Crypto Investors Already Betting on “TRUMP” Coin

By Kapil Gauhar

A ‘TRUMP’ coin is right now selling for just under $0.63 on the crypto subordinates exchange FTX.

The coin’s reason is basic: On Election Day (happening on November 3rd), if Donald Trump is reelected as the President of the United States of America, the coin will be worth $1. In case he’s not, then the coin drops to zero.

FTX additionally offers coin for all the major Democratic contenders. For instance, Bernie Sanders, the current Democratic leader, has a coin exchanging at about $0.21. You can purchase a Michael Bloomberg coin for just under $0.10 – a value that dove from more than $0.13 after his ineffectively received banter execution on Wednesday night.

In a meeting on Venture Coinist, Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, says his organization saw an opening in the betting business sector.

“The current venues for trading these things are really clunky. As anyone who’s tried using PredictIt or Betfair or any of the other major platforms will quickly realize, these are not platforms meant to make it easy to do big trades in these things.”

“PredictIt has an $800 cap per person. Trying to get money in and out of these places is a big pain, and they’re not liquid. The fees are huge. You’re paying like a percent or two to get trades off.”

FTX launched the presidential coins a month ago, and they’ve been tremendous for user growth at the trade, as indicated by Bankman-Fried. The exchange has multiplied the typical number of new recruits since the TRUMP coin went live.

Organized like a futures market, members can get to 2-3x margins on the coin. FTX is likewise investigating posting coins for other wagering markets, since Bankman-Fried says their foundation is appropriate for web based betting.

“Obviously FTX first and foremost is a crypto derivatives exchange. More than half the volume is trading in the Bitcoin perpetual futures contract. But if you look at the core product and technology… it’s a matching engine and a risk engine… In addition to being a pricing source, it’s also a really great settlement source.”

“In addition to having the core technology, it also has a really easy way to move capital in and out in a flexible way. You can do dollars, stablecoins, crypto, Bitcoin. Putting all those together, it’s an easy settlement source plus matching engine plus risk engine, and that really is just sort of the core of what makes up prediction markets.”

Individuals are likewise wagering on the re-election by means of the Augur-powered Predictions.Global market.