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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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Ethereum targets $1K after ETH, altcoins rally versus Bitcoin

ETH is making serious inroads in both BTC and USD terms in what a Cointelegraph analyst says is a classic sign that altcoins are coming back from the dead.

Ether (ETH) has broken a critical price point against Bitcoin (BTC), signalling that altcoins may be about to see huge gains.

Cryptocurrency market overview. Source: Coin360

I'd take Ether bet "all day long" — Winklevoss

Data from Cointelegraph Markets, Coin360 and TradingView showed ETH/BTC pass the essential 0.026 level in just one daily candle on Jan. 3.

After staying weak throughout December, Ether has rebounded in the first few days of 2021, and Sunday's performance could be the start of something much bigger.

As Cointelegraph Markets analyst Michaël van de Poppe noted last week, 0.026 BTC is a significant breakout point, and flipping it to support indicates "strength and continuation" of a bullish resurgence.

"It’s time for #Ethereum, #Polkadot, #Cardano, #Chainlink and more to break all-time highs," he told Twitter followers on Sunday.

"I do believe that we're seeing money shift from BTC towards altcoins and that Ether has bottomed out on the BTC pair," explained Van de Poppe. "So probably continuation of altseason in this quarter with the topping out of Bitcoin dominance." He added: 

"But hey, a Bitcoin correction would be appreciated too."
ETH/BTC 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

At press time, ETH/USD was approaching landmark price levels of its own, taking aim at $1,000 on the back of 21% daily gains. The last time that the pair traded at four figures was in January 2018.

"$ETH was the best performing asset (up 450%) of 2020 hands down and still below its all-time high," Cameron Winklevoss, entrepreneur and co-founder of exchange Gemini, added on Twitter.

"Today it’s the equivalent of 15K #Bitcoin I would take that bet all day long."

Altseason is here at least?

With the prospect of "altseason" now firmly back on the menu, top ten market cap altcoins are showing signs of life against Bitcoin.

Litecoin (LTC) is up 18% against the largest cryptocurrency, while Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is 13.3% higher and Cardano (ADA) 9.7%.

Even XRP, still struggling on the back of legal action against Ripple, is finding its feet again with 3.5% daily progress in BTC terms. Bitcoin's overall market cap dominance remains above 70%.

Bitcoin market cap dominance historical chart. Source: CoinMarketCap

As Cointelegraph reported, meanwhile, a longer-term commitment to altcoins may also prove lucrative this year. Mining Ether, for example, could net over $120,000 per annum.

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