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

MetaMask Hit 10M Monthly User Mark in July With Asia Leading Growth

The firm said the launch of its mobile version last September has boosted its business.

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

Dolce & Gabbana’s NFT Collection Said to Attract Bidding Interest From DAOs

A decentralized autonomous organization is likely to acquire the rare collection of NFTs, sources told CoinDesk.

Some of the Dolce & Gabbana items in the NFT collection. (UNXD/Dolce & Gabbana/German Larkin)

Finance

SIMBA Chain Raises $25M to Boost Sales and Marketing Staff, Expand Into NFTs

The blockchain firm already has multiple U.S. military contracts.

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Finance

El Salvador to Create $150M Bitcoin Trust to Facilitate Exchange to US Dollars

The trust will instantly convert bitcoin to dollars, allowing local merchants to offset their exposure to bitcoin.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

Finance

Dolce & Gabbana to Feature NFT of Rare Tiara in First Drop

The fashion house’s weekend event in Venice includes a sprinkling of haute blockchain tech.

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 19:  A giant advertising poster showing actress Scarlett Johansson posing for Dolce & Gabbana cosmetics advertising is displayed at the Rinascente Duomo store on February 19, 2009 in central Milan, Italy. The first Dolce & Gabbana make-up collection was unveiled on a worldwide campaign on February 5th, 2009 at the Rinascente Duomo store.  (Photo by Stefania D'Alessandro/Getty Images)

Finance

Brazilian Police Seize $28.8M in Crypto: Report

The investigation, dubbed “Operation Kryptos,” involved an alleged financial pyramid scheme.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ASSY/Pixabay)

Finance

Citigroup se prepara para operar futuros de bitcoin en la Bolsa Mercantil de Chicago

El banco comenzará a negociar primero los futuros de bitcoin y luego notas de bitcoin negociables en el mercado, según confirmó una fuente a CoinDesk.

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Finance

Recently Hacked Exchange Liquid Global Secures $120M Loan From FTX

Liquid Global lost $90 million in the cyberattack.

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Markets

NFT Platform Hodl Buys Crypto-Commerce Firm CoinLinked

HODL Assets is moving forward in its efforts to secure funding to fuel expansion of its operations.

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Finance

Citigroup Gearing Up to Trade CME Bitcoin Futures: Sources

Citi will begin trading CME bitcoin futures first and then bitcoin exchange-traded notes, one of the sources said.

Citigroup tower in London