Tanzeel Akhtar

European Reporter

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.

Latest from Tanzeel Akhtar

Finance

Voyager Digital a Step Closer to Operating in EU After French Regulatory Approval

The crypto broker plans to launch its trading app in several European countries late in the first quarter of 2022.

Oct 13, 2021

The Voyager Digital Ltd. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Elon Musk continued to toy with the price of Bitcoin Monday, taking to Twitter to indicate support for what he says is an effort by miners to make their operations greener. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Cipher Mining to Purchase 28K to 56K Mining Rigs From Bitfury

Each bitcoin mining machine will have a maximum price of $6,250.

Oct 13, 2021

Finance

Blockchain Analytics Firm Elliptic Raises $60M to Fund R&D, Expansion

The fundraising highlights growing interest in the transaction-analysis industry as companies strive to comply with AML rules and track the proceeds from successful hacks.

Oct 11, 2021

Elliptic founder and CTO James Smith (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

India’s TikTok Rival Chingari Raises $19M From Alameda, Kraken and Galaxy Digital

Chingari will use the funds to develop its popular short video platform and launch its social token on the Solana blockchain.

Oct 8, 2021

Sumit Ghosh, co-founder of Chingari Media Pvt, poses for a photograph in Bangaluru, India, on Saturday, July 11, 2020. In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Bangalore-based Chingari, had 3.5 million users that day, says it has now crossed 17.5 million. Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Yield Guild Games Invests $175K in Merit Circle to Expand Scholarship Program

YGG will work with the decentralized autonomous organization to expand its play-to-earn scholarship model in developing countries.

Oct 7, 2021

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Finance

Invesco Lists Two Crypto ETFs With Galaxy Digital on the CBOE

The ETFs will track Alerian Galaxy Global indexes to give investors exposure to blockchain and crypto mining firms.

Oct 7, 2021

Finance

Mt. Gox Civil Rehabilitation Voting Ends Friday

Claimants have been able to vote since May on whether or not they will accept the reimbursement proposal.

Oct 6, 2021

Finance

Crypto Exchange BitOasis Raises $30M to Fuel Geographic Expansion

The Dubai-based exchange will use the funding to expand in the region and to meet regulatory compliance.

Oct 6, 2021

Finance

MetaMask Adds Custodians BitGo, Qredo, Cactus in Push for Institutional DeFi Users

The three firms will support different segments of the market – from small DAOs to multibillion-dollar crypto funds.

Oct 5, 2021

MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet application on a smartphone arranged in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Lending on cryptocurrency platforms rose 7.6% from last week to $29.40 billion, according to data compiled by DeFi Pulse. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Dapper Labs Acquires Influencer Platform Brud, Launches Unit Focusing on DAOs

The new Dapper Collective division will be run by Brud’s CEO, Trevor McFedries.

Oct 4, 2021

Pageof 79