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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...

These 3 altcoins mooned as Bitcoin price rallied to $52,000

ROSE, PRQ and AVA price soared after a key trading metric signaled that ‘altseason’ is here and BTC moved to $52,000.

The wider cryptocurrency market is showing signs of strength on Sep. 6 as Bitcoin (BTC) bulls battle for control at the $51,500 level. 

Altcoins have benefited from Bitcoin’s strong showing with many seeing gains in excess of 20% and the Altseason Indicator from Cointelegraph Markets Pro continues to signal that market conditions are tilted toward further gains from altcoins.

Top 7 coins with the highest 24-hour price change. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24-hours were Oasis Network (ROSE), PARSIQ (PRQ) and Travala (AVA).

Oasis Network partners with API3

Oasis Network is a blockchain protocol with privacy-enhancing features that create a secure platform for open finance and responsible data management.

VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for ROSE on Sep. 1, prior to the recent price rise.

The VORTECS™ Score, exclusive to Cointelegraph, is an algorithmic comparison of historic and current market conditions derived from a combination of data points including market sentiment, trading volume, recent price movements and Twitter activity.

VORTECS™ Score (green) vs. ROSE price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

As seen in the chart above, the VORTECS™ Score for ROSE climbed into the green on Sep. 1 and reached a high of 76, around 82 hours before its price surged 135% over the next two days.

The sudden rise in the price of ROSE comes following the Sep. 3 announcement that the project has partnered with API3 and will be co-sponsoring a grand program for development teams who wish to build a Rust version of the protocol's Airnode service.

PARSIQ introduces a subscription model

PARSIQ a blockchain-based analytics platform, saw its price rally 51% over the past 24-hours.

VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for PRQ on Sep. 5, prior to the recent price rise.

VORTECS™ Score (green) vs. PRQ price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

As seen in the chart above, the VORTECS™ Score for PRQ climbed into the green on Sep. 5 and reached a high of 72 roughly 12 hours before its price spike by 52% over the next day.

This growing momentum for PARSIQ comes following the introduction of its new subscription model which makes the protocol the world’s first decentralized software as a service (SaaS).

Related: US SEC releases fresh investor alert against crypto investment scams

End of summer push for Travala

Travala is a leading blockchain-based travel booking platform that offers flights and accommodation services to more than 90,000 destinations in 230 countries and territories around the world.

VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for AVA on Sep. 1, prior to the recent price rise.

VORTECS™ Score (green) vs. AVA price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

As seen in the chart above, the VORTECS™ Score for AVA reached a high of 70 on Sep. 5, around 120 hours before its price spiked by 54% over the next day.

The spike in price comes as the project has been making its end-of-summer push to engage users and the project also allows users to spend stablecoins like USD Coin (USDC) or DAI to book their next vacation.

The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.341 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 41.4%.

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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