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Waves Exchange hosts a tokenized parimutuel betting pool allowing users to speculate on the weekly number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Waves has launched a macabre campaign to purportedly raise money for COVID-19 relief. The platform has created a tokenized parimutuel betting pool where users can speculate on whether the global number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen or fallen within a given week.
On April 3, Waves announced the âcharity campaign,â ostensibly in support of âorganizations and funds in need of financial aid in fighting the global COVID-19 pandemic.â
Waves launches tokenized COVID-19 prediction market
Waves.Exchange users can now purchase âCOVID-DWNâ or âCOVID-UPâ tokens to speculate on whether the number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases increases or decreases within a seven day period.
Tokens are purchased in exchange for the stablecoin, Neutrino Dollar (USDN). All USDN used to purchase the tokens are then locked in escrow before ultimately being distributed to holders of the winning token at the end of each week.
The charitable component to the parimutuel pool is that âwinners will be granted valuable prizes or can share their winnings for charity purposes,â and âall additional proceeds of the campaign will be donated to non-profit organizations.â
Data on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases will be provided through oracles from the Data Repository by Johns Hopkins CSSE â which receives from the World Health Organization (WHO) in real-time.
Crypto developers leverage coronavirus as a marketing tool
While the crypto community has quickly created a plethora of engaging and meaningful initiatives in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a handful of actors have sought to invoke COVID-19 for marketing purposes.
On March 23, HashCash Consultants announced its upcoming âCorona Fund Index Cryptocurrencyâ â a token backed by nothing which purports to mirror the performance of an inverse S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (ETF).
During February, developers from 4Chan launched âCoronaCoinâ â an ERC-20 token with a supply corresponding to the worldâs population that will undergo a burn every 48 hours according to the number of COVID-19 fatalities.
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