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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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Ether fees nearly double as 24-hour trading volume tops $50B

The average transaction cost on the Ethereum network almost doubled amid a trading volume surge.

Ethereum network fees continue to climb with the average value topping out at $17.43 per transaction according to data from YCharts. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, average fees were at about $10.20 earlier on Monday.

The $17.43 per transaction constitutes an all-time high in average Ether fees beating the previous record of $12.54 back in September during the height of the DeFi mania. As of press time, ETH transaction fees have declined significantly, with a median fee of $1.63 based on data from Etherscan, ETH Gas Station and Gas Now.

Average ETH Transaction Fee. Source: YCharts

Yield chasing on multiple DeFi platforms added to the transaction load of stablecoin transfers, which made the Ethereum network even more actively used than in previous times. As a result, average fees skyrocketed, often to the detriment of some DeFi market participants.

Indeed, Monday’s ETH fee spike caused DeFi NFT project Aavegotchi to postpone its mainnet launch. The project also stated that it might consider an “L2 first” launch probably on the Matic Network.

The launch of Ethereum 2.0 — the network’s upgrade to a proof-of-stake consensus — is expected to improve the blockchain’s scalability and drive down average transaction costs. While the process has already begun, some expect the upgrade to take years to reach full actualization. Some commentators say layer-two scaling solutions are a better bet for combatting rising transaction costs.

Monday’s fee spike also coincided with Ether setting a new 24-hour trading volume high above $53 billion according to data from CoinMarketCap. 

The surge in Ether transaction fees and trading volumes comes ahead of the launch of CME ETH futures later this year. Back in 2017, when CME announced its Bitcoin (BTC) futures, BTC price and transaction fees spiked amid expanding interest from investors.

Ether is still about $300 shy of its $1,430 ATH achieved back on Jan. 8, 2018. The second-ranked crypto by market capitalization is up over 660% in the last year.

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