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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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OlympusDAO developer launches protocol enabling one-to-one stablecoin swaps

Developer 'Ohmzeus' has launched a new protocol allowing stablecoins to swapped at fixed price of exactly one-to-one. A developer working on DeFi darling OlympusDAO has launched a new protocol that seeks to facilitate stablecoin swaps without price curves. On Oct. 26, OlympusDAO developer “Ohmzeus” announced they had launched an experimental project dubbed Range comprising decentralized stablecoin pools that do not use a price curve. The programmer described Range as an “optimistic stablecoin swap protocol” designed to “abandon a pricing curve altogether.” Introducing Range, an optimistic stablecoin swap protocol. (Note: Range is unaudited. Use at your own risk with money you can afford to lose.) Let's run through what it does — Zeus Ω (3, 3) (@ohmzeus) October 25, 2021 The protocol uses “Range Pools,” which assume both of the tokens in a pool are worth an equal value. There are currently six live pools for DAI, LUSD, FRAX, USDC, USDT, and MIM, though the devel...
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Start-up CGU Raises $2.5 Million USD in Third Public Round

PRESS RELEASE. A crypto platform Crypto Gaming United (CGU), which has joined the crypto exchange TimeX on the 18th of october, made $2.5 million in a record-breaking six seconds since public token trading began. One of the co-founders of the project is a crypto-currency, DeFi and blockchain app entrepreneur Sergei Sergienko born in Russia. CGU operates on the principles of uber-economy. Gamers don’t need to spend money on the initial purchase of NFT-characters. The platform rents them out to players in exchange for a share of their daily income. Meanwhile the games themselves reward players with income proportionate to their in-game skill and performance. The open market sale of GCU tokens became the third and final investment round. For context, previously the seed and pre-IDO rounds had ended at $5 million and $10 million respectively. The tokens released during these rounds have a blocking period with a 3 year rights transfer schedule. This means that CGU’s tokens are now on...
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Alleged South African Bitcoin Fraudster Makes First Court Appearance Since Arrest

Sandile Shezi, the South African bitcoin trader accused of defrauding investors, recently made his first court appearance before a Johannesburg magistrate. Shezi out on Bail The bitcoin trader’s court appearance came just days after he honored his pledge to surrender himself to the police. However, according to a report by the Sowetan, Shezi — who is now out on bail — is set to return to court on November 24. As previously reported by Bitcoin.com News, Shezi is facing fraud allegations that stem from his failure to honor promises he made to Allan Ledwaba, an investor in the latter’s Global Forex Institute. Although Shezi has repeatedly denied the allegations, Ledwaba and an unnamed investor still went on to file complaints against the bitcoin trader. The filing of these complaints then culminated in the issuing of the warrant for the bitcoin trader’s arrest. The report in the meantime quotes Ledwaba commenting on Shezi’s arrest and his subsequent court appearance. He said: To...
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Pro sports leagues are no longer resisting NFTs: Dapper Labs

Dapper Labs’ head of partnerships said pro sports leagues have opened to their arms to NFTs amid the sector's booming growth this year. Dapper Labs, the firm behind NBA Top Shot, said that pro sports leagues are no longer resistant to exploring nonfungible tokens (NFTs) now that the sector is hot. Speaking at Yahoo Finance's All Markets Summit on Oct. 25, Dapper Labs’ head of partnerships, Caty Tedman, said that the stance of professional sporting organisations suddenly shifted regarding NFTs amid the sector’s booming growth in early 2021, stating: "The conversation has shifted dramatically, where I think there's a little bit of an understanding that there's something here. I meet very little resistance these days that NFTs are a thing." Dapper emerged as a pioneer in officially-licensed sports NFTs when it launched  NBA Top Shot in late 2020. The firm has since inked partnerships with other major sporting franchises including the National Football Leag...
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Stellar partners tap USDC for remittances between Europe and Africa

Flutterwave is teaming up Tempo Payments to use USDC on Stellar to target Africa’s enormous remittances market. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has announced that it will facilitate a new remittance channel between Europe and Africa using the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin. On Oct. 25, the SDF announced that global payments technology company Flutterwave will use the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin on the Stellar network to simplify remittances between Africa and Europe. Flutterwave will work alongside Stellar’s principal EU payments partner, Paris-based money transfer operator, Tempo Payments. Olugbenga Agboola, CEO at Flutterwave, commented that it is more expensive to send money to sub-Saharan Africa than to any other region in the world. He added that the new partnership will help to expand the network and “bring all-important, cost-effective money transfer services to African business owners.” Flutterwave claims to have processed more than 140 million transactions worth ove...
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Okcoin reports altcoins drove institutional interest in crypto for 2021

