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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...

Cosmos ecosystem tokens rally after Evmos promises Ethereum interoperability

IRIS, SCRT and AKT are among the Cosmos ecosystem assets that turned bullish in anticipation of Ethereum interoperability via Evmos.

The wider cryptocurrency market is facing another day of volatility and selling on Jan. 7 as Bitcoin (BTC) bears managed to break bull support at $42,000. The price of Bitcoin was pushed to a daily low of $40,620 before resources were exhausted. 

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro shows that four of the top seven gainers of the day are part of the growing Cosmos Hub. This ecosystem currently uses the Interblockchain Communication protocol (IBC) to facilitate interoperability and communication between connected networks.

Top 7 coins with the highest 24-hour price change. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

Here’s a look at what’s behind the strength seen in IRISnet (IRIS), Secret (SCRT), Akash Network (AKT) and Cosmos (ATOM).

IRISnet expands its NFT capabilities

The top gainer over the past 24-hours has been IRISnet, an interchain service hub for decentralized applications that enables cross-chain interoperability and provides businesses with modules to support running a distributed system.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after hitting a low of $0.079 in the early trading hours on Jan. 7, the price of IRIS blasted 84% higher to hit a daily high at $0.144 as its 24-hour trading volume surged 2,320% to $112.6 million.

IRIS/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

The sudden surge in price and volume for IRIS comes as the protocol's nonfungible token community continues to expand thanks to the upcoming launch of the Uptick Network nonfungible token (NFT) ecosystem. These efforts have helped to attract new users to the IRISnet ecosystem.

Pulp Fiction NFTs are coming to the Secret Network

The Secret Network is a blockchain protocol with built-in data privacy for smart contracts that enables programmable privacy for data transfer, decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFTs.

VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for SCRT on Jan. 3, 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 that includes market sentiment, trading volume, recent price movements and activity on Twitter.

VORTECS™ Score (green) vs. SCRT price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

As seen in the chart above, the VORTECS™ Score for SCRT began to pick up on Jan.3, around 55 hours before the price increased 25% over the next day.

The boost to SCRT price comes after it was revealed that movie director Quentin Tarantino will be releasing NFTs from the popular move Pulp Fiction on the Secret Network.

Akash Network partners with CloudStack

The Akash Network bills itself as the world’s first decentralized cloud computing marketplace for DeFi. Known as DeCloud, the service enables any application to launch quickly without the need to set up, configure or manage servers.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after a quick drawdown to a low of $2.33 on Jan. 5, the price of AKT rebounded 25% to a daily high at $2.93 on Jan. 7 as its 24-hour trading volume increased by 88%.

AKT/USD 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

The building momentum for AKT comes following the announced partnership between the Akash Network and CloudStack, a decentralized cloud aggregator that offers a portal to access any decentralized storage network, including Filecoin, Arweave and Storj.

Related: 3 reasons why Cosmos (ATOM) price is near a new all-time high

Bulls like the idea of interoperability between Cosmos and Ethereum

Cosmos is the foundational blockchain protocol for the entire Cosmos Hub, billing itself as the “internet of blockchains." ATOM holders stake the platform's native ATOM token to secure the entire ecosystem.

VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for SCRT on Dec. 29, prior to the recent price rise.

VORTECS™ Score (green) vs. ATOM price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

As seen in the chart above, the VORTECS™ Score for ATOM climbed into the green zone on Dec. 29 and hit a high of 80 just as its price began to increase by 79% over the next nine days.

The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $1.987 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 39.9%.

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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