Mumbai: In its bid to recognize and celebrate Olympic champions, Bitbns has announced Bitcoin SIP awards for Indian winners at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, says a press release.
The company aims to honor the Indian Olympic medalists wherein winners would be entitled to open cryptocurrency SIPs’ worth lakhs on the exchange.
The SIP will start onwards from 2lakh for gold, 1 lakh for silver, and 50k for bronze medalists. The company aims to begin with honoring Mirabai Chanu for bagging a silver medal in weightlifting in the 49 kg category and PV Sindhu, who won the bronze medal after defeating Bing Jiao of China, in badminton to become the 1st Indian woman with 2 individual Olympic medals.
Gauarv Dahake, CEO, Bitbns said, “As India celebrates its 100-year journey with the biggest global sporting event, Bitbns is proud to associate and play its bit in honoring the Indian Olympic champions. Indian athletes winning medals at the Olympics are not just fulling their dreams but the dreams of billions of Indians while making the country proud on a global platform. I would like to convey my heartiest congratulations to Mirabai Chanu and P.V. Sindhu for bringing home the medals.”
“Bitcoins and Ethereum have been the best-performing assets in the last decade, and have given exceptional returns and we aim to get our winners indulge in this rewarding journey. Our Olympians are the personification of sheer grit, valour and commitment and the sense of pride they gift us is immeasurable. This is a small gesture from us to gratify them in our own way.” he added further.
Bitbns will felicitate the Indian medalists by crediting each with cyptoSIPs’ worth lakhs. The amount will be auto-credited to their account, which the athletes can later access by completing the KYC. The SIP will be structured for a 3-5 year period thereby offering them a seamless exposure to the digital asset whilst enabling them earn a fixed source of income in the long term through the platform.