Shohei Ohtani from Los Angeles Angels joins the global ambassadors of FTX, MLB superstar is paid in crypto-

The cryptocurrency company FTX Trading Ltd. announced on Tuesday that the Major League Baseball (MLB) legend Shoei Ohtani, also known as "Shotime", joined the company's global ambassadors. According to the announcement, Ohtani is paid in cryptocurrencies and will acquire a participation in the crypto company.

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At the end of June the seven-time Super-Bowl champion Tom Brady and his wife, the Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen at ftx as a global ambassador. At the beginning of September, Brady and Bündchen played 20 million dollar advertising campaign for FTX. Shortly before the deal between FTX Trading Ltd. And Brady went to the crypto exchange a long-term with mlb. Two months after the advertising campaign with Bündchen and Brady, the company announced that the MLB pitcher, designated Hitter and outfield of the Los Angeles Angels, Shohei Ohtani, will be included in the FTX ambassador list.

MLB Pitcher, designated Hitter and outfield for the Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani.

In the announcement, it is pointed out that Ohtani will receive all of his remuneration in FTX shares and cryptocurrencies. In the explanations sent to Bitcoin.com News, it continues that the acceptance of crypto payments illustrates the “strong faith of the MLB player in both FTX and the crypto industry”. Ohtani, also called "Shotime", was the first MLB player for 88 years to become classics during the midsummer classics both as a pitcher and as a hitter all-star. The deal between Ohtani and FTX says that the MLB player will act as the spokesman for the crypto company.

ftx believes that ohtani as a global ambassador "will further highlight the FTX brand and increase the awareness of the company platform". Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of FTX, said in a statement sent to Bitcoin.com News that the company is always looking for partners who share the company's vision. "SHOHEI has developed into an outstanding baseball player in a short time, and this, in combination with his support for digital assets, has made it a simple decision to enter into a partnership with him," said Bankman-Fried. The FTX CEO added:

Outside the field, Shohei has a passion for improving the global community, something that both he and FTX share, and we are happy to work with Shohei with various charitable initiatives, especially with a focus on helping animals.

ftx has completed business with ohtani, Brady, Bündchen and the MLB, but also a name agreement with the professional eSports organization TSM and won the name rights for the arena of the Miami Heat of the NBA. Nobody knows whether the deep immersion of FTX works in the world of sport for the company to win more customers, but the crypto exchange now takes one of the top positions in the industry in terms of global trading volume.

statistics from coinmarketcap.com indicate that ftx has a global trade volume of around 22.7 billion US dollar, while Coingecko.com metrics state that ftx.us, the company's platform for Americans, has around $ 686.9 million. The company offers both the Spotmarkt cryptocurrency exchange and derivatives and stops the second largest market in terms of crypto derivatives in the world of 14.8 billion US dollars Open Interest by Binance. On the last day, FTX had an open interest for crypto derivatives of $ 9.3 billion under 170 eternal securities and 627 futures markets.

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