Tanzeel Akhtar

Tanzeel Akhtar has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes Africa, Financial Times, The Street, Citywire, Investing.com, Euromoney, Yahoo! Finance, Benzinga, Kitco News, African Business Magazine, Hedge Week, Campden Family Office, Modern Investor, Spear's Wealth Management Magazine, Global Investor, ETF.com, ETF Stream, CIO UK, Funds Global Asia, Portfolio Institutional, Interactive Investor, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoNews.com, Bitcoin.com, The Local, The Next Web, Mining Journal, Money Marketing, Marketing Week and more. Tanzeel trained as a foreign correspondent at the University of Helsinki, Finland and newspaper journalist at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She holds a BA (Honours) in English Literature from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and completed a semester abroad as an ERASMUS student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She is NCTJ Qualified - Media Law, Public Administration and passed the Shorthand 100WPM with distinction. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.

Tanzeel Akhtar

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Finance

Hive Blockchain Orders Another 6,500 Bitcoin Mining Machines From Canaan

The order builds on the companies’ existing relationship that’s seen Hive already buy 10,400 machines this year.

Marathon Digital to Buy $121M of Mining Machines

Policy

India Likely to Regulate Crypto, Not Ban It, in Upcoming Budget: Report

The government is likely to opt for regulating cryptocurrencies as an asset class, similar to commodities, with appropriate taxation of transactions and gains.

What Coinbase Job Postings in India Say About the Proposed Indian Crypto Ban

Finance

Alameda Research Pumps $75M Funding Into Voyager Digital

The two will work together to tap opportunities in non-fungible tokens and crypto derivatives.

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Finance

Binance Hires Former GE, Edelman Exec as First Chief Communications Officer

The move comes as regulators around the world have recently been scrutinizing Binance’s operations.

Zhao Changpeng, chief executive officer of Binance, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. The worlds biggest cryptocurrency exchange keeps getting bigger. Binance.com is adding a couple of million registered users every week, with 240,000 people signing up in just an hour on Wednesday, said Zhao. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

El Salvador ‘Buys the Dip,’ Acquires 420 Additional Bitcoin

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said in a series of tweets, “It was a long wait, but worth it. We just bought the dip!”

El Salvador Pres. Nayib Bukele

Finance

Bitpanda Pro Hires Former JPMorgan Exec to Lead Growth in Europe

Investment platform Bitpanda has hired Joshua Barraclough to lead its digital-assets exchange.

Bitpanda Pro CEO Joshua Barraclough (Bitpanda)

Finance

WWE, Blockchain Creative Labs Ink Deal to Launch NFT Marketplace

The wrestling company will work with Blockchain Creative Labs to create NFTs capturing memorable moments from events such as WrestleMania and SummerSlam.

Jimmy Wang Yang arm flips his opponent during a WWE Smackdown event at Rose Garden arena in Portland.(bottom) takes kick after kick from his opponent during a WWE Smackdown event at Rose Garden arena in Portland. (Photo by Chris Ryan/Corbis via Getty Images)

Finance

UK Police Seize $2.7M in Crypto From Teenager in Money Laundering Investigation

The 17-year-old appeared in court on Tuesday and was sentenced to community service.

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Finance

International Police Seize $4.9M in Crypto From Alleged Darknet Drug Traffickers

Operation Dark HunTor cracked down on criminals involved in the sale of tens of thousands of illicit goods and services throughout Europe, Australia and the U.S.

FBI agent working on his computer in office

Finance

Australian Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Files for $100M IPO

The company intends to list its shares on Nasdaq.

Crypto mining machines (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)