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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 Avalanche (AVAX) price is up 200% this month

A rapidly expanding DeFi ecosystem and a new low-cost bridge to the Ethereum network are just a few reasons why AVAX price is up 200% in August.

Layer-one blockchain networks like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) form the foundation of the cryptocurrency ecosystem and enable smart contract functionality that has allowed the creation of new industries like decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFT).

Avalanche (AVAX) is a relatively new layer-one solution that has recently seen a significant increase in price and adoption as the dominant smart-contract platform (Ethereum) continues to struggle with high transaction costs and slower processing times than its competitors.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after hitting a low of $12.24 on Aug. 3, the price of AVAX rallied 205% to a multi-week high at $37.42 on Aug. 20 as its 24-hour trading volume surged to more than $1.4 billion.

AVAX/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

Three reasons for the significant price growth from AVAX are its rapidly expanding DeFi ecosystem, the release of the Avalanche bridge to Ethereum and the protocol’s unique tokenomic design that offers dynamic fees and a token burn mechanism.

Avalanche Rush expands the DeFi ecosystem

One of the biggest developments to happen for the Avalanche protocol was the announcement of Avalanche Rush on Aug. 18, a $180 million liquidity mining incentive program launched in conjunction with Aave and Curve that is designed to introduce more applications and assets to its growing DeFi ecosystem.

Phase 1 of the Rush program is set to begin in the near future and  will allow AVAX to be used as liquidity mining incentives for Aave and Curve users over a 3 month period.

A total of $27 million worth of AVAX has been set aside by the Avalanche Foundation to fund the incentive program with additional allocations planned for phase 2.

The program was designed to demonstrate the Avalanche Foundation’s commitment to scaling DeFi on the network and helping to “create a more accessible, decentralized, and cost-effective ecosystem.”

Evidence of the growth of DeFi on the Avalance network can be found in the increasing total value locked (TVL) in protocols on the network, such as Pangolin and Benqi Finance which recently surpassed a TVL of $300 million.

Ethereum bridge facilitates asset migration

A second reason for the bullish growth seen in the Avalance ecosystem over the past few weeks is the release of the Avalanche Bridge (AB) on July 29. This "next-generation cross-chain bridging technology” enables the transfer of assets between the Avalanche and Ethereum networks.

As shown in the above tweet, in the three weeks since the AB was launched, it has transferred more than $100 million in token value between the two networks as holders seek lower-fee environments to conduct their transactions.

The AB is estimated to be five times cheaper than the previous Avalanche-Ethereum Bridge (AEB) and it is purported to offer a “better user experience than any cross-blockchain bridges launched to-date.”

If Ethereum is unable to get a handle on high transaction costs in the near future, there is a good chance that assets and liquidity will continue to migrate to chains like Avalanche as their DeFi ecosystems grow in size and value.

Related: Avalanche (AVAX) in 'overbought' zone after 100% gains in a week — Correction ahead?

Transaction burning improves AVAX tokenomics

A third reason for the increasing interest in the Avalanche network is the protocol’s unique tokenomic structure that includes a transaction fee burning mechanism that helps reduce the circulating supply over time.

As noted in the above tweet, all fees on Avalanche are burned for the benefit of everyone in the community as the hard-capped supply of 720 million AVAX is guaranteed to decrease over time. This could help increase the value of the remaining tokens in circulation.

At the time of writing, more than 163,000 AVAX have been burned, a figure which increases more rapidly as more users transact on the network.

The network’s fee mechanism is also set to undergo an upgrade to Apricot phase three which will introduce C-Chain dynamic fees on Aug. 24.

The new integration will allow for the addition of a time-based, rolling window fee calculation, a capped fee range of 75–225 nAVAX and a block gas limit of 8 million gas.

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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