Cryptocurrency company FTX Trading Ltd. announced on Tuesday that Major League Baseball (MLB) legend Shohei Ohtani, also known as “Shotime”, has joined the company’s global ambassador. According to the announcement, Ohtani will pay in cryptocurrency and will acquire equity in crypto companies.

Angel’s Shotime joins FTX

At the end of June, seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and his wife Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen join in FTX acts as a global ambassador.In early September, Brady and Bundchen Starred in In a $20 million FTX advertising campaign.Just before FTX Trading Ltd. reached a deal with Brady, the cryptocurrency exchange signed a long-term agreement partnership With the Major League Baseball. Two months after Bündchen and Brady’s advertising campaign, the company announced that Major League Baseball pitcher, designated hitter and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Shohei Ohtani will join the FTX ambassador list.

The announcement stated that Ohtani will receive all compensation for FTX equity and cryptocurrency. The statement sent to Bitcoin.com News further elaborated that the acceptance of encrypted payments illustrates the MLB player’s “firm belief in FTX and the crypto industry”. Ohtani, also known as “Shotime”, became the first MLB player in 88 years to be selected as an All-Star during the Midsummer Classic as a pitcher and batsman. The deal between Ohtani and FTX pointed out that the MLB player will serve as the spokesperson for the crypto company.

FTX believes that Ohtani, as a global ambassador, will “further enhance the FTX brand and increase the visibility of the company’s platform.” FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried explained in a statement to Bitcoin.com News that the company has always Looking for partners who have a common vision with the company. Bankman-Fried said: “Xiangping became an extraordinary baseball player in a short period of time, coupled with his support for digital assets, it is easy to choose to establish a partnership with him.” FTX Chief The executive added:

Off the court, Shohei is passionate about improving the global community. This is what he and FTX have in common. We are very happy to cooperate with Shohei in various charitable activities, especially in helping animals.

Although FTX entered into deals with Ohtani, Brady, Bündchen and MLB, it also acquired a Title transaction Cooperate with professional e-sports organization TSM and get Naming rights The arena for the NBA Miami Heat. No one knows whether FTX’s in-depth exploration of the sports world will be useful to the company in terms of gaining more customers, but in terms of global trade volume, cryptocurrency exchanges occupy one of the leading positions in today’s industry.

Statistical data Data from coinmarketcap.com shows that the 24-hour global trading volume of FTX is approximately US$22.7 billion, while Coingecko.com index Shows that the company’s American-oriented platform FTX.US has approximately $686.9 million.The company provides spot market cryptocurrency trading and derivatives, and holds Second largest market In terms of global crypto derivatives, it is lower than Binance’s $14.8 billion open interest. On the last day, FTX saw $9.3 billion in open interest in crypto derivatives in 170 perpetual contracts and 627 futures markets.

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