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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Markets

Marathon Digital Bitcoin Generation Increased 66% in July

The mining company now has 6,226 bitcoins with a market value of $260.7 million.

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Policy

Former CFTC Attorney Ryne Miller Joins FTX.US as General Counsel

Miller served as legal counsel to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, when Gensler was at the CFTC.

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Markets

Berlin-Based Staking Startup Certus One Acquired by Jump Trading

The Certus One team will merge with Jump Trading’s team of 900 employees made up of engineers, quants and traders.

Jump Trading has acquired Certus One for an undisclosed amount.

Markets

HSBC UK Blocks Payments to Binance Exchange

The move follows the FCA's announcement that Binance cannot conduct regulated activities in the country.

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Markets

NCR to Buy LibertyX to Add Digital-Currency Software to Digital Wallet, Mobile Apps

The acquisition will make LibertyX capabilities available to banks, restaurants and retailers.

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Markets

Independent Reserve Receives Approval in Principle to Operate in Singapore

The digital currency exchange said the approval relates to becoming a regulated provider for digital payment token services.

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Markets

$100K in Bitcoin Up for Grabs as FTX's MLB Team-Up Advances

Sam Bankman-Fried’s sponsorship deal with Major League Baseball now involves giving away free bitcoin.

FTX ad patches have appeared on all MLB umpires since July 13.

Policy

Framework to Regulate Crypto, Stablecoins Introduced in US Congress

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) said the existing digital asset market structure and regulatory framework are too “ambiguous and dangerous for investors and consumers.”

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Tech

6 Flagship Dapps Set to Go Live on Ethereum Scaling Project SKALE

The firm behind the scaling network has “hand-selected” a half-dozen projects to debut this summer.

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Markets

AlchemyNFT Raises $6M for Autographed NFTs, With Mark Cuban as Participant

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is one of the first to digitally sign his autograph for an NFT on AlchemyNFT.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin was one of the first to sign an NFT on the platform.