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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 Polkadot could be the next altcoin to hit a new all-time high

Rising trading volume, investor excitement over the upcoming parachain auctions and the success of KSM, have investors looking at DOT as the next altcoin to hit a new high.

Layer-1 smart contract platforms increased their market share throughout August after the Ethereum network London hard fork did little to solve the major issues of high transaction fees and network congestion. 

One top-10 protocol that has been gaining momentum, but has yet to experience a significant price breakout to new highs like some of its competitors is Polkadot (DOT), a multichain protocol focused on facilitating the creation of cross-chain bridges between separate blockchain networks.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after bottoming out at $10.36 on July 20, the price of DOT increased 205% to an intraday high at $31.70 on Aug. 31 as the chatter of an impending altseason begins to rise.

DOT/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

Three reasons for the increasingly bullish outlook for DOT are its upcoming parachain auctions, a rapidly growing ecosystem of projects interested in launching on the network and a steady increase in daily trading volume.

Parachain auctions excite the community

One of the biggest drivers of momentum for the Polkadot ecosystem is the upcoming parachain auctions where projects vie for community votes to obtain one of the limited slots available to launch on the network.

Polkadot’s “wild cousin” Kusama has been in the process of conducting its auctions, with the first batch having been chosen at the end of July and the second batch of auctions scheduled to begin on Sep. 1.

As part of the parachain crowdloan process, users vote for projects by locking up DOT tokens for a designated term as a way to bootstrap funding for projects that are chosen to fill one of the limited slots.

This has the effect of reducing the circulating supply of tokens available adding pressure on the price of DOT. The Polkadot network will undergo its own parachain auctions once all auctions are complete on the Kusama network. The process has been fully audited and to date, the Kusama-bas parachains are running smoothly.

An entire ecosystem of projects are competing for a parachain slots

Another reason for the recent strength of DOT is the large number of projects interested in obtaining a parachain slot and launching on the network.

Polkadot ecosystem. Source: PolkaProject

As evidenced by the graphic above, the Polkadot ecosystem has seen extensive growth in terms of protocols and supporting infrastructure over the past year and this is outmatched by only a small number of competing networks in the space.

With the Polkadot parachain auctions expected, it’s likely that the ecosystem will continue to expand and welcome new projects and proof of this comes from the fact that the Kusama parachain process has thus far been a relatively smooth .

Related: Will Polkadot save decentralized finance from Ethereum’s scaling problems?

24-hour trading volume on the rise

A third reason for the bullish outlook for DOT has been its surging 24-hour trading volume which is now back at levels not seen since the market-wide sell-off in late May.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, DOT's 24-hour trading volume surged more than 300% on Aug. 31 to a high of $5.41 billion as anticipation for the upcoming Kusama parachain auctions excited the Polkadot investors who view KSM's success as a proxy of what can occur with DOT price.

If the Kusama network can continue the smooth rollout of its auction process and clear the way for the process to begin on the Polkadot network, the demand for DOT could rise and this could translate to higher prices for the asset. 

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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