Crypto Traders are Using Memecoins to Bet on Who Will Be the Next Pope
Pope Francis on March 29, 2023.
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Emily Nicolle examines how memecoins are being used to place bets on who will succeed Pope Francis.
Last year, the US presidential election turned crypto-based prediction markets platform Polymarket into a real-time polling source (with astonishing accuracy). This year, some traders are using memecoins to bet on world events instead.