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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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NYAG shuts down Coinseed for converting customer funds into DOGE without consent

New York Attorney General Letitia James ends operations for Coinseed following complaints that client funds had been converted to DOGE without their knowledge.

The New York Attorney General (NYAG) has won a victory against crypto exchange Coinseed for its dodgy dealings with Dogecoin and defrauding its customers. 

On Sept. 13 NYAG Letitia James ordered Coinseed Inc. to permanently halt operations and pay $3 million in fines after it had been accused of freezing withdrawals and converting client funds into Dogecoin (DOGE) without consent. The exchange also emptied its bank accounts and issued unlicensed securities, according to Bloomberg.

Despite previous court orders ordering Coinseed to cease operations, James also found that the company continued to partake in “egregious and fraudulent activities” while the case was ongoing, according to Law360:

“In defiance of court orders, this company has continued to operate illegally and unethically, holding investors' funds hostage and underscoring the dangers of investing in unregistered virtual currencies.”

The exchange purported to shutter its services in June following a temporary restraining order.

In February, James sued Coinseed and its founder, Delgerdalai Davaasambufor, for defrauding thousands of investors out of more than $1 million. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also hit the firm with a suit that same month for allegedly trading commodities without registering as a broker-dealer and misinforming investors.

Assistant Attorneys General Brian Whitehurst and Amita Singh have since reported receiving 170 complaints from Coinseed customers claiming that their wallet balances had shrunk by “tens of thousands of dollars” since February.

Davaasambuu had previously promised to return user funds but has been “completely radio silent” about the allegations, according to Singh.

Related: NY attorney general warns investors and crypto firms of 'extreme risks'

In a related legal triumph on Sept. 10, Michael Ackerman pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scam he orchestrated with two others in 2017.

The trio ran the Q3 Trading Club promising 15% monthly returns at the time. He pleaded guilty to causing investor losses of as much as $30 million and faces 20 years imprisonment if convicted in a January 2022 sentencing.

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