Waves.Exchange has launched a new prediction campaign betting market allowing users to speculate on spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Customers can now purchase ‘COVID-UP-SEP20’ and ‘COVID-DOWN-SEP20’ tokens to bet on whether the number of new weekly cases worldwide will exceed April 4 – 10’s record of 595,802 confirmed infections before September.
Let’s squash the virus together with @TheGivingBlock💪 The week 04-10 April was the toughest on confirmed COVID-19 cases so far. Stay home and buy tokens for our #prediction solution to forecast the new peak of the pandemy! More info: https://t.co/T5POmTLrM0 — Waves.Exchange (@Waves_Exchange) April 27, 2020
Waves’ tokens are purchased in exchange for the stablecoin, Neutrino Dollar (USDN). All USDN used to buy the tokens are locked in escrow until September, and then distributed among the winners. The campaign will contribute towards coronavirus charity initiatives.
Recently, Waves launched a predictive betting markets allowing users to speculate on whether the number of globally confirmed COVID-19 cases would increase or decrease on a week-over-week basis.
A Waves.Exchange spokesperson revealed the platform’s week-over-week predictive markets had finished, adding that its new September markets are likely to be its last COVID-19-themed betting market. The number of weekly confirmed cases will be determined according to data from the World WHO.
Waves.Exchange encourages winning stakers to contribute toward the ‘#CryptoCOVID19’ charity initiative. It has raised nearly $4 million so far. It also contributed 10,000 Tether (USDT) to a dozen charities fighting the effects of coronavirus.
The first peak was reached, those who voted for the decrease can change their tokens on https://t.co/z9r4K8gGEn. We are delighted to be a part of #CryptoCOVID19 movement together with @TheGivingBlock and @gitcoin and have donated $10,000 to the nonprofits fighting the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/z1aEYPins4 — Waves.Exchange (@Waves_Exchange) April 27, 2020
A Waves.Exchange spokesperson stated that the idea to launch coronavirus-related betting markets grew out of discussions on how long the pandemic and lock-down would last:
“As soon as the coronavirus epidemic started gaining momentum around the world and in Moscow, in particular, the WAVES.Exchange team switched to working remotely,”
The spokesperson further added:
“All the team members started wondering when it would all end and started sharing their predictions. Thus, the idea was born – to make predictions on the basis of the exchange […] We also thought that this could be a great charity initiative in support of the #CryptoCovid19 campaign.”
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