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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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US Justice Dept is selling $56M in crypto to compensate victims of BitConnect’s fraud

“This liquidation is the largest single recovery of a cryptocurrency fraud by the United States to date,” said the Justice Department.

The United States Department of Justice is planning to sell $56 million worth of cryptocurrency seized in connection with its case against Ponzi scheme BitConnect.

In a Tuesday announcement, the Justice Department said it would sell the seized crypto and hold the proceeds in U.S. dollars until it could use the funds to provide restitution to BitConnect victims. The U.S. government is currently holding the $56 million in crypto in wallets, and said the amount of compensation to those affected by BitConnect’s fraud would depend on a “future restitution order by the court at sentencing.”

“This liquidation is the largest single recovery of a cryptocurrency fraud by the United States to date,” said the Justice Department, indicating that BitConnect was the largest cryptocurrency fraud scheme in the U.S. for which criminal charges had been filed.  

It's unclear through what means the U.S. government would handle the sale of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, or what effect it may have on the price of major assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). According to data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, the BTC price is hovering close to $60,000 after dropping roughly 7% Tuesday, while the price of ETH is $4,254 at the time of publication, following a similar drop.

The actors behind BitConnect were responsible for running a fraudulent unregistered securities offering that netted them $2 billion. The project’s former director and promoter Glenn Arcaro pled guilty to fraud charges in September and has been ordered to pay $24 million to BitConnect’s victims.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, also filed charges against both Arcaro and BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani, whose whereabouts are unknown at the time of publication. Settlements with the SEC for other individuals involved in the Ponzi scheme are pending, but many people are facing prison time or severe financial penalties for their role in allegedly scamming investors.

Related: SEC charges 5 for illegally promoting $2 billion Bitconnect Ponzi scheme

Created in 2017, BitConnect had promoters lure investors with promises of large returns, enticing them to use BTC as collateral against which they could borrow and trade the platform’s native token. The lending platform closed in 2018 after cease and desist orders from state regulators, leaving many investors unable to redeem their crypto holdings.

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