Event-based currency

A computer-implemented method of facilitating event-specific currency to users in an online game, wherein the users are associated with client devices, wherein the users include a first user associated with a first client device, the method being implemented on a computer system that includes one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

• executing an instance of a game space in which the online game is played, and facilitate interaction of the users with the game space in response to user input received from the users through the client devices during gameplay;
• managing a first virtual currency in the game space, wherein the first virtual currency is exchangeable for in-space benefits;
• managing user accounts of the users, wherein the user accounts include inventories such that a first user account of the first user includes a first inventory, wherein the first inventory includes a first amount of the first virtual currency;
• managing an event in the game space that occurs concurrently with the interaction of the users with the game space, wherein a duration of the event is temporary, wherein:
• during the event, managing an event-specific virtual currency in the game space, wherein the event-specific virtual currency is exchangeable for in-space benefits during the event, wherein the in-space benefits obtained by the users in exchange for the event-specific virtual currency persist in the game space after the event
• after the event, deactivating the event-specific virtual currency such that the event-specific virtual currency is not available to the users, wherein deactivation of the event-specific virtual currency includes transmitting communications over the network to the client devices that cause the client devices to present information to the users that the event-specific virtual currency has been deactivated;
• effectuating, responsive to particular user input received from the first user through the first client device, and during the event, an exchange of a particular amount of event-specific virtual currency for a particular in-space benefit, wherein the first inventory is reduced by the particular amount of event-specific virtual currency, wherein the particular in-space benefit persists in the game space after the event;
• and
• facilitating particular interaction of the first user in the game space, wherein the particular interaction involves the particular in-space benefit for the first user.