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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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Blockchain Australia ousts retail merchant crypto project Qoin

Blockchain Australia has terminated Qoin’s membership of the association amid allegations that the crypto project is a pyramid scheme.

Blockchain Australia — the industry body for the novel tech in the country — has expelled Qoin, a retail merchant crypto project based in Gold Coast, Queensland.

According to a notice of disciplinary action issued on Feb. 19, Blockchain Australia initially served Qoin with a summons to respond on Jan. 29.

However, Qoin reportedly failed to respond to the notice, forcing Blockchain Australia to expel the project from its membership ranks. Detailing its decision, the notice reads:

“On 17 February 2021, the Board of Blockchain Australia, having considered the Notice and the Response and the circumstances of the matter, resolved, pursuant to the Constitution, to terminate the Member’s membership of Blockchain Australia. The former Member has been asked to cease the use of the Blockchain Australia logo and name in connection with their business or promotional activities.”

However, the Qoin team claims that it was not given ample time to respond by Blockchain Australia. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Andrew Barker, the project's chief marketing officer said that Qoin was appalled by the industry body's decision:

“The fact that a National Association like BCA has chosen to attack rather than support Qoin, being the largest Australian-based Digital Currency project that engages over 400 families that service 28,000 validated merchants and near 50,000 Qoin wallet holders, is simply bewildering to us.”

According to Barker, Blockchain Australia is acting on allegations propagated by third-party entities who have expressed such views on social media channels like Twitter. The Qoin website no longer displays the project’s membership to Blockchain Australia.

Indeed, Blockchain Australia’s action comes amid allegations that Qoin is a crypto pyramid scheme. Tweeting back in January, crypto educator and founder of Nuggets News Alex Saunders stated:

According to Qoin’s website, the project works by incentivizing retail merchants to accept the crypto with over 28,000 participants according to the website. However, critics like Saunders say members are unable to cash out from the system.

According to the country’s consumer law, pyramid schemes are illegal and participants in such programs face fines of up to 200,000 Australian Dollars.

Blockchain Australia did not immediately respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comments.

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