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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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Mintable platform raises $13M, will integrate 'carbon neutral' NFTs on XRP Ledger

The NFT marketplace plans to integrate Ripple’s XRP Ledger blockchain.

An oversubscribed funding round has netted the Mintable nonfungible token (NFT) minting platform and marketplace a cool $13 million.

The Series A funding round for the Singapore-based startup included some big name participants including Ripple, mobile and blockchain gaming developer Animoca Brands, and Metapurse, the world’s largest NFT investment fund.

Ripple put out an announcement stating that Mintable plans to integrate the firm’s own blockchain, XRP Ledger (XRPL) which it says is already carbon neutrale and is “ideally suited to deliver a seamless experience for NFTs”.

"Its environmentally friendly attributes will allow billions of NFTs to be minted, bought and transferred on the XRPL in a sustainable way."

Mintable, which is currently an Ethereum-based platform, is among a number of crypto-related investments in Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s burgeoning portfolio. The billionaire investor previously participated in Mintable’s $2.5 million seed round in March.

The platform, which was launched in 2018, has minted more than 700,000 items over the past year enabling the establishment of a growing catalog of unique items, such as digital art, music, collectibles, and gaming items.

Mintable has sold and auctioned works by various Grammy-Award winning artists and high-profile artists, celebrities, and sports professionals and implemented a unique gas-free minting feature that allows users to create their NFTs without being burdened by high network fees.

In an announcement on July 1, Mintable stated that it will use the funds to focus on scaling its operations and boosting its growth and user acquisition initiatives.

General Manager of RippleX at Ripple, Monica Long, stated it had invested in Mintable due to a shared vision for cost-efficient and sustainable NFTs:

“Accelerating the growth of this creator economy starts with an infrastructure that removes the barriers to entry — such as high gas fees and environmental costs of creating NFTs — faced by many today.”

Related: New tech allows crypto users to mint NFTs with 'proof of presence'

In late April, NFL Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence sold a NFT collection on the platform for over $400,000. In March, a NFT representing a 50% share in a St Louis home was put up for auction on the Mintable platform.

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