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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 all-time highs 'just a matter of time' after a BTC ETF approval looks certain

Bitcoin price spikes above $61,800 as the promise of a BTC ETF approval reignites the discussion on whether the top-ranked cryptocurrency will hit $100,000 by the end of the year.

Optimism is bordering euphoria in the cryptocurrency market after a trove of documents pointing toward the eventual approval of Valkyrie's Bitcoin (BTC) ETF application by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission before the end of the month. 

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price action for BTC spiked in the early trading hours on Friday with bulls managing to rally to an intraday high at $61,880, marking the first time BTC has surpassed $60,000 since April.

BTC/USDT 1-day chart. Source: TradingView

Here’s what traders and analysts are saying about what comes next for Bitcoin now that the price is back above $60,000 and the long-awaited Bitcoin ETF look ready to become a reality.

On the precipice of a massive breakout

According to cryptocurrency analyst and pseudonymous Twitter users Rekt Capital, Bitcoin’s move on Friday has it trading just below a major resistance level that is the last barrier standing in its way from exploding into uncharted territory.

From this perspective, if BTC can manage to post a weekly close above this level, there is “exponential upside” potential as price discovery will not be hampered by previously establish resistance zones while bulls will attempt to fulfill the calls for a $100,000 BTC price.

Analysts say crypto markets are maturing

Insight into the long-term trajectory of the cryptocurrency ecosystem was provided by Konstantin Shugla, CEO and co-founder of Finery Markets, who indicated that “crypto markets are going the same maturity route as other traditional asset classes.”

According to Shugla, the growth in the sector is beginning to attract “a new level of mass institutional adoption that no firm can ignore anymore,” and the approval of an ETF will likely result in more institutional and retail inflows “from investors that were previously concerned with infrastructure/regulation risks.”

Shugla said:

“That will cause more volume and arbitrage opportunities for underlying instruments. I expect both historic records in terms of pricing and volumes can be hit in October and November.”

Related: Bitcoin gets green light for price discovery with ‘almost no supply’ on exchanges above $59K

New all-time highs are coming in “just a matter of time”

A more technically-grounded perspective of the recent price action was provided by crypto trader and pseudonymous Twitter user Pentoshi, who posted the following chart outlining major support and resistance zones.

BTC/USD 3-day chart. Source: Twitter

According to Pentoshi, Bitcoin has now “taken out the macro lower high from when it topped” and started to form lower lows and lower highs, and now looks to form “a new trend of higher highs and higher lows.”

Pentoshi said,

“It's only a matter of time before all-time highs with this structure.”

The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.443 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 46.4%.

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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