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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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Apple’s CEO Owns Crypto – Tim Cook Thinks ‘It’s Reasonable to Own as Part of a Diversified Portfolio’

Apple's CEO Owns Crypto - Tim Cook Thinks 'It’s Reasonable to Own as Part of a Diversified Portfolio'

The CEO of the tech giant Apple, Tim Cook disclosed that he owns cryptocurrency and said that he thinks it’s reasonable to own it as part of a diversified portfolio.” Cook’s statements stemmed from an appearance with the New York Times Dealbook’s host Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells the Press He Owns Crypto and It’s Something Apple Is ‘Looking At’

The cryptocurrency economy has been on a tear and recently captured $3 trillion in value this week as bitcoin (BTC) and a number of other crypto assets reached all-time price highs. The value of the crypto economy is now more than $500 billion larger than the market capitalization of Apple. The crypto economy also grew significantly faster in value than the American multinational technology company.

Meanwhile, Apple’s CEO disclosed that he owns crypto and the executive thinks that its reasonable to add to a portfolio. When asked if he owns crypto, Cook responded: “I do. I think it’s reasonable to own it as part of a diversified portfolio.” Furthermore, Cook was asked what he thought about “potentially accepting [cryptocurrency] through Apple Pay or otherwise.” The Apple CEO replied:

Um, it’s something that we’re looking at. It’s not something we have immediate plans to do. I would sort of characterize it as there are things that I wouldn’t do like our cash balance. I wouldn’t go invest that in crypto, not because I wouldn’t invest my own money in crypto, but because I don’t think people buy Apple stock to get exposure to crypto.

Cook Has Been Interested in Crypto for a While and Researches the Subject

On Twitter, Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor responded to Cook’s cash balance statements and said: “If Apple were to add support for Bitcoin to the iPhone and convert their treasury to a Bitcoin Standard, it would be worth at least a trillion dollars to their shareholders.” Many other digital currency proponents shared the Apple CEO’s statements as they were extremely pleased to hear the technology company’s executive has a hand in the crypto bucket.

After Cook said that he thinks it’s reasonable to own it as a part of a diversified portfolio, the Apple CEO further stressed: “I’m not giving anybody investment advice, by the way.” Cook added that he’s been researching crypto for some time now and he believes it is fascinating.”I’ve been interested in it for a while and I’ve, you know, been researching it and so forth. And so I think it’s interesting,” Cook noted.

What do you think about Apple’s CEO Tim Cook saying that he has been researching crypto for a while now and owns cryptocurrencies as well? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

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