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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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More Aussies invest in cryptocurrency than in gold and silver: Survey

A new poll has found that more Australians invest in cryptocurrencies than in gold and silver .... but only by a tiny margin.

A survey of more than 2000 Australian investors has found that cryptocurrency is a more popular investment than gold and silver — but it still has a long way to go to catch up to shares.

The poll, conducted on behalf of BTC Markets over the month of February, found that 12.6% of Aussie investors hold Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, compared to 12.1% who hold precious metals.

However, the stock market is by far the preferred in option for investors, with 63.6% holding shares directly and 28.8% investing in either exchange-traded funds or managed funds. Property is also a popular investment (25.8%), while 18.8% said they invested in “collectibles”.

Australian crypto investors heavily favor Bitcoin and Ethereum, with 83.2% holding Bitcoin and 42% holding Ethereum, followed by Ripple with 28.5%, Litecoin with 18%, and Bitcoin cash with 12%.

The research revealed that almost one-third of the cryptocurrency investors made their first investment after the COVID-19 induced market crash of March 2020. This research is backed up by another poll from October 2020, which revealed that 39% of respondents had found Bitcoin more appealing after the pandemic began.

Despite many cryptocurrencies rallying to all-time highs in recent months, 51% of Aussie investors stated they had no intention of selling their crypto soon, with 31% planning to exit after at least three years of holding. Of the 49% who are looking to sell or take profits, one in five investors intend to reinvest the capital back into crypto.

The largest demographic of Aussie crypto investors (36.3%) in the survey were aged between 25-34 with, followed by those aged between 35-44 at 30.1%. Men accounted for 63% of all crypto investors, and one in four earned an income of more than $100,000 per year.

BTC Markets CEO Caroline Bowler noted that an increasing number of older Australians are investing in crypto, with investors 60-plus doubling in number over the past couple of years to make up 10% of the client base:

“In the last 12 months, we have seen a shift from 25-45-year-old males to a much broader age group, particularly early retirees who are interested in diversifying their investment portfolio and are catching up with this fastest-growing asset class.”

The research is broadly in line with other polls, including one in December that found almost one in five Australian adults owned crypto in 2020.

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