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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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Bitcoin whales join 'small fish' in buying BTC as price holds above $47K

Bitcoin addresses holding 1,000 to 10,000 BTC have resumed accumulating coins.

Rich crypto investors are turning their attention back to Bitcoin (BTC) as its price continues to eye a breakout move above $50,000.

Crypto-focused newsletter Ecoinometrics reported positive changes in Bitcoin holdings for addresses controlling 1,000-10,000 BTC. So, based on their rising account balances throughout August, Ecoinometrics spotted a renewed accumulation sentiment among "whales," hinting that wealthy investors consider the current Bitcoin price levels as attractive to place bullish bets.

Bitcoin accumulation trend versus price levels. Source: Ecoinometrics

The sentiment appeared the same among small fishes—Bitcoin investors that hold less than 1 BTC. Ecoinometrics reported that they have been accumulating Bitcoin since June and, during a period, have also absorbed the selling pressure coming from the whales' side. Their buying sentiment coincided with a price rally to $50,000, a key psychological resistance level.

"Recently, there has been some on-chain divergence between small fish who are accumulating coins [and] whales who are offloading coins," tweeted Ecoinometrics on Sunday.

"That's not ideal [for supporting] Bitcoin's price, but it looks like things are changing! Whales are ticking back up."

Supportive data

Blockchain analytics platform Glassnode also reported a spike in buying sentiment among small fishes. In detail, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 BTC reached a 3-month high of 3,231,069 on Monday, further validating the accumulation data above.

Bitcoin number of addresses holding over 0.1 BTC. Source: Glassnode 

Meanwhile, Glassnode's unspent transaction output (UTXO) data alert presented the $45,000-$50,000 range, wherein whales capitulated the most recently, as a strong support area.

"Over 1.65M BTC now have an on-chain cost basis within the $45k to $50k range," the platform tweeted Monday, adding:

"The $31k to $40k zone is also home to another 2.98M BTC, indicative of large accumulation demand."
Bitcoin UTXO realized price distribution. Source: Glassnode

Bitcoin holds above the 'green wave'

The whale and fish alert surfaces as the Bitcoin market await a clear breakout move above $50,000.

Related: Bitcoin accumulation accelerates among ‘whales’ and ‘fish,’ while BTC rallies to $40K

As it stands, the BTC/USD exchange rate has been consolidating under the said resistance level since Aug. 27. In doing so, the pair have also found interim support above $47,000, which, more or less, has been coinciding with a 20-day exponential moving average floor (20-day EMA; the green wave in the chart below).

BTC/USD daily price chart featuring the 20-day EMA support. Source: TradingView.com

Historically, a break below the 20-day EMA prompts traders to move their downside target to the 50-day EMA (currently near $43,500). Popular market analyst Rekt Capital also presented an outlook that highlighted the levels around $43,500 as Bitcoin's next support range.

Small fishes have accumulated Bitcoin relentlessly in the $40,000-$50,000 range, with no signs of trend reversals in the previous 30 days. On the other hand, whales underwent a capitulation period when Bitcoin entered the $45,000-$50,000 range.

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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