Pump.science and Hedgehog Markets have teamed up to promote science-based underwriting deals as the DeSci sector gains traction.
According to January 8 advertisementPump.science and Hedgehog Markets allow publishers to consider laboratory mice conducting experiments aimed at increasing human life expectancy.
Pump.science is a blockchain research project focused on disrupting the traditional academic world by funding scientific initiatives and launching tokenized protocols. The project is supported by the Solana Foundation, which supports innovative initiatives within the blockchain space.
A blog post from Pump.science revealed that Hedgehog Markets users can bet on mice each week, betting how long each rodent can stay on a rotating rod. The durability tests will be carried out over two months, with each mouse having a unique name.
Each week, mice are treated with a compound that may extend life and undergo a durability test. Participants will have access to video footage of the individual mice, baseline data, and insights from past experiments to inform their prediction of which mouse will stay on the rotarod the longest.
Pump.science blog post
Benji Leibowitz, founder of Pump.science, said live streaming mouse longevity experiments would introduce “a new and more engaging participatory model of scientific discovery” through Hedgehog Markets.
Hedgehog Markets offers betting contracts to predict real world events such as politics, sports, and crypto prices, similar to Polymarket based on Polygon.
Pump.science is a project affiliated with the growing DeSci sector valued at over $2 billion. Teams like BIO Protocol boast backup from Binance, with leaders like Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin, and Maelstrom CEO Arthur Hayes supporting DeSci as the leading crypto statement in 2025.
