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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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Sweet and Dave & Buster’s Launch Uber-Rare NFT Auction to Benefit Make-A-Wish

PRESS RELEASE. New York, New York – June 23, 2021 – Sweet, the leading enterprise NFT solutions provider, announced the launch of an exciting new one-of-one auction with restaurant and gaming destination Dave & Buster’s. Beginning at 5PM EST today through June 30 at 5PM EST, everyday consumers and crypto enthusiasts alike will be able to bid on this uber-rare digital coin with all proceeds directly benefiting Make-A-Wish. The unique design of this digital collectible was inspired by the early days of Dave & Buster’s when all games were coin-operated. The auction is open to the public at daveandbustersnft.com

This auction kick-starts a new initiative to integrate NFTs into the company’s marketing strategy. At the forefront of innovation, Dave & Buster’s is one of the first restaurant and entertainment venues to pioneer NFT / Digital Collectibles that can be claimed as prizes for tickets won in all Dave & Buster’s locations. The collectible series includes D&B Game Coin Designs and D&B City Card Designs, ranging from common to rare to uber-rare NFTs. Collectors can acquire, trade, and resell the NFTs through Sweet, the broad-scale NFT platform enabling brands to mint and distribute NFTs to consumers through gamified and immersive experiences.

“At Sweet, our mission is to empower brands to deploy NFTs to broader consumer bases through immersive and engaging experiences like Dave & Buster’s integration of NFTs into their Prize Program. This innovative new partnership shows how NFT technology is evolving in a way that’s compelling both for brands and collectors alike,” says Sweet CEO Tom Mizzone. “We are happy to kick off the program with the one-of-one ERC721 NFT auction, supporting Make-A-Wish, a very important charitable organization that Dave & Buster’s has been supporing since 2012. We’re also excited to bring NFTs to D&B locations across the country and get consumers into the NFT 2.0 game.”

About Sweet: Sweet is the highly scalable Non-Fungible Token (NFT) platform used by top entertainment and consumer brands. Sweet offers the flexibility of broad-scale distribution of NFTs and provides leading entertainment properties with the opportunity to drive new revenue and consumer engagement. Sweet has built one of the most energy efficient NFT platforms in the world and can quickly spin up broad distribution campaigns for clients leveraging the blockchain.

 

Contact Information For Sweet:

Peter Keiser, EVP of Marketing, Sweet

New York, NY

(201) 775-9000
 press@sweet.io

 

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