, stability, and cooperation.
To achieve this, now is the time to stand with the Iranian people. The fall of the Islamic Republic and the establishment of a secular, democratic government in Iran will not only restore dignity to my people, it will benefit the region and the world.
A free Iran will be a force for peace. For prosperity. And for partnership.
If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.