Currencies

Photo Finish Live uses two main currencies, Derby and Crown.

Derby

Derby is the main racing and breeding currency of Photo Finish Live. It is used to enter races, breed horses, and pay most game costs. Race winnings pay out in Derby and horses are bought and sold for Derby on the marketplace.

$DERBY is a fixed value currency that is directly exchangeable for USDC. Beta 3 is all real money racing, but it’s done completely in $DERBY so you’ll need to pick some up to participate. The exchange rate is and always will be $1 USD = 80 DERBY.

Derby is available for purchase in-game from our exchange where you can click the Fund Wallet button to convert your USDC on Solana directly to $DERBY. (New funding options like ETH, Credit Card, etc coming soon).Once you have some $DERBY, feel free to race and wager to your heart’s content. When you’ve scored some winnings, you can exchange $DERBY directly for USDC on Solana using the Withdraw button on the same page.

* NOTE: There is currently a 1% withdrawal fee to pay our currency provider, Beamo.

Crown

Crown is a special currency that exists in a limited supply. Players use Crown for special ownership actions like Track Investments. Crown cannot be purchased from within the game.

The primary way to accrue $CROWN is by owning an NFT from the Photo Finish PFP collection, these PFPs yield $CROWN in accordance with their overall collection trait-combination rarity. 50% of the total supply of $CROWN will be distributed to PFP holders in this manner.

You can read more about $CROWN in this fantastic write-up by a community member. https://medium.com/@dewaun/speculating-on-crown-69c7fc63eb46

$USDC

$USD Coin is digital stablecoin pegged to the United States dollar. Because of its wide acceptance and stable nature,  it is used in Photo Finish™ LIVE to convert in-game winnings to out-of-game utility. Players may exchange $USDC for $Derby, and vice versa, at the in-game exchange.