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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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DeFi traders cry foul after only 0.015% of active ParaSwap wallets receive PSP tokens

Airdrops are back in fashion as ParaSwap drops 5,200 to 10,400 PSP tokens to active users while also disqualifying airdrop hunters from gaming the system.

Airdrops are once again back in style following the recent five-figure token drop from the Ethereum Name Service protocol that kicked off a flurry of protocol engagements from hopeful crypto enthusiasts looking to get in on the next "crypto stimulus check."

Paraswap is the most recent project to reward early adopters, despite their early October statement that the project had no intention of conducting an airdrop. The decentralized exchange aggregator is designed to help decentralized finance traders and decentralized applications find the best rates currently available in the market.

This attempt to throw airdrop hunters was likely done to prevent crypto holders from trying to “game the system” by conducting a Sybil attack in which one account uses multiple fake addresses to interact with Paraswap's interface as a way to obtain a larger airdrop.

Unfortunately for many honest DeFi users, ParaSwap's attempt to weed out nefarious actors appears to have gone overboard as data indicates that out of the 1.3 million addresses that interacted with the protocol, only 20,000 are eligible for the PSP airdrop.

The increased scrutiny that led to only 0.015% of the total number of wallets that interacted with the platform qualifying for the airdrop has been a boon for those who did qualify because the smaller pool of participants resulted in a larger allocation of PSP tokens to each qualifying wallet.

Users in the lowest airdrop tier received 5,200 PSP tokens while the middle tier received 7,800 PSP and the most active traders received 10,400 PSP tokens.

Despite the uproar the qualification criteria caused with the DeFi community, most recipients are staking their new PSP tokens for up to 643% APY.

Related: OMG price crashes by one-third after BOBA airdrop snapshot

Data from CoinGecko shows that in its first day of trading, the price of PSP has ranged from a high of $2.10 shortly after launch to a low of $1.18 at midday and is trading at a price of $1.43 at the time of writing.

PSP/USD 10-min chart. Source: CoinGecko

Assuming PSP price holds at the current levels, it could mark yet another five-figure stimulus check for DeFi users who continue to benefit from their willingness to interact with new protocols and help evolve the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

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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