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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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Former Binance execs say exchange is worth $300B: Report

Though the exchange’s holding company is registered in the Cayman Islands, Binance currently has no formal headquarters anywhere in the world.

Even with no physical headquarters and seemingly few regulations affecting its business practices, Binance could reportedly be worth three times as much as Coinbase if it were to go public today.

According to a Thursday report from the Wall Street Journal, former executives of the major cryptocurrency exchange estimated that Binance could be worth up to $300 billion as a publicly traded company, considering its current trading volume and transaction fees. Data from CoinMarketCap shows Binance with a trading volume of more than $46 billion in the last 24 hours, making it the top-ranked exchange ahead of Coinbase at roughly $9.5 billion. The estimated valuation would also likely put it ahead of its U.S. competitor, which went into its initial public offering in April with an estimated valuation of $100 billion.

If Binance were to go public, it’s unclear in which country it would start. The exchange has no formal headquarters, but its holding company is registered in the Cayman Islands, with previous connections to China, Japan, Malta and Seychelles. CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, lives in Singapore, and many of Binance’s employees are reportedly spread across the globe.

However, CZ said in September that the exchange’s U.S. arm was aiming for an initial public offering in 2024, having generated between $800 million and $1 billion in profit in 2020. Kraken, which is also considering a public listing in the United States by the end of next year, was worth an estimated $10 billion as of June.

Related: Globe-trotting Binance looks to Ireland for ‘centralized’ headquarters

Binance has been facing scrutiny from regulators worldwide, with authorities in the United States, Italy, Canada, Japan, Thailand and other countries issuing warnings to local investors to exercise caution when using the exchange. CZ said in July that he wanted Binance “to be licensed everywhere,” coordinating with regulators as the company expands.

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