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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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Ripple wins access to SEC discussions on defining crypto assets as securities

Ripple’s lawyers will dig through the SEC's internal discussion on crypto for mention of XRP.

Ripple Labs has been granted access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents “expressing the agency’s interpretation or views” on the subject of crypto assets.

According to Law360, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn granted the defendants’ motion “in large part,” determining that SEC minutes or memos concerning crypto are likely discoverable. Netburn asserted staff-to-staff email communications do not need to be produced.

Netburn also allowed for the SEC and Ripple to raise disputes with the ruling.

In December, the SEC filed a lawsuit alleging Ripple Labs, its CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and chairman Christian Larsen, raised $1.38 billion through an unlicensed security offering in August 2013.

Ripple has challenged the SEC’s suit, claiming that XRP is akin to Bitcoin or Ethereum — both of which have been classified as commodities by the SEC, in addition to criticizing the eight years taken for the agency to file its complaint against Ripple.

Law360 reports that Garlinghouse’s counsel, Matthew Solomon, believes it may be “game over” for the SEC’s suit should they find evidence the regulator has deemed XRP akin to BTC or Ether, noting the SEC’s regulatory purview does not extend beyond securities.

With the SEC having taken eight years to file its complaint against Ripple, the firm’s lawyers also believe they can undermine the SEC’s claims should they be able to produce documentation showing contradictory determinations as to the regulator’s classification of XRP.

“We need this discovery to defend ourselves,” Solomon stated.

However, SEC counsel Dugan Bliss has criticized the defendants for seeking to put the commission “on trial” by scrutinizing its internal deliberations, rather than defending its allegedly illicit actions, stating:

“The actions of the promoter are what need to be the focus here.”

During the proceedings, Judge Netburn noted significant public interest in the hearing, with more than 500 individuals having dialed in through a public phone number to observe the case. The judge also warned one individual for rebroadcasting audio from the hearing in violation of New York regulations.

“Whoever is engaging in this conduct may be subject to criminal sanctions,” the judge said.

Outside of court

On April 6, attorney Jeremy Hogan, who is observing the case with interest, took to Twitter to share a 2016 cease-and-desist order aimed at a then-advisor to Ripple Labs that described the firm as a “digital currency company.”

“The SEC must now explain to the Court how a ‘digital currency’ transformed to a ‘digital security,’” added Hogan.

The price of XRP has been on a tear this month despite the SEC’s complaint, with the token up nearly 100% since the start of April.  XRP is up roughly 20% over the past 24 hours and is currently trading for $1.08.

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