The recent purchasing behavior of institutional investors contrasts with that in 2020 and earlier, when “institutions exclusively favored altcoins that were at least four years old, such as Ether and Litecoin.” Cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin has reported the number of and trading volume of institutions surged significantly in the last year, driven largely by stablecoins and tokens in decentralized finance. In a report released on Oct. 26, Okcoin said it had seen a 450% increase in the number of institutional customers on its platform between September 2020 and September 2021, as well as a 124% increase in institutional trading volume over the same period. According to the report, 53% of the purchases institutional investors made in September were for altcoins. In addition, the customers showed “a greater appetite for non-Bitcoin crypto assets” compared to previous years. Specifically, the exchange reported institutions had turned to “younger assets” in 2021, including MiamiCoin (MI...
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Bakkt shares skyrocket after partnering with Mastercard and Fiserv

Bakkt’s share price surged by 120% during Monday’s trading session on the heels of fresh partnerships with global payments firms. The share price of the Intercontinental Exchange-backed crypto services company Bakkt ($BKKT) has surged as it unveiled two partnerships with major global payments firms. On Monday 25 Oct., Mastercard announced it would be working with digital asset platform Bakkt to allow its customers based in the United States to buy, sell and hold digital assets through custodial wallets. On the same day, global payment provider Fiserv also announced a strategic collaboration with Bakkt to offer merchant-facing digital asset services. The news drove a bullish day of trading for BKKT, with the stock rallying by more than 50% outside of regular trading hours from Friday Oct. 22’s closing price of $9.15, before surging a further 120% to close out Monday Oct. 25 at $30.60. While Bakkt’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange saw its share price pull back by 6% to close...
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SEC expected to head U.S. stablecoin regulation and enforcement

The report is also expected to clarify the regulatory jurisdiction of the Treasury Department CFTC with regards to stable tokens. U.S. regulatory bodies have reportedly agreed that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will lead the United States’ efforts to regulate the stablecoin sector. According to an Oct. 26 Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources “familiar with the matter,” the SEC has reached an agreement with other U.S. agencies to take the reins on proposing legislation and overseeing the stablecoin industry. The sources add that the SEC’s newfound “significant authority” over the sector will be formally announced in the Treasury Department’s forthcoming stablecoin report that is scheduled to be published this week. The report will also clarify the regulatory jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Treasury Department with regard to stable tokens. The Treasury’s report was announced during a meeting of The President's Working ...
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Elon Musk Reveals Real Reason He Supports Dogecoin, Says Many People at Tesla and Spacex Own DOGE

Elon Musk has revealed the real reason he supports the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin. He shared that a lot of people he talks to at his companies, Tesla and Spacex, own dogecoin, noting that “it felt like the people’s crypto.” Lots of People Elon Musk Talks to at Spacex and Tesla Own Dogecoin Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk revealed Sunday the real reason he began supporting dogecoin. He noted that many people he talks to at both companies own the meme cryptocurrency. Responding to a tweet by dogecoin holder Glauber Contessoto , who said the appeal for DOGE is real, referencing a survey that found about a third of U.S. crypto holders own the meme cryptocurrency, Musk wrote: Lots of people I talked to on the production lines at Tesla or building rockets at Spacex own Doge. They aren’t financial experts or Silicon Valley technologists. That’s why I decided to support Doge — it felt like the people’s crypto. The Doge community welcomes Musk’s comment and support. “Most of us don’t c...
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Telsa hints it may soon resume support for crypto payments

Tesla believes cryptocurrencies could emerge as a “liquid alternative to cash” over the longer term. Tesla, the majo electric vehicle manufacturer headed by Dogecoin proselytizer Elon Musk, has hinted that it may soon look to restore support for crypto payments. In a September quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), the firm stated it “may in the future restart the practice of transacting in cryptocurrencies,” suggesting Tesla is eying resuming support purchases made using digital assets. The company also expressed its long-term belief in crypto assets as a store of value and means of payment, stating: “We believe in the long term potential of digital assets both as an investment and also as a liquid alternative to cash." Tesla previously accepted Bitcoin as payment for electric vehicle purchases between January and March of this year. The move came as part of a broader Bitcoin embrace from Tesla, with the firm also investing $1.5 billion ...
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3 reasons why Harmony (ONE) rallied to a new all-time high

ONE hits a new all-time high following a series of major partnerships and the launch of a $300 million ecosystem development fund. Ecosystem development funds have become one of the latest market-moving trends in the crypto sector and protocols with large treasuries have discovered that  reward and incentive programs are one of the best ways to attract new users and protocols to a project.  One protocol that has recently seen its token price rally following the release of an ecosystem development grant is Harmony (ONE), a blockchain protocol focused on improving scalability between networks. The project uses cross-sharded contracts and a cross-chain infrastructure between multiple blockchains including Bitcoin ( BTC ), Ethereum ( ETH ), Polkadot (DOT) and the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that since hitting a low near $0.095 on Aug. 30, the price of ONE has surged 263% to a new record high at $0.345 on Oct. 25 as its...
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Mastercard to Enable Merchants on Its Network to Offer Crypto Products and Services

