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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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Miami mayor plans to accept first paycheck entirely in Bitcoin

The mayor said he would prefer to use an app like Bitwage or Strike rather than having the local government convert his fiat paycheck into crypto.

Francis Suarez, who has served as the mayor of Miami since 2017, has said he’s going to take his next paycheck in Bitcoin.

In a Tuesday Twitter post, Suarez said he aimed to be the first United States lawmaker at the state or federal level to accept part of his salary in Bitcoin (BTC). Public records show the Miami mayor’s salary was $97,000 annually between 2016 and 2017, meaning he would receive a monthly paycheck of more than $8,000 or 0.13 BTC at a price of $63,404, assuming residents did not vote to increase his compensation for public service. Suarez said that he would prefer to use an app like Bitwage or Strike rather than have the local government go through the effort to convert his fiat paycheck into crypto.

The declaration came the morning of Election Day in the United States. Though many positions for federal office will not be open until the 2022 midterms, local and statewide offices, including that of Miami's mayor, will be put to a vote. Suarez is the frontrunner among six nonpartisan candidates.

Mayor Suarez, who said he owns both BTC and Ether (ETH), has been vocal about his intentions to turn Miami into a crypto hub with the “the most progressive crypto laws” in the United States. Many businesses and events in the crypto space have flocked to the area, including the Bitcoin 2021 conference in June. Venture capital firm Borderless Capital is launching a $25-million fund to support blockchain startups based in the city.

Related: Civic engagement and crypto: Miami unveils its own digital coin

A few mayors in other U.S. cities have also been pushing for crypto adoption or otherwise support digital assets in policy or practice. In August, Mayor Jayson Stewart of Cool Valley, Missouri proposed giving away more than $1 million in BTC to the city’s roughly 1,500 residents. Eric Adams, running to be the mayor of New York City, has also said he plans to make the city “the center of Bitcoins.” Adams is also on the ballot on Nov. 2.

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