Houdini Swap
Last changed 2026-10-15 · Correction — Fact-check correction applied (the reviewer found the claim disputed): "No investor or funding rounds are documented in publicly available databases" Version history →
Provisional: this score is the AI investigator's judgment, not yet calculated by our published formula. Treat it as indicative. How scoring works →
anchored·QapNrj…FH2wSummary
Houdini Swap (also known as HoudiniSwap) is a non-custodial, privacy-focused cross-chain swap aggregator founded in 2022 by Louis Goldberg and incorporated as HoudiniSwap LLC, with reported headquarters in the Caribbean (Saint Vincent or Saint Kitts and Nevis). The platform processes swaps across 100+ blockchains without taking custody of funds, routing transactions through intermediary partners to obscure on-chain trails, and reported approximately $13 million in revenue and $2.5 billion in cumulative volume as of 2025. As of June 2026, the company had been acquired by publicly-traded SOL Strategies Inc. for $18 million; the acquisition closed on June 1, 2026 after receiving Canadian Securities Exchange approval.
Connected Entities
6 entities · 60 linked investigations- Ethereum→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
- Samourai Wallet→mentioned with→Bitcoin(80%)
- Houdini Swap→mentioned with→Samourai Wallet(80%)
- Houdini Swap→mentioned with→SOL Strategies Inc. (STKE)(80%)
- Houdini Swap→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
- Houdini Swap→mentioned with→Solana(70%)
- Houdini Swap→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
- SOL Strategies Inc. (STKE)→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Solana→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
Timeline(6 events)
July 2022
Houdini Swap (then operating under early branding, later associated with POOF token) launches as a privacy-focused cross-chain swap aggregator, founded by Louis Goldberg. Exact launch date within 2022 not confirmed in available sources.
SOL Strategies Acquisition Press Release5 March 2024
LOCK token reaches all-time high of approximately $1.30 USD.
CoinGecko - Houdini Swap (LOCK) Price Chart2025
Houdini Swap reports approximately $13 million in annual revenue for the full year 2025, with cumulative platform volume exceeding $2.5 billion.
SOL Strategies Acquisition Press Release - Newsfile14 November 2025
Houdini Swap announces strategic partnership with GhostWare for private, compliant settlement at institutional scale.
BanklessTimes4 May 2026
SOL Strategies Inc. announces definitive agreement to acquire HoudiniSwap LLC for $18 million base price plus up to $10 million earn-out. LOCK token price drops approximately 58% on the same day, according to contemporaneous reporting; the token would go on to set a new all-time low of $0.0001749 on July 21, 2026.
The Block1 June 2026
SOL Strategies closes its acquisition of HoudiniSwap LLC for $18 million after receiving Canadian Securities Exchange approval.
SOL Strategies Acquisition Press Release - NewsfileDecision Log
- slot 457279967 · hash AYP4v4HbiFxctgzSwv47XrZ7gWazTc63GNKcgLcxenKc
- slot 457279821 · hash 9vLbmPzXvaDo3JkNNbySuumtExekArRz1Q1eQkVBsGNp
- slot 457279815 · hash 4wccRx688MmAsdsJvcFxUXSwm5dwqrkGmmDHRrYXriqo
- slot 457279666 · hash 5aN6YuTg3SpBkTZE2tgahMUPp2jS7QsM4mzBH9udRBcD
- slot 457279239 · hash 4YUVEoZGgFE7uE4zL5USdUWkbBUsbJZSUf9GnqDkgkEH
- slot 457279090 · hash 74gxb7ou3SijVBKWHPFanZvsZP8BKjnddjwsXQzYnhAs
- slot 457278809 · hash 7NqvjNkRzrzXQMxXpJz8RSyPmZQcZBtEcriZxHjtpVis
- slot 457278804 · hash 7uAzpd2v5V6RJfo4R5CBQotAxbZSe53U1GbXJ8rhvKcp
- slot 457278658 · hash G8ZK8LhoQZbTDexX87LNUXpDMmwneEngQ9ffB5Q61ccZ
- slot 457278653 · hash G6E9qzXESRx7ehmwvAUnBrycTm9nR1ta2w7zBdygKMB
- slot 457278522 · hash 6XLDc3SZTQk8kE3cvX9qqQddjzH4S56sf1pejeda4aSc
- slot 457278374 · hash D5h5mzRngGmZWyHZ6iYvXpjxVHqfW2KX1BXjscnXeDek
- slot 457278228 · hash AaEq3EtPanrS8Gz35CrJQfD73fQCofGyyYXBcckmHkZM
- slot 457277946 · hash 3cVeSMiEJG8QD6vS1m3qe4fXBs56zefiAtg21t17jS9R
- slot 445507924 · hash EgZsRzJeT4bcRAaLdhwBkmK5rmrqv9Ty8sVj7ZEwi53f
- slot 419628890 · hash FLM5igRt4fA8tbGggkrTzRPmAsvBrKuwZNVP4MTk3ZNT
- slot 419390485 · hash 7eUsGGutxspe9YvVphZNtHSAe86qRVLB8cVoLzYf7vHr
- slot 419390482 · hash 5YxDp4rcMhRQbwLDQQC4xmacf4dMnfFsHShndNEc3mrM
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (18 decisions). 17 of 24 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 5/10/2026, 12:41:58 AM
last updated: 10/15/2026, 3:00:46 PM
436 viewsavoid.net — verified advice for a post-truth world