Payments giant Mastercard has partnered with a cryptocurrency exchange to allow its partners and merchants in the U.S. to offer crypto solutions, including the buying, selling, and holding of cryptocurrencies. “We want to offer all of our partners the ability to more easily add crypto services to whatever it is they’re doing.” Mastercard’s Network Integrates Crypto Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and cryptocurrency exchange platform Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) announced “a multifaceted partnership” Monday at the Money20/20 event. The partnership aims “to make it easier for merchants, banks, and fintechs in the U.S. to embrace and offer a broad set of cryptocurrency solutions and services,” the announcement details. “Bakkt extends Mastercard’s ecosystem of cryptocurrency partners enabling crypto-as-a-service, which provides quick access to cryptocurrency capabilities.” The two companies explained: Mastercard partners will be able to offer cryptocurrency solutions. These include the ability for cons...
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Player’s Wins a $120,000 Jackpot on Slot Game, Wish Granted by King Elvis

Player wins a mighty big jackpot in the flashy new sequel Aloha King Elvis! on our crypto casino! A massive 1000x on the exciting Hawaiian-themed slot game The charismatic Elvis Frog has been taking a trip to Hawaii lately in BGaming’s popular new slot game on Bitcoin.com’s very own crypto casino. The titular character King Elvis has now bestowed riches upon one lucky player who landed a massive win on Aloha King Elvis! This big win comes at the onset of Halloween that should allow the player to enjoy his newly acquired riches quite festively. The Hawaiian-themed slot game features two jackpots, namely a Mini and a Major, both applying a 200x and a 1000x multiplier to the player bet amount respectively. A Major jackpot was applied to the lucky player’s bet that propelled his casino wallet’s balance into an exponential frenzy adding an amount equalling roughly 1.9 BTC as per current evaluations. King Elvis bestows generous riches onto the player with a 1000x multiplier ! ‘A...
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Binance CEO expects ‘very high volatility’ in crypto. Here’s how to trade it

Here’s how options traders would play the “very high volatility” that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao suggested will impact the crypto market over “the next few months”. Volatility is a complex statistical measure commonly used by traders and investors. Those unfamiliar with it will likely attribute some sort of special ‘standing’ to analysts whenever the term is used. However, as shown in a recent comment by Binance exchange founder, Changpeng Zhao, most of the time people are clueless about what volatility means. Expect very high volatility in #crypto over the next few months. — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 21, 2021 This is not the first time that CZ has made an incorrect assumption on that topic. In May, CZ said that volatility was "not unique to crypto," although multiple sources, including Cointelegraph , showed that excluding Tesla, no S&P 500 stock matched Bitcoin's ( BTC ) 70% yearly volatility. So what is volatility? Realized (or historical) vola...
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BlockFi partners with Neuberger Berman to launch crypto ETFs

"We are witnessing a significant shift in investor sentiment towards digital assets, and we believe that digital assets should be considered in modern portfolios," said Greg Collett, president of the joint venture. Crypto lending firm BlockFi has formed a business with New York-based investment management company Neuberger Berman for the development and distribution of crypto products including exchange-traded funds. In an Oct. 25 announcement, BlockFi said the joint venture, BlockFi | nb, expects to “launch crypto asset management products, including ETFs and other traditional structures,” giving investors exposure to crypto in their brokerage accounts. According to the two firms, the partnership will combine BlockFi’s retail and institutional crypto solutions with Neuberger Berman's suite of crypto strategies. "We are witnessing a significant shift in investor sentiment towards digital assets, and we believe that digital assets should be considered in modern p...
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Metawars Concludes Raise With Reputable Supporters and Partners

PRESS RELEASE. MetaWars, an innovative, multiplayer strategy blockchain-based game, has successfully raised $2.3 million USD from its supporting investors. MetaWars has collaborated with various investors and partners to incorporate blockchain into the emerging gaming industry and revolutionize NFTs. The game has recently announced their exclusive NFT auction starting from October 21st. The auction will be ongoing until the date of their confirmed TGE, the 27th of October. The NFT auction offers participants a range of NFTs that provide advantageous benefits for players in-game from a minimum price of 0.2 BNB . To know more about MetaWars’ exclusive NFT auction event, visit here . MetaWars, as mentioned, will be hosting their TGE on the 27th of October in collaboration with three launchpads, Polylauncher, Red Kite and GameFi. Their utility token, $WARS, has a total supply of 1,500,000,000 and is required for an in-game token $GAM for staking, upgrades, trading and more on their N...
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Swarm of Alternative Crypto Assets Outpace Bitcoin’s Gains by Double Digits This Week

