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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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Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary becomes FTX spokesperson, will be paid in crypto

Mr. Wonderful has signed a multi-year deal to serve as a brand ambassador and spokesperson for FTX and will be paid in crypto assets and take an equity stake in FTX.

Shark Tank host Kevin O’Leary has become an official spokesman for Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange and will be paid in crypto and receive equity as part of the deal.

According to an Aug.10 announcement, the partnership with FTX Trading Ltd. and West Realm Shires Services Inc. (owners of FTX.US and FTX.com) will see O’Leary take an equity stake in both firms.

The venture capitalist also known colloquially as “Mr. Wonderful” signed the multi-year deal to serve as a brand ambassador and spokesperson. He asked to be paid in crypto assets to increase his holdings.

In the announcement, O’Leary noted that “institutional investors struggle with the decision to invest in crypto assets” as they harbor compliance-related concerns as he did regarding crypto:

“I am no different. I want to increase my crypto exposure but also serve my compliance mandates. When it comes to rapidly changing compliance and tax reporting requirements, the current cryptocurrency ecosystem is fraught with risks that I can not take.”

He added that, “To find crypto investment opportunities that met my own rigorous standards of compliance, I entered into this relationship with FTX.”

Regulatory compliance in crypto has been a long-standing issue of the investor, and he previously stated back in 2019 that:

“I have no interest in doing any of this crypto crap because it is not compliant.”

Related: Regulatory clarity for crypto would take 3 to 5 years, FTX CEO says

O’Leary has been tasked with elevating the brand to large audiences and has already got to work on social media by promoting a FTX CryptoPunk NFT giveaway on Twitter. However, he unfortunately misspelled a word in the caption of his post which reads “what to win a CryptoPunk? Here’s your chance!”

The venture capitalist has a knack for coming up with colorful nicknames for crypto, and in January he referred to Bitcoin (BTC) as a “giant nothing-burger” due to its inconsistent regulatory frameworks across the globe. He has also described BTC mined in non-environmentally friendly ways as “Blood Coin.”

He changed his tune on Bitcoin and revealed plans to allocate 3% of his investment portfolio to BTC in March.This week he called Ethereum "ultrasound money' in a Cameo video.

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