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Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator Director on What DLT Startups Need to Succeed

The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator — an incubator for early stage distributed ledger technology startups at the University of California, Berkeley — recently launched its spring cohort, which includes startups seeking to fight COVID-19, launch a cannabis-themed massively multiplayer online game and create a reverse auction platform for loans.Cointelegraph spoke to Jocelyn Weber, the director of the Xcelerator, to find out more about the resources the program offers to startups, success stories from previous cohorts and advice for startups looking to launch in the crypto space.Cointelegraph: Could you give an overview

Tether CTO Praises Company’s Own Coin, Takes A Shot At Others

Earlier this month, at the CryptoCompare Digital Asset Summit that was held in London, the CTO of Tether, Paolo Ardoino, gave a public statement about the future of DeFi. According to Arduino, the DeFi industry as a whole is facing a risk to its entire system, due to the fact that it only leverages the value from the cryptocurrency industry.Low-Brow TacticsIn a move that sounds suspiciously like an attempt to slander one of Tether’s rival stablecoins, the Dai, he talked about the volatility of the crypto industry as a whole.

How to Trade Bitcoin Using Leverage and Not Worry About Liquidation

Institutional traders have long known the benefits of derivatives trading, including leverage and hedging. By trading options markets, one can predetermine maximum gains and losses, even with volatile assets like Bitcoin (BTC). Despite being far more complex, such instruments allow traders to generate gains independent of what happens over the next weeks or even months, which is essential for traders’ peace of mind to achieve optimal performance.Retail traders have only recently begun using derivatives, although they have focused almost exclusively on futures contracts offered by BitMEX, OKEx, Binance and so many

Strict Japanese Crypto Laws Discourage Foreign Exchanges … For Now

[vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text] A new report has found strict regulations are discouraging overseas exchanges from opening in Japan, but would likely benefit new players in the long term. Double jump.tokyo, the game developer behind My Crypto Heroes, commissioned a research team at So & Sato Law Offices to carry out a comprehensive report on digital assets in Japan. Released on March 31, the report covers all aspects of digital assets in the Asian nation, from tokenized securities to crypto derivatives. Entering the crypto market under strict regulations Joerg Schmidt and So