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# Rules & Game Flow

### 1. **The Game**

Ace the Brackets is a single-alimination game that takes place over three 10-minute rounds, with an initial bracket submission phase.

Ace the Brackets comes in two versions. The <mark style="color:blue;">**Elite 8**</mark> is a single elimination game between **8 assets**, with **3 rounds**, while the <mark style="color:green;">Sweet 16</mark> is a single elimination game between **16 assets**, with **4 rounds**.

### 2. **How it Works**

Starting tokens are randomly chosen from the top 150 CoinMarketCap cryptocurrencies list, excluding stablecoins.&#x20;

Winners are determined by the best price-performance (measured by greatest percentage gain or least percentage loss) during each round, according to data provided by CoinMarketCap.

### 3. **Entries**

Each entry costs 5 USDC for Ace the Brackets Elite 8, and 2 USDC for Ace the Brackets Sweet 16.\
There is a 10% protocol fee. <br>

### 4. **Scoring and Prizes**

Predict the winner of each matchup to earn 1 point for every correct pick. The entry with the most points wins the prize. Get all 7 matches right to claim the jackpot!

Each jackpot consists of 90% of the entry fees for the game, plus all previous jackpots since the last perfect score was achieved.&#x20;

If no one scores 7 points, the highest score gets 10% of the amount entered in that game (discounted the protocol's service fee), and the remainder rolls over to the next game.

Multiple winners divide all prizes equally.&#x20;


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