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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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As Crypto Interest Winds Down Bitcoin’s Daily Transaction Rate Plummets to Two-Year Lows

Onchain data indicates that bitcoin transactions per day have plummeted to lows not seen since October 2018. Further, bitcoin transaction fees have dropped 93% after touching a high of $62 per transaction in April 2021.

Bitcoin Daily Transaction Rate Dips by 35%, Google Trends Data Shows Interest Has Dropped Since May

While bitcoin (BTC) prices have dropped to lower bound ranges, after touching an all-time high over $64K per coin, the number of daily transactions has dive-bombed as well.

In fact, daily BTC transactions have been plummeting since the first week of 2021, as statistics show a high of 387K transactions on January 6. Data from bitinfocharts.com indicates that the number of bitcoin transactions confirmed on June 3 was around 249K. Between the first week of January up until now, daily transactions have slipped by more than 35%.

Statistics from bitinfocharts.com indicate daily transaction rates are as low as they were in October 2018.

Fork.lol stats show on June 7, the BTC network processed around 221,624 transactions on Monday. From February 14 to April 28, 2021, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network outpaced the BTC chain’s daily transaction rate during that time span.

Today, the BCH chain has a lower daily transaction count than BTC, as current daily stats for June 7 show, BCH has processed around 68,973 transactions. BTC transactions per day have not been this low since October 2018, as daily transactions have been consistently higher since then.

BTC’s highest daily transaction rate has only tapped 478K confirmed transactions, while BCH broke over two million confirmed transactions per day during the first week of September 2018. In addition to BTC transactions per day dropping to 2018 levels, bitcoin fees have slid as well during the last few weeks.

On April 21, 2021, the average BTC transaction fee hit a high of $62.79 per transaction according to ycharts.com. The same ycharts’ data set shows fees are down to $4.38 per transaction today.

Worldwide Google Trends data for the search query “bitcoin.”

The lack of interest in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, in general, may have contributed to the daily transaction levels dipping to 2018 levels. The search query “bitcoin” touched an all-time high on Google Trends in May with a score of 100, but the worldwide search trend has dipped to 52 on June 5.

Daily transactions for a great number of the top digital assets including BTC, ETH, DOGE, XRP, LTC, and BCH have all dipped significantly. While XRP transactions did dominate Ethereum’s daily confirmed rate during the first few months of 2021, the ETH chain is now ahead of XRP in terms of daily transactions confirmed.

What do you think about BTC transactions dropping to 2018 levels? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

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