- BitBoy Crypto and More Light had a fight in Mexico City.
- BitBoy Crypto held on to win, taking the points lead.
- There was high volatility on thematic tokens in the background of the fight.
Ben Armstrong, also known as BitBoy Crypto, held a duel against a BITCOIN memcoin developer under the pseudonym More Light. Against this backdrop, high volatility was seen on the participants’ associated tokens.
According to Project Casa’s CTO Jameson Lopp, the bout took place in Mexico City with the support of Karate Combat:
In an “only in crypto” moment Friday night in Mexico City, Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong fought against More Light, developer of the HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu memecoin. They were surprisingly well matched; here are the highlights. pic.twitter.com/N4qqqr5zJM1
- Jameson Lopp (@lopp) February 25, 2024
Notably, users of cryptocurrency betting platform PolyMarket were confident of More Light’s victory. Armstrong’s stock had repeatedly fallen to the $0.17 mark.
Despite this, BitBoy Crypto won by the decision of the judges. In a comment to Cointelegraph, More Light noted that he did not have enough time to prepare.
More Light is the developer of the HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu (BITCOIN) memcoin. He came out for the fight dressed as Sonic the Hedgehog.
Armstrong is primarily known for a YouTube channel called BitBoy Crypto. In February 2024, he announced that he was shutting down the show due to financial problems.
In August 2023, Hit Network, which owns the BitBoy Crypto brand, decided to distance itself from the blogger. The reason was his scandalous reputation, as well as rumors of addiction.
Against the backdrop of the fight, the rate of Ben token (BEN) grew significantly – by 87% immediately after the fight. At the moment, the price of the asset reached $0.000007, but then rolled back to the level of $0.000005, according to Dex Screener.
Following More Light’s defeat, the value of HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu (BITCOIN) token fell by more than 20% to $0.041. However, the trend later reversed. At the time of writing, the asset is trading around $0.06, according to Dex Screener.
Earlier, we told you about the failed fight between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla owner Ilon Musk. Bets were also placed on it on the PolyMarket platform.
