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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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Bottom-buying traders and new governance features back KeeperDAO’s 118% rally

New governance features, a robust treasury and increasing community activity catalyzed a strong bullish breakout in ROOK price that has traders setting a target at $345.

The rapidly evolving realm of decentralized finance (DeFi) has brought a new level of utility and value to the cryptocurrency ecosystem in 2021 but has also provided nefarious actors with numerous exploits for siphoning profits and tokens away from unsuspecting investors.

In the past few days, KeeperDAO, a DeFi protocol that allows participants to trade, borrow and stake assets with protection from miner value extracted (MEV) bots that front-run transactions, has rallied 118%. 

Data from TradingView shows that since trading at a low of $124.70 on Oct. 12, the price of ROOK has rallied 118% to a daily high at $298 as its 24-hour trading volume spiked from an average of $7 million to $24 million.

ROOK/USD 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

Three reasons for the surging price of ROOK include the roll-out of community governance features, an increasing total value locked on the protocol and the possibility of a new token buyback mechanism that could help reduce the circulating supply of ROOK.

Governance features back the current rally

Governance features have been growing in prominence across the cryptocurrency ecosystem over time as community control is seen as one of the main features of a truly decentralized network that is not under the control of one small group or entity.

As part of its evolution into becoming a fully functioning DeFi protocol, KeeperDAO introduced it’s new governance voting structure on Oct. 4 with the release of two KeeperDAO improvement proposals (KIPs) which established the simple format for writing KIP’s and chose the first group of community Sophons, who help contribute towards community growth.

Both proposals passed without objection on Oct. 11 which allowed the KeeperDAO community to begin putting its treasury to work earning a yield for the ecosystem.

ROOK's treasury and total value locked surge

Another reason for ROOK's increasing momentum is the protocol's growing treasury which is now back near its all-time highs established during the market run-up in May.

KeeperDAO treasury. Source: Dune Analytics

According to data from Dune Analytics, the total value of the KeeperDAO treasury currently sits at $122.2 million, while the total value of assets locked on the protocol now stands at $390 million.

KeeperDAO total value locked. Source: Dune Analytics

Related: How to make DeFi easier for newcomers, explained

Investors bought the bottom and the community showed up

Another reason for the building strength of ROOK is the ongoing governance votes which are focused on reducing the circulating supply of ROOK, cutting back emissions to stakers and funding development through the end of 2021.

KPI-2 aims to decrease the emission rate of ROOK which would effectively lower the amount of tokens minted in each cycle. KPI-4 is a proposal to use some of the protocol’s ‘Ninja’ profits to buy back ROOK from the open market and burn them.

At the current rate, this would translate into $800,000 worth of ROOK tokens being burned monthly, which would help lower the circulating supply and theoretically increase the price of the remaining tokens.

KPI-3 proposes additional funding for individual contributors who help with the development and growth of KeeperDAO.

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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