---
type: source
title: "Futardio: Turtle Cove fundraise goes live"
author: "futard.io"
url: "https://www.futard.io/launch/6hjjscmjd2iEiycvcjymMqiRqXgzmi74hzMk4y7t267S"
date: 2026-02-25
domain: internet-finance
format: data
status: null-result
tags: [futardio, metadao, futarchy, solana]
event_type: launch
processed_by: rio
processed_date: 2026-02-25
extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
extraction_notes: "This is a satirical/joke fundraise pitch written from the perspective of a 9-year-old. While it launched on the futard.io platform (a real MetaDAO futarchy implementation), the project itself ('Turtle Cove') is clearly not a serious venture - it raised only $3 toward a $69,420 goal and went to refunding status. The source contains no extractable claims about futarchy, internet finance mechanisms, or governance. It's a data point showing that futard.io permits permissionless launches (including non-serious ones), which confirms existing claims about permissionless capital formation, but adds no new evidence beyond what's already captured. The humor and obvious unseriousness make this unsuitable for claim extraction. Preserved as archive record of platform activity."
---

## Launch Details
- Project: Turtle Cove
- Description: I like turtles.
- Funding target: $69,420.00
- Total committed: $3.00
- Status: Refunding
- Launch date: 2026-02-25
- URL: https://www.futard.io/launch/6hjjscmjd2iEiycvcjymMqiRqXgzmi74hzMk4y7t267S

## Team / Description

# 🐢 TURTLE COVE 🐢
## *Where Shell Meets Chain™*

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### Hi my name is Timmy and I am 9 years old and I REALLY like turtles.

No like you don't understand. I REALLY like turtles. My mom says it's "a lot." She doesn't get it. Nobody gets it. But YOU get it. I can tell. You clicked on this. You're here. You're based.

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## 🚀 THE VISION

Okay so basically what if — and hear me out please because this is very polite and also very important — what if there was a COVE. A **Turtle Cove**. And in this cove? Turtles. So many turtles. Like at LEAST 200 turtles. Maybe 10,000 if we hit stretch goals. I haven't done all the math yet because I'm in 4th grade but my friend Jayden has a calculator watch and he said "that's a lot of turtles dude" so the fundamentals are SOLID.

Each turtle will be legally and spiritually linked to a token on the blockchain. You buy a token? You own a percentage of a turtle. You own enough tokens? You own a WHOLE turtle. You own enough whole turtles? Brother, you own THE COVE.

> "But Timmy, turtles are slow."

EXACTLY. You know what else is slow? Compound interest. And everyone says that's good. Warren Buffett literally loves compound interest AND he's old and slow like a turtle. Coincidence? I think NOT sir and/or ma'am.

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## 📊 TOKENOMICS (I learned this word yesterday)

| Thing | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total Supply | 1,000,000 $SHELL tokens |
| Raise Goal | **$50,000 USD** |
| Turtle Budget | 60% (turtles are expensive??) |
| Cove Infrastructure | 25% (rocks, water, little ramps) |
| Snacks (for me and the turtles) | 10% |
| Emergency Fund | 5% (in case a turtle gets sad) |

Every $SHELL token represents fractional ownership in the Turtle Cove Ecosystem. Holders receive:

- 🐢 **Quarterly Turtle Updates** (pictures and names and who bit who)
- 📈 **Revenue share** from turtle sales, turtle merch, and turtle consulting
- 🗳️ **Governance votes** on important decisions like "should we get a really big turtle y/n"
- 🎂 **Invitations** to the Annual Turtle Cove Birthday Party (there will be cake probably)

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## 🧠 WHY THIS WILL WORK (serious business section please read)

1. **Turtles live like 100 years.** Your investment literally cannot die. Name ONE other asset class that lives to 100. You can't. Houses don't even live that long. Houses aren't even alive. Turtles are alive. Turtles win.

2. **The turtle market is undervalued.** Nobody is doing turtle-crypto integration right now. We are FIRST MOVERS. When Amazon started, people said "who wants books on the internet?" and now Jeff Bezos has a rocket ship. I'm not saying I'll have a rocket ship. But I'm not NOT saying that either.

3. **Community.** The crypto space is about community and vibes and honestly? Turtle vibes are immaculate. Have you ever seen a turtle just sitting on a log? That's peace. That's zen. That's a $50K market cap minimum.

4. **Deflationary pressure.** Sometimes turtles have baby turtles. That means more turtles. More turtles = more value in the cove = number go up. This is just science and also economics which I will learn about in 7th grade.

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## 🗺️ ROADMAP

**Phase 1: THE EGG** 🥚
- Raise $50,000
- Buy first 20 turtles (I already have names picked out)
- Set up Cove v1 (my backyard, it's pretty big, my mom said maybe)

**Phase 2: THE HATCHLING** 🐣
- Acquire rare turtle breeds
- Launch $SHELL merch store
- Get a website (my cousin knows HTML sort of)

**Phase 3: THE SNAPPER** 🐢
- Expand to second cove location (Jayden's backyard???)
- Turtle NFT collection (each one is a drawing I did of a real turtle we own)
- First turtle sold for crypto (historic moment)

**Phase 4: THE LEVIATHAN** 🌊
- Full turtle sanctuary and education center
- Partnerships with aquariums and marine biologists
- I become the youngest turtle-crypto mogul in history
- Mom finally admits this was a good idea

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## ⚠️ RISKS (my mom made me add this part)

- A turtle could escape (we will have fences though so probably not)
- Crypto could go down (but also it could go up so)
- I have school on weekdays so turtle operations will be limited from 8am-3pm
- My little sister might try to "help" (she is 6 and does not understand business)

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## 💚 WHY YOU SHOULD INVEST RIGHT NOW

Look. I know you've aped into worse. I've SEEN your wallet. You bought a mass-produced token because someone on Twitter told you it was going to moon. You spent $4,000 on a picture of a monkey that is now worth $11.

This is TURTLES. Real turtles. Living, breathing, vibing turtles. They eat lettuce and they don't rug pull. A turtle has never rugged anyone in the history of the planet. That is a FACT.

$50,000 gets this cove built. Your $SHELL tokens get you a piece of the most wholesome, most shelled, most absolutely BASED project in the entire crypto ecosystem.

Please invest in my turtles. They would invest in you if they had wallets. They don't because they don't have thumbs. But spiritually? They believe in you.

Thank you for reading this. My bedtime is 8:30 so please send offers before then.

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*With love and shell,*
**Timmy, Age 9**
*Founder & Chief Turtle Officer*
*Turtle Cove LLC (pending, my dad said he'd look into it)*

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> *"In a world of rugs, be a shell."* — Timmy

*This is not financial advice. I literally cannot give financial advice. I am nine.*

## Raw Data

- Launch address: `6hjjscmjd2iEiycvcjymMqiRqXgzmi74hzMk4y7t267S`
- Token: 4xs (4xs)
- Token mint: `4xs5J7EW26k9yv96pxssPVdQo3HLiuLKcpncG3Gbmeta`
- Version: v0.7
- Closed: 2026-02-26


## Key Facts
- Turtle Cove fundraise launched on futard.io 2026-02-25
- Funding target: $69,420.00
- Total committed: $3.00
- Status: Refunding
- Launch closed 2026-02-26
- Token: 4xs
- Proposed tokenomics: 1M $SHELL tokens, 60% turtle budget, 25% infrastructure, 10% snacks, 5% emergency fund
