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MLB Team Washington Nationals Partners With Terra Blockchain Community, Ballpark Plans to Accept UST

On February 9, the American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals, announced the team has partnered with Terra, the open-source blockchain platform and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The Washington Nationals detail that the team is a “leading innovator” and is “consistently introducing new technologies to enhance the fan experience.” Washington Nationals Ink Long-Term Deal With Terra Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Washington Nationals has partnered with the blockchain platform and DAO Terra, according to an announcement published by the team on Wednesday. The deal with Terra follows a slew of sports-related deals with crypto firms, but the MLB team will be the first to partner with an open-source blockchain project. In addition to the partnership, the algorithmic stablecoin UST that’s issued on the Terra blockchain will be “accepted as a payment method at Nationals Park as early as next season.” “The Nationals continue t...
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'Why I'm not investing in nothing burger Bitcoin': Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary

Despite criticizing Bitcoin, the Shark Tank star also said the digital asset could become “something of tremendous value” if regulators were to back it.

Businessman Kevin O'Leary, who appears on the reality TV show Shark Tank, seems to be backing away from statements he made in December indicating he might purchase more Bitcoin.

In an episode of his YouTube series released today titled "Why I'm NOT Investing in Bitcoin," O'Leary spoke to Bitcoiner Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano and called Bitcoin (BTC) a “giant nothing burger” in terms of its value as an asset. He argued he would be unable to make “a significant transaction” using the crypto asset because of inconsistent regulatory frameworks across the world.

“I look at the asset value of Bitcoin versus the asset value of all things traded and Bitcoin is still a nothing burger — a giant nothing burger,” said O’Leary. “The reason I would argue that that's the case is you don't have every institution willing to play ball with it.”

The Shark Tank star is not completely against Bitcoin however. He appeared on an episode of Pomp’s podcast in December and revealed that he already owned some BTC and might consider investing anywhere from 1% to 2.5% of his portfolio into the crypto asset in future. In his YouTube video today, the businessman alssaid Bitcoin had the potential to become “something of tremendous value” if regulators in different countries were to get behind digital assets:

“If there was an attempt to either take Bitcoin itself or some other currency [...] that could be traded everywhere with the regulator agreeing to it and would be agnostic — in other words, you could trade it to buy assets in Switzerland, trade it to buy assets in France, or in England, or in the United States [...] everybody would take that digital currency.”

O'Leary is known for coming up with colorful but critical nicknames. He has previously referred to digital assets as “crypto crap” and Bitcoin as “not a real currency” and a “rogue currency.”

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