Entrepreneur worth $200million giving Bitcoin to anyone who gets jab

An entrepreneur worth more than $200million is offering to give away $100million worth of to Australians who have had a Covid vaccine.

Finder co-founder Fred Schebesta made the announcement to Kyle Sandilands who last month made a ‘Get Vaxxed Baby’ rap video encouraging younger people to get the jab.

‘I’ve got this crazy idea right now – I’ve never spoken about binary options trading this,’ he told his KIIS FM breakfast show. 

‘We’re going to give everyone in Australia who gets vaccinated $5 of Bitcoin.

‘Get vaxxed baby, and binary options pro signals login live get your Bitcoin baby as well. How can I help?’

The 40-year-old financial comparison website pioneer is offering $5 worth of Bitcoin to anyone who has had a Covid vaccine since February 21, with only one cryptocurrency claim per person allowed.

Sandilands, who in July did his own viral take on Vanilla Ice’s 1990 chart-topper Ice Ice Baby, was impressed. 

‘I love that, what a great incentive,’ he said. 

‘You’ve come along with a great idea.’ 

Jackie O suggested Sandilands could do part two of his vaccination song.

Should Australia’s 20,619,959 people aged 16 and binaryoptionsreview.eu over get vaccinated and take him up on the offer, Mr Schebesta would be shelling out $104million of his $214million fortune, as estimated by The Australian Financial Review’s Young Rich List panel.

The ultra-wealthy multi-millionaire, who lives in a $17million Coogee mansion in Sydney, is considered Australia’s 26th richest individual aged 40 or younger.

He made the announcement to Sandilands and his co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson on Tuesday before New South Wales had a record 633 new daily cases. 

So far just under half, or 48.75 per cent, of working age and adult Australians have had a Covid jab while 26.88 per cent were fully vaccinated as of August 16.

In NSW, 53 per cent of the state’s 6,565,651 eligible residents have had a first dose with 27.81 per cent fully vaccinated. 

Premier Gladys Berejiklian hinted tougher lockdowns in Sydney and western NSW would not be eased until 70 per cent of the eligible population had had two doses of either AstraZeneca or Pfizer, with that goal unlikely until the end of October.

While Bitcoin is worth $61,000 now, as recently as late March it was worth $80,000.

Despite the volatility, Mr Schebesta predicted it would be worth $338,000 by 2025 as more people embraced decentralised finance to do transactions instead of using bank accounts.

That $5 worth of Bitcoin now would be worth $27.70 in four years’ time.

That would work out at 136 per cent appreciation a year, significantly more than an average bonus savings rate of 0.35 per cent, with the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate at a record-low of 0.1 per cent.  

To claim the $5 worth of Bitcoin, download the Finder and provide proof of vaccination to get the cryptocurrency in the Finder wallet.