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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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Tether’s 1,500% Market Cap Increase in 500 Days — USDT Stablecoin Market Nears $70 Billion

Tether's 1,500% Market Cap Increase in 500 Days — USDT Stablecoin Market Nears $70 Billion

The stablecoin giant tether is by far the largest dollar-pegged crypto asset in the crypto economy and today, the number of tethers in circulation is nearing $70 billion. 90 days ago on June 12, 2021, the number of tethers in circulation was around 63 billion tokens and the supply has swelled by 9.99% since then.

Circulating Tether Economy Nears $70 Billion, 1 Billion Tethers Minted on Solana

The largest stablecoin today, in terms of market valuation is tether (USDT) and on Friday, September 10, USDT’s market capitalization is $69.3 billion, according to the company’s transparency balance web page.

The number is similar to most crypto market aggregation web portals tallying up the value of each coin market. Below USDT’s market valuation is usd coin (USDC) with $29 billion and the Binance dollar-pegged token BUSD with $12.4 billion.

Tether's 1,500% Market Cap Increase in 500 Days — USDT Stablecoin Market Nears $70 Billion
The top four stablecoins by market valuation on September 10, 2021.

According to the USDT transparency page, the token is issued on several blockchains and in recent times the coin has been issued on Solana. The transparency page notes that tethers exist on Ethereum, EOS, Algorand, Liquid, Tron, Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash, and Solana. Tether will reportedly reside on the Avalanche (AVAX) network as well.

$33.8 billion is authorized on Ethereum while Solana has $1.1 billion authorized to date. 90 days ago the USDT in circulation was around 63 billion and today there’s over 69.3 million tethers circulating throughout the crypto economy.

50% of Today’s Crypto Trades Are Swapped With Tether

Data from Coingecko’s stablecoin by market cap stats indicate that tether (USDT) exists on 392 exchanges worldwide. Cryptocompare.com metrics show that when paired against bitcoin (BTC), tether (USDT) represents 58.29% of all trades on Friday.

Tether's 1,500% Market Cap Increase in 500 Days — USDT Stablecoin Market Nears $70 Billion
Tether’s market cap from 2015 to the present day.

48.50% of ethereum (ETH) trades are swapped with tether and the stablecoin captures 62.03% of cardano’s (ADA) trading share. Aggregation websites show that out of the $160 billion in global crypto trades on Friday, tether commands ​​$80.5 billion of that volume.

Other stablecoins that have seen notable issuance increases include terrausd (UST), trueusd (TUSD), neutrino usd (USDN), and frax (FRAX). Nothing has increased in circulation as much as tether has as USDT’s market cap on Friday, March 27, 2020 was just over $4.2 billion in value and 532 days in increased by 1,549.9%.

What do you think about tether’s market cap growth nearing $70 billion today? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

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