After the price of bitcoin tapped an all-time high above the $67K handle, it then dropped below the $60K zone to $59,510 per unit. Since then, the leading crypto asset has regained some of the losses and bitcoin is still up 2.4% during the last seven days. However, a great number of crypto assets have outperformed bitcoin’s weekly rise, capturing double-digit gains as high as 65.1%. Thorchain, Nexo, Near, Okb, Shiba Inu, Safemoon Values Spike Digital currency markets are on the move again as the $2.733 trillion market valuation of all 10,000+ crypto assets is up 4.6% on Monday. BTC has jumped a bit higher during the latter half of Sunday’s trading sessions into Monday and BTC has gained 2.4% this past week. But there’s over 55 different digital assets that have outperformed BTC ’s weekly gains. The top seven-day gainer this week is thorchain (RUNE) which has jumped a whopping 65.1% this past week. The crypto asset thorchain has a $3.3 billion market capitalization and $208 millio...
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Price analysis 10/25: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOT, DOGE, LUNA, UNI

Bitcoin and several altcoins are attempting to resume their uptrend, but higher levels are likely to witness strong resistance from the bears. Bitcoin ( BTC ) has recovered from the dip below $60,000, indicating strong buying at lower levels. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said that investors used market orders to buy $840 million worth of Bitcoin futures on dips to $60,000. This suggests that analysts are positive for the rest of the year and anticipate the bull run to continue. Analyst TechDev believes that Bitcoin’s price action in 2021 is following the same trajectory as in 2017 . If that were to happen, Bitcoin could be getting ready for a sharp move higher in the remainder of the year. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 In a step that could boost the adoption of cryptocurrencies further, Mastercard is expected to announce that its banking partners and merchants on its payment networks may soon be able to add crypto services . Mastercard has tied up with...
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The Sioux Energy Center has mined 20 Bitcoin in secret since April

The environmental impacts of the site were quickly called into question following the reveal. Electric services provider the Ameren Corporation announced Monday that it has successfully mined upwards of 20 Bitcoin using excess energy generated by one of its coal-based power plants — the Sioux Energy Center in West Alton, Missouri. While the company set up the data center used to mine the coins back in April, it did not publicly announce the addition until today. Its half-megawatt mining facility taps into the Sioux Energy Energy Center’s 972 MW generation capacity to complete the necessary proof-of-work based mining activities. Ameren’s goals in launching the operation appear to have been to stop a decline in the power plant’s energy generation, and to provide the company with a new revenue stream. When mining began in April, the power plant was allegedly running at a mere 17% of its full capacity. Following the announcement, the company’s environmental impact was quickly called ...
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Matt Damon partners with Crypto.com around clean water project

The Hollywood star co-founded the nonprofit organization Water.org in 2009. Its mandate is to help eradicate the global water crisis. Digital currency exchange Crypto.com has donated $1 million to water.org, a clean-water initiative co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White in 2009. The direct donation will go towards supporting Water.org’s mission of ending the global water crisis by providing safe water and sanitation to people in need, the companies announced Monday. The partnership is also aimed at exposing water.org to Crypto.com’s more than 10 million users, who are also being encouraged to donate to the project. Matt Damon cited the ongoing financial transformation brought on by cryptocurrency as one of the chief motivations for partnering with Crypto.com. “As our financial solutions and platforms evolve, we can use them for good,” he said. “Crypto.com and Water.org are both working toward positive transformation, and our innovative, financial solutions will help change lives ...
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While Musk Mentions Doge Improvements, Dogecoin Developers Continue to Address Scaling Concerns

On Sunday, Elon Musk discussed his relationship with the Dogecoin Foundation and he mentioned a few improvements he’d like to see implemented via Dogecoin Core’s codebase. Meanwhile, Github metrics show developers have been working on Dogecoin Core during the last few months and it seems Dogecoin software engineers are prepping the network to address fees, transaction time, and mining. Dogecoin Proponents Including Elon Musk Patiently Wait for a fee Change Fix, Dogecoin Core Repo Has Been Active At the end of June, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk tweeted about the fee change proposal added to the Dogecoin Core Github repository. At the time, Musk said it was “important to support” it. The following week, people noticed that Dogecoin software developers Ross Nicoll and Patrick Lodder were maintaining the project and looking to add Musk’s suggestions. Lodder’s Dogecoin Core fee change proposal explained that the fix would be “gradually deployed to the network over multiple software releases....
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