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At Nationals Ballpark, Terra’s Bad Week Never Happened

Terra’s $38 million Nationals sponsorship hasn’t made an impact on “Terra Club” workers and fans.

The Terra logo inside the luxury club at Nationals Park. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Mickey Mantle Baseball Card NFT Sells for $471K in OpenSea Auction

The NFT iteration of the coveted 1952 baseball card racked up a bidding war in the sale’s final hour, making it one of the priciest sports NFTs ever sold.

Mickey Mantle in 1968, around the time he retired from baseball. (Getty Images)

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Washington Nationals to ‘Explore’ Terra’s UST Stablecoin in DAO-Approved Partnership Deal

The MLB team’s deal with the Terra network is even bigger than previously reported.

(G Fiume/Getty Images)

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Terra Wants to Spend $40M on a Mystery Sports Deal. We Think It’s With This MLB Team

A CoinDesk reporter turns internet sleuth to crack the team name Do Kwon won’t identify.

(Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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MLB NFTs on Candy Digital Clock $2.7M in Marketplace Debut

The trading volume rivals that of Dapper Labs' NBA Top Shot.

Jarred Kelenic of the Seattle Mariners hits a two-run bomb. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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MLB Sensation Shohei Ohtani Becomes FTX’s Newest Brand Ambassador

The exchange’s deal with the Japanese-born pitcher and slugger is the latest in its run of high-profile athlete partnerships.

Shohei Ohtani (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Signs Multiyear FTX Deal

The retired player will serve as an ambassador for the exchange in the latest of its long list of sports-related sponsorship deals.

Retired Red Sox player David Ortiz (Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)

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NFT-Focused Topps Abandons Plan to Go Public in SPAC Merger

The longtime trading card company pulled out of its deal following the loss of its exclusive contract to make cards for Major League Baseball.

A promo image for Topps' MLB NFT play.

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$100K in Bitcoin Up for Grabs as FTX's MLB Team-Up Advances

Sam Bankman-Fried’s sponsorship deal with Major League Baseball now involves giving away free bitcoin.

FTX ad patches have appeared on all MLB umpires since July 13.

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Orioles Slugger and Cancer Survivor Trey Mancini to Release NFTs During MLB's Home Run Derby

The NFTs were designed in collaboration with TikTok influencer BitBoy Crypto. Proceeds will go to Mancini’s cancer foundation.

Trey Mancini of the Baltimore Orioles

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