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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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Binance and Russian museum to tokenize Da Vinci and Van Gogh paintings

Masterpieces from Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Giorgione will be tokenized for auction via Binance’s NFT marketplace next month.

Binance’s NFT marketplace has announced it is teaming up with the Saint Petersburg-based State Hermitage Museum to issue tokenized collectibles depicting the works of renowned artists including Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh.

On July 27, Binance revealed it is partnering with the museum to create and issue the nonfungible tokens at the end of August. All Binance users will be able to participate in the auction.

The blog post attributes the idea to tokenize the artworks to The Hermitage, with the auction slated to launch limited edition NFT copies of Da Vinci’s Madonna Litta, van Gogh’s Lilac Bush, Claude Monet’s Corner of the Garden at Montgeron, and Giorgione’s Judith.

Two NFT copies will be created of each masterpiece, one of which will be auctioned via the Binance NFT marketplace, while the second tokens will be stored at the museum. Each NFT copy will be signed and dated by the Hermitage’s director, Mikhail Piotrovsky.

The blog post describes the project as offering “a new level of accessibility to the Hermitage’s collection” and emphasizing “the democratic nature of the museum.” The tokens also serve to highlight “the importance of digitalization as a new stage in the world of collecting artworks.”

Piotrovsky noted The Hermitage’s intention further leverage NFTs and other digital technologies moving forward, stating:

“New technologies, in particular blockchain, have opened a new chapter in the development of the art market, led by the ownership and the guarantee of this ownership.”

“Recognition of blockchain technology and NFTs by one of the largest museums in the world is another step towards global digitalization,” said Helen Hai, the head of Binance NFT. “We highly appreciate the opportunity to cooperate with The State Hermitage; together we are making history.”

Related: Chicago Bulls team up with Shopify to launch NFT series

All proceeds from the sale will go to The State Hermitage Museum. The tokenized copies will also be showcased at the Hermitage’s upcoming NFT art exhibition, which is currently slated to take place at the museum this fall.

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