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

Europol Coordinates Arrest of Ransomware Gang in Ukraine, Seizing $1.3M in Crypto

The effort involved an organized strike by representatives from the French National Gendarmerie, the Ukrainian National Police and the FBI, coordinated by Europol and Interpol.

Europol

Finance

Marathon Digital Secures $100M Revolving Line of Credit With Silvergate Bank

The bitcoin mining firm said the loan will be used for operations and to acquire new mining equipment.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

Policy

IMF Says Crypto Boom Poses Challenges to Financial Stability

The organization says more regulation is needed.

IMF

Finance

Old Meets New as Czech Royal Family Drops High-Art NFTs

Czech Prince William Rudolf Lobkowicz became interested in NFTs during the pandemic and is launching a collection of works inspired by historic pieces.

Czech Prince William Lobkowicz examining a piece. (Lobkowicz Collections)

Finance

Dolce & Gabbana’s First NFT Collection Sells for $5.7M

The fashion designers’ Collezione Genesi collection was hosted by luxury marketplace UNXD, which is built on the Polygon network.

Dolce & Gabbana's Doge Crown NFT (Screenshot)

Finance

Private-Equity Giant KKR Makes First Blockchain Investment in ParaFi Fund

The investment firm has also created a working group to focus on best use cases for blockchain technology.

Henry Kravis, co-chairman, co-chief executive officer and co-founder of KKR & Co., listens during a panel discussion at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. The New Economy Forum, organized by Bloomberg Media Group, a division of Bloomberg LP, aims to bring together leaders from public and private sectors to find solutions to the world's greatest challenges. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Ex-Revolut Exec Launches Governance Token With Backing From Galaxy Digital

Revolut’s former growth lead is turning his crypto project, Gro, into a DAO.

Hannes Graah, former president of Spotify Japan K.K., gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. Spotify Ltd. is bringing its popular online music service to Japan, a large and lucrative market where fans have demonstrated a continuing fondness for CDs and even vinyl records. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Scaramucci Says Most Institutional Investors Remain Hesitant to Invest in Crypto: Report

The hedge fund manager also predicted that a large bank will seek to buy Coinbase or a similar crypto start-up.

Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital

Finance

Powerbridge Launches Green Crypto Mining Operation Based in Singapore

The China-based SaaS and blockchain firm is following up on plans to expand into crypto mining.

Singapore.

Finance

Blockchain Firm TangoChain Launches Platform for Play-to-Earn Games, NFT Creation

TangoChain focuses on gaming and NFTs, and its model involves giving players financial incentives to play and progress through games.

Game console (Shutterstock)