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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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SEC vs Coinbase: Alex Mashinsky says Celsius will have to 'wait and see' on fallout

The Celsius CEO is also seeking clarity for similar products while Mark Cuban advises going on the offensive.

Support for Coinbase and its CEO, Brian Armstrong, has been pouring from the crypto community since the company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that it had received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.

The regulator has threatened to sue the exchange over its proposed Lend program, which would offer 4% interest on customer holdings of the USDC stablecoin. Company CEO Brian Armstrong took to Twitter on Sept. 8 to vent his dismay over the lack of clarity from the regulator as to why it believes the product is a security. Rival platforms Celsius and BlockFi offer similar products.

Speaking to Yahoo! Finance on Sept. 8, Celsius Network co-founder and CEO Alex Mashinsky said that everyone in the crypto industry was looking for clarity:

“I think we’re going through these murky waters right now and we need to get clarity and its going to take a little bit of time before we get the rules and we can start running faster.”

Mashinsky told Cointelegraph that Coinbase already provides yields on crypto assets such as Ether so the SEC seems to have a particular issue with offering interest on USDC stablecoin deposits.

“The SEC claims yield on USDC may be a security if paid to non-accredited investors. Coinbase did not ask permission for all assets only for USDC.”

Celsius, which has more than $20 billion in assets under management also pays yields on USDC and other stablecoins to non-accredited investors. However Mashinsky said Celsius had pioneered the area and its products “took a long time to perfect ... it helps being the first to figure things out."

When questioned about whether this mean Celsius would be able to successfully navigate similar regulatory scrutiny to Coinbase, he replied:

“Everyone has to wait and see what the SEC will issue as regulation. Looks like Coinbase wants to take the SEC to court like XRP and prove they went beyond their charter.”

Billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban took to Twitter on Sept. 9 advising Armstrong and Coinbase to “go on the offensive”, labeling the move as “regulation via litigation.”

In a later tweet, he stated that by suing, the SEC “gets to play on their home court to regulate it”, adding that it could change how DeFi works but also see it grow. Cuban urged Coinbase to be aggressive in its response to the threat of legal action for the greater good of the rest of the industry.

“It's better for the industry that they take on the SEC rather than the SEC go after a small decentralized entity and get a quick judgment that becomes the law of the land for DeFi.”

Related: Crypto is too big to exist outside of public policies, warns SEC chair

Economics author Frances Coppola explained she believes that under the law if interest is charged or levied on token lending then these “loan agreements” are considered securities.

Bloomberg took the view that SEC Chair Gary Gensler has just sent a warning shot to other crypto companies offering similar products in one of its most aggressive recent moves against the industry.

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