Skip to main content

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...
Post a Comment

FTX Launches $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund Focused on Bolstering Blockchain, Web3 Adoption

FTX Launches $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund Focused on Bolstering Blockchain, Web3 Adoption

The cryptocurrency firm FTX has announced the launch of a $2 billion venture capital fund called FTX Ventures. The fund’s focus will be on advancing blockchain and Web3 technology alongside investments in “social, gaming, fintech, software, and healthcare.”

FTX Reveals $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund, Hires Lightspeed Partner Amy Wu

FTX Trading Limited has announced the launch of a new venture capital fund aimed at bolstering blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions that are applied to an assortment of different industries. In addition to launching FTX Ventures’ $2 billion venture capital fund, the company has hired former Lightspeed Ventures partner, Amy Wu. According to the announcement, Wu will lead FTX Ventures’ gaming, M&A and commercial initiatives.

The venture capital fund announcement sent to Bitcoin.com News explains:

FTX Ventures’ core mission is to advance global blockchain and web3 adoption, with a broad investment mandate across social, gaming, fintech, software, and healthcare. The fund will invest in multi-stage companies and projects, providing flexible funding and strategic support from FTX and its network of global partners.

Wu says that she looks forward to working alongside FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and she remarked that FTX Ventures looks forward to supporting businesses and entrepreneurs. “We’re particularly excited about web3 gaming and its ability to bring mainstream audiences into the ecosystem,” Wu said in a statement.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Is ‘Excited to Find Disruptive Innovation’

FTX has been making a great number of moves during the last 12 months with a significant focus on sports and entertainment. Last year, FTX partnered with Monumental Sports Entertainment (MSE), Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, the global esports firm TSM, Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team, and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen.

During the first week of November 2021, FTX joined Solana Ventures and Lightspeed in order to launch a $100 million blockchain gaming fund. “Our investors at FTX have made a deep impact in supporting our growth and development,” Sam Bankman-Fried said on Friday in regard to the new venture capital fund. “We strive to do the same at FTX Ventures and are excited to find the brightest minds and disruptive innovation in tech,” Bankman-Fried added.

What do you think about the new $2 billion venture capital fund called FTX Ventures? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Earn up to 50% APY by Staking $GLQ on GraphLinq App

PRESS RELEASE. The newest utility token to offer staking to its users/holders is GraphLinq Protocol’s $GLQ. As of this article, $GLQ has 4,500+ holders according to etherscan, excluding GLQ holders on CEX like Kucoin, MXC, Gate. This is a great step for the future of the project as it will further incentivize more users to hold. Explore more about GraphLinq, its staking mechanism & steps to stake. What Is GraphLinq? GraphLinq – The No Code protocol for automating actions on-chain & off-chain, launched in just March 2021, has come a long way bringing users in the crypto space a never seen model of integrating blockchain automation on any blockchain-related/non-related task. The goal of the GraphLinq protocol is to allow users to interact blockchains with any connected system as effortlessly as possible without any prior knowledge of coding. GraphLinq ecosystem currently consists of an engine, an integrated development environment ( IDE ) & an app to provide automated...
Post a Comment
Read more

Coinsquare launches Quick Trade mobile app with instant funding

One of Canada's largest crypto exchanges has launched a new mobile application designed to streamline the buying and selling of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Coinsquare , the Toronto-based digital currency platform, has announced a new mobile trading application designed to simplify the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies in Canada.  Quick Trade was officially unveiled Monday, allowing commission-free transactions of Bitcoin ( BTC ), Ethereum ( ETH ), Litecoin ( LTC ) and Bitcoin Cash ( BTC ). A total of 15 trading pairs are available at launch, with “many more digital assets to be onboarded over the coming months,” the company said. The app is available on Android and Apple devices alongside Coinsquare’s existing mobile application, which is an extension of its web-based trading platform. In addition to commission-free trades, the new app allows for instant account funding via Interac e-Transfer – a considerable upgrade from Coinsquare’s current funding window, which can take up t...
Post a Comment
Read more

Blockchain identity market to grow $3.58B by 2025, report claims

A new forecast for the global blockchain identity management market expects growth at a compound annual growth rate of almost 71% during 2021-25. A new report on the potential for blockchain identity management solutions to become integrated across sectors has forecast strong growth for its global market, at a compound annual rate of close to 71%. The report grounds its predictions on a study broken down into segments: by sector – e.g., government, healthcare, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) – geography, and applications. It was published by the Lyon-headquartered market research solution provider ReportLinker.  Drawing on an analysis of several existing blockchain identity management market vendors – Accenture, Amazon, Bitfury Group, Civic Technologies, and others – the report expects the total global market to grow by $3.58 billion between 2021 and 2025. Related:  The future of DeFi is spread across multiple blockchains The study’s baseline assumption...
Post a Comment
Read more