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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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AMC Theatres on Track to Accept 4 Cryptocurrencies Next Month: CEO Expects Dogecoin and Shiba Inu to Follow

AMC Theatres on Track to Accept 4 Cryptocurrencies Next Month: CEO Expects Dogecoin and Shiba Inu to Follow

The CEO of the world’s largest movie exhibition company, AMC Entertainment, says that his company is “on track” to accept four cryptocurrencies by year-end. Dogecoin (DOGE) is expected to be added in the first quarter of next year, and the company is currently figuring out how to take shiba inu (SHIB) as a currency.

AMC Discusses Its Crypto Plans: Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Included

AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC), aka AMC Theatres, provided an update of its crypto plans during the company’s Q3 earnings call Monday.

AMC is the largest movie exhibition company in the U.S., Europe, and the world. As of March 31, the company owned or operated approximately 950 theaters and 10,500 screens globally.

“We started accepting cryptocurrency for AMC gift cards and are encoding right now to accept cryptocurrency for online payments on our website and mobile app,” AMC CEO Adam Aron explained, elaborating:

We are on track right now to accept, as we promised, bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, bitcoin cash and others prior to year-end next month … We think we’ll be able to launch the acceptance of dogecoin in the first quarter of ’22, just a few months from now.

Before deciding to accept dogecoin, the CEO set up a Twitter poll asking his followers whether they wanted AMC to accept the meme cryptocurrency. The outcome was “so fascinating” that the company immediately looked into accepting DOGE. “We’re in the process of figuring out how to take dogecoin,” Aron confirmed.

Regarding whether AMC will accept shiba inu (SHIB), Aron noted that after his company’s initial announcement about accepting cryptocurrencies, “the flood of commentary came in about shiba inu.”

The CEO proceeded to set up another Twitter poll. This time he asked his followers whether AMC should accept SHIB as a means of payment alongside dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies previously announced.

AMC Theatres on Track to Accept Cryptocurrencies Next Month — CEO Expects Dogecoin and Shiba Inu to F

Out of a total of 153,100 votes, 87.6% said “Yes.” Aron described, “A lot of you voted, and a lot of you voted yes,” adding:

We are now figuring out how we can take shiba inu as a currency … That’s the next one on our cryptocurrency hip parade.

Furthermore, Aron noted: “While we will accept cryptocurrency, we will not hold it on our balance sheet, and therefore, will not face increased balance sheet risks.”

The CEO also revealed that AMC is considering launching its own cryptocurrency. In addition, he confirmed that the company is “in conversation with multiple major Hollywood studios about the concept of joint venturing commemorative NFTs [non-fungible tokens] related to major film titles that show in our theaters.”

The AMC CEO further shared:

There’s just been a tidal wave of inbound messaging to our company and to me personally that we ought to get much more active in the sphere of cryptocurrency and that there was real opportunity for AMC.

What do you think about AMC’s plan to accept cryptocurrencies, including dogecoin and shiba inu? Let us know in the comments section below.

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