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.

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Finance

Crypto Firm Crypterium Secures FCA Registration

The registration makes sure that as Brexit measures kick in, Crypterium can continue to provide crypto wallet services to customers in the U.K.

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Payments Firm XanPool Raises $27M in Funding Round Led by Valar Ventures

XanPool plans to transform its network to become more like the traditional banking world’s SWIFT network, but compatible with cryptocurrency and e-wallets.

Peter Thiel Says Bitcoin Could Be a Chinese 'Financial Weapon'

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Sotheby’s, Future Perfect Ventures Invest $20M in NFT Tech Firm Mojito

The funding will go toward expanding the Mojito team’s engineering and product side as well as building out tooling and services.

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Finance

Andreessen Horowitz Invests in New Meta4 NFT Fund

A16z is the lead investor in Meta4′s new fund, which will invest in rare digital art and collectibles such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club.

Arianna Simpson, now a partner on the a16z crypto investment team, speaks a CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest 2017.

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Revolut Launches Commission-Free Crypto Trading for US Investors

Among other free services announced by Revolut are out-of-network ATM withdrawals of up to $1,200 and 10 remittance payments.

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DeFi Insurance Protocol Solace Goes Live

Insurance claims will be automatically validated, and payouts will be made in a single transaction.

A lifeline for exchange users?

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BIT Mining Invests Another $11M in Ohio Crypto Mining Data Center

The funding will be used to add an extra 65 megawatts of power capacity.

Ohio Congressman: Bitcoin Poses No Threat to US Dollar

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Luxury Fashion Group OTB to Join Louis Vuitton Parent LVMH in Aura Blockchain Consortium

OTB is also joining luxury brands Prada and Richemont-owned Cartier to tackle counterfeit goods through a blockchain-based seal of authenticity.

Designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren pose backstage before the Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 in Paris, France. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

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Subversive Capital Files Application With SEC for a Metaverse ETF

The ETF plans to invest in securities of companies that support the infrastructure and applications of the metaverse and would trade under the ticker “PUNK.”

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Finance

Sotheby’s Takes Its NFT Experiment Into the Metaverse

“Sotheby’s Metaverse” will hold its first sale from Oct. 18–26 with a collection featuring 53 works.

A flag flies outside Sotheby's auction house on New Bond Street ahead of a preview of 'The Midas Touch' auction in London, U.K., on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. The auction is Sotheby's first auction dedicated entirely to gold, according to a release by the auction house. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images