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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...

Element․Black Forms Strategic Partnership With DJ Snake

PRESS RELEASE. Social-fi has been the trend of the blockchain industry as of late. The concept, closely linked to the idea of co-creating, combines the terms “social” and “DeFi” to promote a diversified interactive platform for the public. Element.Black, a recent social-fi platform transforms the concept to a new level by bridging the gap between famous celebrities and fans. This includes their game Pixel Infinity, which allows celebrities and fans to break social barriers by including social interaction and making art together. Recently, Element.Black announced a new collaboration with DJ Snake, a French producer at the forefront of the electronic music revolution. DJ Snake has worked his way into the top tier of the music industry, collaborating with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry. Who is DJ Snake? DJ Snake, whose early influences include Cypress Hill and KRS-One, was a major fan of graffiti art as a child. He almost always eluded arrest by the Paris gen...

Stablecoin Flippening: UST Becomes the Biggest Decentralized Stablecoin By Market Cap

UST, one of the stablecoins of the Terra project, has become the largest stablecoin by market capitalization today, after having surpassed its Ethereum-based rival, DAI. UST is now the largest decentralized stablecoin in the market, closing a year of growth for the Terra ecosystem, which is now among the most valuable top ten cryptocurrency projects in the market. UST Flips DAI As The Most Valuable Decentralized Stablecoin UST, one of the stablecoins derived from the Terra project, has become the most valuable project of its kind by market cap, taking the spot that DAI, another decentralized stablecoin, once held. This closes a year of growth for the Terra ecosystem and for UST, which managed to swell from a market capitalization of $182 million at the start of 2021, to more than $9 billion this December. Now, UST cements its new position as the fourth stablecoin with the most market cap, behind USDT , USDC, and BUSD, all centralized stablecoins. While these work by depositing co...

The First Interactive NFT in the World – VR Movie on Mars

“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” – Isaac Newton The Future of the Mars4 Metaverse Will Be Set in Motion by Our Community With that in mind, please allow us to introduce you to one of our first community members and Mars4 investors, an Arab Sheikh, who decided to make a significant and early investment in our project with a purchase of the Super Rare NFT known as Newton – the very first Rare NFT sold on Mars4. This 300km wide southern crater, located in the Terra Sirenum, was named in 1973 after famed physicist Sir Isaac Newton. Everyday more and more people discover the potential of Mars4 NFTs as interactive investments. They are the key building blocks of the red planet metaverse, a world filled with bold in-game attributes that encourage collaboration and resource sharing among land owners and players! Today, we are thrilled to announce the first in a series of major reveals of the Mars4 project with an exclu...

From the Altai Mountains to the Gobi Desert: Tokenizing the history of nomadic horse riders through Mongol NFTs

The firm behind the namesake platform wants to bring Mongolian artists to the world stage and promote an authentic cultural experience to tourists through the Metaverse. Mongolia is a land of endless steppes, hosting mystic Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and fierce horse warriors blessed by the eternal Tengri, the sky god in folk shamanism. For centuries, the harsh, cold climate of the plains forced its people to venture to the world beyond in a series of journeys and conquests. And now, blockchain enthusiasts can hear their stories in the form of nonfungible tokens through the Mongol NFT platform.  Since its inception in September, the platform has surpassed 100,000 registered users and close to 400 creators in various stages of their projects. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Gabit Bazar and Adiya Bayansan, co-founders of Mongol NFT, discussed the future of the project that's bringing Mongolia (once again) to the world stage.  The culture of Mongolia th...

2021’s NFT Boom Pushes Collectors Toward Rare and Older Collections

In 2021, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been extremely popular and have become a billion-dollar industry this year. There’s been a number of NFT marketplaces and collections that have seen a massive number of sales and individual digital collectibles have sold for millions. The NFT hype has also caused significant demand for some of the earliest known NFT collections like Spells of Genesis cards, Curio cards, Bitcorn, Rare Pepe trading cards, and Fake Rares. Older Non-Fungible Token Collections See Fresh Demand Old non-fungible token (NFT) collections are seeing fresh demand after the NFT hype in 2021 exploded. Most people are unaware that NFTs have been around since roughly 2014 when someone created an NFT called OLGA . Following the creation of OLGA, the next year saw the birth of Spells of Genesis (SoG), Terra Nullius V2, Etheria v1.1, and Etheria v1.2. Since the 2021 NFT hype, SoG cards sell for a lot more than they did when the cards first launched. SoG cards are selling fo...

