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first_img Block gave away 1 Bitcoin at ComplexCon, valued at approximately 85,000 US dollars

Financial technology company Block, founded by Jack Dorsey, gifted a participant at the ComplexCon event in Los Angeles with 1 Bitcoin, which was valued at approximately $85,000 at the time. Block participated in this annual event organized by Complex Networks to introduce Bitcoin to new users through "culture, shopping, and entertainment."Block's Cash App set up a fishing game booth called "Lightning Lake" at the event, where participants could win small amounts of Bitcoin, and one player caught a whole Bitcoin. Maria Pesce, Block's Bitcoin marketing lead, stated that the goal is to make Bitcoin approachable, tangible, and fun, "so that people can go from never having used Bitcoin to making payments with it while walking around the lake." She mentioned that Block's aim is to make Bitcoin a daily currency.Block has long promoted Bitcoin adoption through its products: Cash App allows users to send, receive, and buy Bitcoin, while Square's point-of-sale systems accept Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. The company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, also launched an advertising campaign this month to encourage people to use Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. Dorsey left Twitter in 2021 to focus on payment and Bitcoin adoption and has repeatedly expressed his desire for Bitcoin to become a global currency and "everyday money." During the event, Kanye West's daughter North West was also spotted trying to fish for Bitcoin with rapper French Montana at Lightning Lake.

Polymarket CEO: Chasing hundredfold tokens is a game of "irrational exuberance."

Polymarket's CEO Shayne Coplan stated during a fireside chat at the Token2049 conference in Singapore that cryptocurrency trading is evolving into a game of "irrational exuberance," where traders compete to be the first to find the next hundredfold token. He pointed out that people think they are buying something valuable, but in reality, it is worthless; however, as long as there is a possibility of it rising to 100 times, they want to sell before it goes to zero. Coplan mentioned that some traders can gain considerable wealth through this strategy, but it is essentially a game of "irrational exuberance and hot potato," where rising asset prices will eventually fall back.Coplan indicated that the continuous growth of Polymarket's user base shows that some traders are looking for betting opportunities with more predictable odds, rather than the next skyrocketing cryptocurrency. He explained that trading these markets on Polymarket does not have exponential upside potential, but informed traders will continue to place bets on future events with more predictable odds. According to data from DefiLlama, Polymarket is the second-largest prediction market, with a trading volume of $1.21 billion in the past seven days, while the largest market, Kalshi, had $2.3 billion.The growth of prediction markets has also attracted more attention from U.S. regulators. It was reported that JPMorgan terminated its banking relationship with Polymarket on August 14 due to regulatory concerns but expressed interest in acting as an underwriter if Polymarket seeks to go public.
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