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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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3 reasons why Bitcoin Standard Hashrate (BTCST) price rallied by 50%

BTCST earnings per staked token increased after China cracked down on Bitcoin miners and the network’s hashrate dropped.

China’s ongoing crackdown on Bitcoin (BTC) mining resulted in a mass relocation of mining operations out of the country and it has led to a more than fifty percent drawdown in the Bitcoin network hashrate from an all-time high of 197.9 exahash per second (ehash/s) on April 15 to its current rate at 97 ehash/s. 

Bitcoin network mean hash rate. Source: Glassnode

One token that was hit especially hard by the hashrate drop was the Bitcoin Standard Hashrate Token (BTCST), a project that collateralized the Bitcoin hashrate with each token representing 0.1 TH/s of Bitcoin mining power.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that BTCST recently began to show signs of recovery after its price rallied 57% from a low of $13.57 on July 18 to an intraday high at $27.38 on July 19 as the Bitcoin hash rate begins to stabilize near 100 ehash/s.

BTCST/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

Three reasons for the recent boost in BTCST include increased earnings due to the decline of the Bitcoin network hashrate, the ability to stake BTCST to earn rewards and a functioning community governance system that is able to compensate users who lose funds while being liquidity providers for the ecosystem.

Bitcoin’s hashrate reverses course

While the decline in the BTC hash rate has widely been seen as a negative, the BTCST ecosystem actually benefited as the declines in mining difficulty translated into increased earnings per token.

Since each token represents 0.1 TH/s of Bitcoin mining power, the earning power of each token has increased by 34% as a result of the reduction in total hashpower, which in turn, provides increased rewards for participants in the ecosystem.

Stakers can earn BTC, BTCST and DOGE

A second reason for the growth seen in BTCST is the growing number of opportunities to earn a yield through staking or providing liquidity.

Standard Hashrate vaults. Source: Standard Hashrate dApp

As seen in the image above, BTCST holders currently have the opportunity to stake their tokens to earn rewards paid out in BTCB, which is the wrapped version of BTC on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), or the native BTCST token.

The platform also includes options for staking or earning Dogecoin (DOGE), shown above as DOGE or Tau DOGE (τDOGE), but at the time of writing the APY offered was listed at 0%.

Related: Malaysia is literally crushing thousands of illegal Bitcoin miners

Governance voting helps users recover losses

A third reason for the recent strength seen in BTCST is the recent passage of STP 14, which is a one-time compensation plan for liquidity providers who suffered losses as a result of the recent ‘Restorative Rebase’

Tau assets on the network include τBitcoin and τDOGE and they are primarily used as a staking token that pays out rewards in τDOGE.

The passage of a new governance proposal suggests that the project is attempting to respond to negative developments and user’s loss of funds within the ecosystem but it is yet to be seen whether the current rally will find the momentum to continue higher.

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

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