Crypto exchange FTX US partners with four Washington, DC sports teams

FTX US’ NFT platform will have exclusive rights to future token drops by the four teams and the exchange will be a partner for an in-game highlight series, “Big Block-Chain.” The company behind four major Washington, D.C.-based professional sports teams has announced FTX US will be its official crypto exchange and nonfungible token partner. In a Monday announcement, Monumental Sports and Entertainment, or MSE, said FTX US would be the official crypto partner of the Washington Capitals hockey team, the Washington Wizards men’s basketball team, the Washington Mystics women’s basketball team and the Capital City Go-Go basketball team as part of a multi-year deal. According to MSE, FTX US’ NFT platform will have exclusive rights to future token drops by the four teams and the exchange will be a partner for an in-game highlight series, dubbed “Big Block-Chain.” “The integration of blockchain technology with the sports experience has only just begun, and together we are going to advance...

Adidas Originals reaches second spot on OpenSea rankings with debut NFT collection

In a collaborative NFT project, Adidas Originals, gmoney, Bored Ape Yacht Club and PUNKS Comic make $43 million in 72 hours. In its debut weekend, the first NFT from Adidas Originals’ "Into the Metaverse" project has generated  11,391 Ether ( ETH ), worth over $43 million, on OpeanSea. Ranked by trading volume, this collection has earned the second spot on OpeanSea after RTFKT’s Clone X and Takashi Murakami collection.  In collaboration with Bored Ape Yacht Club, PUNKS Comic, and gmoney, Adidas Originals co-created one digital asset and put up 30,000 copies of the same item for sale on Dec. 17. Almost 20,000 copies of the Phase 1 NFT have been sold so far. Related: Adidas Originals to launch debut NFT collection According to the company, $15.5 million was made during the Early Access mint that had to pause and restart after several hours due to technical issues with Mutant Ape Yacht Club not being able to mint.  This NFT is not a collector’s item but an access toke...

Bitcoin’s Bearish Prices at the End of 2021 Not Much Different Than 8 Previous Year-End Cycles

The price of bitcoin is down more than 33% from the crypto asset’s all-time high captured about a month ago on November 10. A while back, people expected the price of bitcoin to be extremely bullish during the months of November and December, and many expected a $100K bitcoin price by the year’s end. However, during the last 13 years, more so than not, bitcoin prices are typically bearish in the last two months of the year. The End of 2021’s Bearish Market Sentiment Is a Common Occurrence, Looking at Previous Bitcoin Years There have been a few occasions when BTC had a monumental November and December run in terms of price gains. This year has not been so bullish and people don’t realize that for most of bitcoin’s life, these months have been bearish a majority of the time. For instance, after bitcoin started seeing real-world value and a USD exchange rate in September through November 2010, after November 10, just like this year, BTC ’s price slid from a high of $0.35 per unit to ...

BitYard Integrates 80+ Chainlink Price Feeds for Enhanced Price Accuracy and Stability

PRESS RELEASE. BitYard is delighted to announce our integration of 80+ Chainlink Price Feeds to obtain accurate price data in a timely manner within our exchange. By integrating the industry-leading decentralized oracle network, BitYard has access to decentralized price feeds for popular spot trading pairs—with plans to continually add additional feeds over time. Chainlink Price Feeds support BitYard’s existing frameworks by helping ensure that we are offering users more precise and transparent pricing for perfect spot trading executions. BitYard is a leading cryptocurrency exchange that offers crypto asset trading services in over 150 countries worldwide. BitYard has over 300 spot trading pairs, along with CFD, perpetuals, forex, commodities and copy-trading features. The platform simplifies crypto trading for novice investors and offers an easy-to-understand user interface. As a cryptocurrency exchange in the CeFi ecosystem, BitYard experiences price volatility across trading p...