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

SEC Rejects Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin ETF Proposal

The rejection of a spot bitcoin ETF follows precedent and underlines the SEC's preference for ETFs that track the bitcoin futures market.

SEC (Image via Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock)

Policy

Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation Issues Warning About DeFi

The U.S. state regulatory body emphasized the DeFi investment market is still new, highly volatile and driven mostly by psychological factors.

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Finance

YouTube Considering Offering NFTs to Allow Creators to ‘Capitalize’ on Work

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said she wants content creators to be able to benefit from new technologies.

The logo for YouTube Inc. is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Sunday, May 10, 2020. The video arm of Alphabet Inc.'s Google is offering new tools and audience statistics specifically for advertising on TV - screen space where YouTube has trailed cable channel. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Gucci Taps Toy Brand Superplastic to Drop 10 ‘SuperGucci’ NFTs in February

Gucci is the latest fashion brand to engage with NFTs with the launch of a limited series of digital collectibles.

A tease of the upcoming drop. (Gucci/Superplastic)

Policy

Coinbase Taps SEC Counsel Thaya Knight to Manage Public Policy Team

Knight's move follows Commissioner Elad Roisman’s departure last week.

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Finance

Prada, Adidas Launch NFT Project on Polygon

The latest high-fashion foray into Web 3 includes a metaverse angle as well.

Adidas x Prada Re-Nylon collection (Prada)

Finance

Block’s Cash App Is Finally Integrating the Lightning Network

First promised back in 2019, Block’s move will allow users to quickly send bitcoin to each other for free,

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Finance

Animoca Brands Leads $8M Fundraising Round for NFT Platform Built on Solana

The funding will go toward expanding Burnt Finance’s headcount and tapping new partnerships with artists and other Solana-based projects.

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Finance

Sotheby’s to Accept BTC, ETH or USDC in Auction of Rare Black Diamond Called ‘The Enigma’

The auction house sold a diamond for $12.3 million in cryptocurrency last July. Now Sotheby’s is doubling down on its outreach to the crypto nouveau riche.

"The Enigma" black diamond (Sotheby's)

Finance

Rio De Janeiro to Allocate 1% of Treasury Reserves to Crypto: Report

The Brazilian city also plans to give discounts on tax payments made with bitcoin.

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