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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...

Theta Network's token enters top-10 cryptos by market capitalization

The Theta Network’s native token continues to hit new all-time highs.

THETA, the native token of the Theta Network — a decentralized blockchain-based video delivery network — has entered the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

On March 23, THETA overtook Chainlink (LINK) as the 10th biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization at nearly $11.5 billion, according to data from CoinGecko. At publishing time, LINK’s market cap amounts to $11.2 billion.

Source: CoinGecko

THETA has seen propelled growth recently, gaining 70% over the past seven days and hitting new historical highs. The token is trading at $11.80, up 17% over the past 24 hours at publishing time, according to data from CoinGecko. The coin has seen consistent growth in 2021, even outperforming Bitcoin’s (BTC) late-2020 rally.

THETA 90-day chart. Source: CoinGecko

THETA’s entrance to the top 10 coins by market cap comes soon after major altcoin Bitcoin Cash (BCH) dropped off the top 10 list in early March 2021.

The new all-time highs for THETA come shortly after Theta Labs secured its second patent on designs for decentralized blockchain-based video and data delivery from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 16. Earlier in March, Theta Labs released an open-source code for the Theta version 2.2.0 on Theta GitHub.

As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the Theta Network has been actively growing its validator program, attracting collaboration with Global 500 firms like Google, Samsung and Sony, as well as major industry firms like Binance, Blockchain.com and Gumi. Theta Labs was founded in 2017 as a subsidiary of virtual reality live-streaming company Sliver.tv.

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