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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...

WHALE and RALLY dominate social token scene with $240m market cap

Whale has the largest market cap but fully-diluted figures put Rally ahead.

Two social tokens are shining brighter than the rest with a combined market capitalization of $240 million.

Research compiled by crypto data aggregator Messari has revealed the WHALE token is the most valuable social token with a market capitalization of $136 million. RALLY is a close second with a $104 million market cap, meaning the pair represent $240 million combined.

According to CoinGecko, the two tokens represent 83% of the entire social token sector's capitalization. 

Social tokens are backed by the reputation of the individual, brand, or community issuing them. While the sector has recently been gaining traction broadly, WHALE and RALLY are currently dominating the pack.

Rally is an open Ethereum-based network that enables creators to launch independent economies with their communities. The platform supports ‘creator coins’ which help facilitate an economy around a creator or influencer by providing them with additional avenues to monetize themselves.

Messari noted that when measuring by fully-diluted valuation — a token’s maximum supply multiplied by its price — Rally tops the list with more than $12 billion. According to Messari, of the existing 86 Rally creator coins, 11 possess over $250,000 in RLY tokens in backing.

WHALE is a social token issued by popular NFT investor Whale Shark, with the token offering fractional ownership in a basket of rare NFTs that are stored in a Vault. The token aims to be backed by tangible assets with its value being derived from the digital art and collectibles stored in its Vault.

WHALE has a supply of 10 million tokens, giving it a fully diluted valuation of $330 million.

MORK, which is ‘social money’ on the Roll platform, is the third-highest social token in terms of market cap with a reported $18.9 million.

On March 15, Roll suffered a hot wallet breach, resulting in at least 3,000 ETH worth $5.7 million at the time being drained. The fall-out from the hack reverberated across the social token sector, with the price of many tokens plummeting following the incursion.

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