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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...
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Bitcoin price rally to $37,850, signals that bulls intend to reclaim $40K

Bitcoin’s break above the $35,000 resistance shows bulls are serious about retaking $40,000 in the short-term.

Bitcoin (BTC) price broke through the $35,000 resistance and appears to be stepping into a new range that would see the price trade between $38,000 to $40,000. Today’s recovery from the $34,000 level also appers to have invalidated what looked to be a bearish head and shoulders pattern forming on the 4-hour timeframe. 

BTC/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

Reclaiming the $36,000 level as support may also assist with squashing the infantile narrative that Bitcoin price was entering a new bear market after this week’s 26.5% plunge shaved off $200 billion from the total cryptocurrency market capitalization.

Despite this plunge, financial advisers continue to develop a more positive outlook on the top cryptocurrency as well as the growing DeFi sector.

Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360

The recent announcement from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) allowing banks to transact and custody stablecoins is being interpreted as a green light by the sector as a whole.

Proof of this comes today as custody provider Anchorage was just granted the first digital bank charter by the OCC. According to outgoing OCC chief Brian Brooks, the online future for finance is inevitable.

DeFi and altcoins show strength

The current market conditions continue to mirror the trend of previous cycles where Bitcoin price corrects sharply then consolidates after experiencing a period of parabolic growth.

During these consolidation phases traders tend to shift funds into altcoins and today’s increased volume and rallies from a number of altcoins re-enforces this theory.

BTC/USD daily chart. Source: Coin360

As Bitcoin spent the early part of the day trading between $32,000 and $35,000 Ether (ETH) pushed higher, gaining 3.96% to trade at $1,120 at the time of writing.

Meanwhile, Polkadot (DOT) was the breakout coin of the day, up 36.89% and trading near $11.30. Its sister chain Kusama (KSM) also received a boost in price as it rallied 21.25% to trade at $77.59

The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $983.5 billion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 68.7%.

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