According to PANews, the Flappy Bird Foundation has responded to criticism by asserting its position as the legitimate successor of the popular 2013 game, Flappy Bird. The foundation emphasized its commitment to preserving and promoting the game's legacy. Recently, the game was reintroduced in a GameFi format and launched on Telegram, which sparked significant backlash from the gaming community. This controversy even prompted the game's original creator, Dong Nguyen, to break his seven-year silence on social media to publicly oppose the project. The Flappy Bird Foundation stated that it had legally acquired the trademark rights to the game and re-released it as a TON mini-game, with plans to introduce a token soon.