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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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Helium partners with Dish Network to expand its crypto-based distributed 5G platform

Helium announces a new partnership with Dish Network which will further extend its 5G network in exchange for HNT rewards.

The ultimate goal of any cryptocurrency project is to achieve widespread adoption by offering a use case that offers real-world value that can be applied across the globe and in every home. 

One project that just revealed a significant stride towards greater adoption thanks to its user-run wireless network is Helium, a 5G Internet-of-Things-focused project, which revealed a new partnership with Dish Network on Oct. 26.

According to the announcement, the partnership will offer Dish Network subscribers the opportunity to run Helium nodes and earn HNT token rewards for sharing their 5G wireless service with those in their area.

This marks the first major carrier to integrate the Helium 5G network into its ecosystem and is a significant sign of validation for the project and its technology.

In comments with Decrypt media, Helium COO Frank Mong elaborated on the partnership and why it means for the future of the Helium network. 

Mong said,

“Dish understands the potential blockchain can have on the wireless industry, and as the first major carrier to join The People's Network, this partnership is real validation that the HNT incentive model is a powerful tool for deploying infrastructure at scale. Together with Dish and FreedomFi, Helium 5G will have a much broader reach where the customer benefits from the flywheel of network incentives and the applications it enables.”

The Helium network sees exponential growth

The Dish Network partnership is the latest in a busy year of growth for the Helium network which now has more than 256,000 individual nodes around the world operated by 93,561 users.

Helium network hotspot statistics. Source: Helium

This partnership with Dish Network was made possible by a community vote in April which approved the addition of a second 5G capable network to the protocol through a partnership with FreedomFi. This will allow Helium to offer support for devices like smartphones, tablets and laptops.

Helium has also received increasing support from multiple hardware manufacturers that have begun making hotspots compatible with the Helium network and this is expected to expand the network’s reach.

Related: Successful smart cities will be impossible without decentralized techs

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that since hitting a low of $16.45 on Sept. 29, the price of HNT has swelled 42.2% to a daily high at $23.50 on Oct. 26 as its 24-hour trading volume spiked 162.75% to $35 million.

HNT/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro also began to detect a bullish outlook for HNT on Oct. 20, prior to the recent price rise.

The VORTECS™ Score, exclusive to Cointelegraph, is an algorithmic comparison of historical 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. HNT price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

As seen in the chart above, the VORTECS™ Score for HNT began to pick up on Oct. 20 and hit a high of 78 around 93 hours before the price began to increase by 15.6% over the next two days.

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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