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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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Enjin plans to use NFTs to promote sustainability and equality as member of UN pact

The company previously said it planned to enable carbon-neutral NFTs by 2030, and claimed its JumpNet blockchain is already carbon-negative.

The United Nations Global Compact, a non-binding pact aimed at encouraging businesses to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, has accepted nonfungible token and blockchain gaming and platform Enjin as a participant.

Enjin announced today it would be exploring ways to use nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, to promote sustainability and equality as part of the UN pact. The company suggested using the technology to fight climate change by employing it in carbon capture companies and reducing the global wealth gap by allowing creators around the world permissionless access to NFT markets.

"While we are struggling to recover from the global pandemic and its impacts, we are experiencing exponential growth of technologies like AI and blockchain,” said the head of the Centre for AI and Robotics at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Irakli Beridze. “More than ever, we need to take advantage and harness the potential of these new technologies to ensure that we are better equipped and more united in the future, in order to make our planet a more livable, equitable place for all."

The United Nations has listed 17 goals on sustainable development it hopes to achieve by 2030, including reducing inequality, providing quality education, and encouraging responsible consumption and production. Esther Chang, executive director of the Global Compact Network Singapore, said Enjin’s involvement with the UN pact could help meet these goals as “technology plays an important role.”

The company has already joined initiatives aiming towards greener and sustainable practices, including the Crypto Climate Accord, in which participants commit to achieve net-zero emissions from electricity consumption. Enjin said it planned to enable carbon-neutral NFTs by 2030, and claimed its JumpNet blockchain is already carbon-negative

Related: Enjin takes an interest in project that delivers physically backed NFTs

Environmental concerns have taken the spotlight in global industries including crypto and blockchain as the effects of climate change seem to be escalating. The UN has said that blockchain has the potential to address the climate crisis and help reach a more sustainable global economy.

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