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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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DeFi wars heat up as Curve Finance TVL hits $3.99B, surpassing Uniswap

Curve Finance has surpassed Uniswap’s total value locked, a sign that competition between DeFi protocols is heating up.

As decentralized finance grows in prominence, a battle of the DEXs is brewing between several of the top protocols like Uniswap (UNI), SushiSwap (SUSHI) and Curve DAO (CRV) as the growing list of platforms vie for investor liquidity and transactions on the network. 

In terms of total value locked, DeFi lending platforms currently dominate the space with the top 3 positions currently occupied by Maker (MKR), AAVE, and Compound (COMP).

Decentralized exchanges hold the next three positions with Curve DAO recently surpassing Uniswap to rank fourth in terms of TVL.

Top 6 DeFi platforms by total value locked. Source: Defi Pulse

An added boost of attention for CRV came on Feb. 8 when it was announced that a Substrate-based version of Curve Finance will soon be implemented on Equilibrium’s Polkadot (DOT) parachain.

The integration is supported by the Web3 Foundation’s Open Grant Program and will bring an added level of interoperability to Curve finance that could boost its TVL as the number of available assets increases with the addition of DOT-based “coins.”

TVL on Curve and the price of its CRV governance token reached a new all-time high on Feb. 9 and data from Defi Pulse shows a steady increase since early January.

Total value locked on Curve Finance. Source: Defi Pulse

When it comes to token value, SushiSwap has experienced the most price growth since Dec. 2020 as its community-focused approach and fee-sharing mechanism have helped increase its popularity amongst the crypto community.

Uniswap has yet to implement a fee-sharing mechanism for its token holders and Curve has been hampered by several noteworthy hacks where manipulation of CRV oracles led to the loss of funds on connected DeFi platforms.

CRV, SUSHI, and UNI (USDT-based pairs) 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

As the DeFi sector continues to expand, it’s likely that the battle between DEXs will continue.

Furthermore, speculation around what Uniswap v3 will entail continues to grow as platforms like Curve unveil integrations that enable interoperability and aim to reduce the costs associated with transactions on the Ethereum network.

Newly launched projects like Reef Finance (REEF), focus on providing cross-chain trading with the addition of centralized exchange liquidity and these platforms could soon bring added competition to the current top contenders in the DeFi sector.

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