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

Argo and DMG Join Group Working to Lower Bitcoin Miners' Carbon Emissions

The group's goal is net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from crypto miners by 2040.

Crypto mining machines

Markets

Mogo to Almost Double Stake in Coinsquare Crypto Exchange for up to $48.6M

Nasdaq-listed Mogo plans to lift its ownership position in the Canadian exchange to about 37%.

Vancouver

Markets

Dogecoin to Get DevOps Support for Commercial Apps Via DogeLabs.IO, AppSwarm

The DevOps team will be responsible for expanding projects related to the memecoin.

Doge DevOps

Finance

Fintech Firm Brex Launches Crypto Rewards Program for Business Clients

The firm's business customers include Airbnb, Carta, Classpass and Y Combinator.

coins

Markets

Bitcoin ETP From Iconic Funds Starts Trading on Deutsche Boerse Xetra Today

Iconic Funds plans to bring more products to the market for “crypto-hungry” investors and is also exploring listings outside of Germany.

Bull outside Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Markets

ECB's Panetta Claims Bitcoin Threatens Global Sustainability Efforts

“Bitcoin alone is already consuming more electricity than the Netherlands,” Panetta said.

ECB

Policy

Israel’s Central Bank Considers Issuing a Digital Shekel

The central bank is to focus more effort on CBDCs as a potential benefit to payments and the digital economy.

Israeli Shekels

Markets

Oppenheimer Rates Coinbase Stock as ‘Outperform,’ Sets Price Target of $434

Oppenheimer analyst Owen Lau said Coinbase stock is likely to be volatile in the near term, but “earnings upside potential is significant.”

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Ark Investment’s Cathie Wood Joins Board of 21Shares Parent

“21Shares is forging a new path for crypto ETPs by leading with research and a keen understanding of this developing asset class,” said the investor.

Cathie-Wood-ARK-invest-video-2020

Markets

South Korea Clamps Down on Phishing Activity Targeting Crypto Investors: Report

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT reports there has been a surge in phishing attempts targeting cryptocurrency users.

The South Korean Financial Services Commission is extending a ban on short-selling after last week's GameStop share price pump.