RE:"friend who knows someone" I've heard rumours from those who know folks in the innermost circle. Something in the works, somewhere between 25x and 50x bagger. Complicated deal, will take some time to go through legal proceedings. Potentially end of 2024, but things can change.
Take this how you will. The folks I know have never talked about actual deals until recently. Even when things were going really well, the rumours in the past on these types of forums were never discussed. Only positivity about a rising SP, but not of impending BO. That signal has changed recently. Just speculation, though.