Baseball

Sports

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

Tanzeel AkhtarJul 10, 2021

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

FTX

FTX Strikes Sponsorship Deal With MLB, Umpires to Wear Crypto Exchange’s Logo

Zack SewardJun 23, 2021

Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX is doubling down on sports sponsorships.

FTX

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

Tanzeel AkhtarJul 31, 2021

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

NFTs

Galaxy Digital-Backed Candy Digital Launches, Inks Debut Deal With MLB

Jamie CrawleyJun 1, 2021

Candy will build an MLB ecosystem to buy, trade and share officially licensed baseball content NFTs.

Dogecoin

Oakland A’s Make MLB’s First Dogecoin Ticket Sale

Jamie CrawleyMay 4, 2021

The pro baseball team had announced it was selling two-seat pods for 100 DOGE for its series with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Baseball

NFTs

Topps to Launch Official MLB NFTs in Bid to Best NBA Top Shot

Danny Nelson

The baseball card company, fresh on the heels of announcing plans to go public, is launching official MLB collectibles on the Wax blockchain later this month.

Bitcoin Payments

In MLB First, Oakland A’s Sell a Private Suite for 1 Bitcoin

Jamie Crawley

A’s President Dave Kaval previously said the baseball team would “hodl” the bitcoin received from sales and not convert it into fiat.

Payments

Oakland Athletics Baseball Team Accepting Bitcoin for Private Suites

Sebastian Sinclair

"The price of a season suite may fluctuate depending on when it’s purchased, which adds to the excitement," said the A’s president.

Gaming

‘MLB Champions’ Downplays ETH, Aims for Mass Market in New Game Reboot

William Foxley

Blockchain game MLB Champions is rolling out a slew of new gameplay features while reducing its reliance on Ethereum.

Dapps

Major League Baseball Collectibles Are Coming to Ethereum

Muyao Shen

Major League Baseball (MLB) is partnering with a blockchain startup to launch a decentralized app trading game.

Lifestyle

Baseball on the Blockchain? One Fan’s Quest to Merge Two Passions

Josh Metnick

Could blockchain solve problems for America's pastime? Tech enthusiast Josh Metnick gives the idea an epic at bat.