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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Markets

Binance's Stock Tokens May Violate Law, Germany’s Financial Watchdog Says

BaFin said the stock tokens tracking Tesla, Coinbase and MicroStrategy have been identified as “suspicious” and the exchange could be fined up to $6 million.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao.

Markets

European Investment Bank Issues $121M Digital Notes Using Ethereum

Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander SA and Societe Generale AG served as joint managers.

The European Union flag.

Finance

Performance Artist Known for Eating $120K Art Basel Banana Is Doing NFTs With Dole

The NFT series looks to raise funds for anti-hunger programs.

Artist David Datuna

Markets

Blockchain Firm Figment Launches $16M Investment Arm to Fund Cosmos, Polkadot Projects

The Figment Capital fund will be dedicated to a number of emerging base layers.

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Finance

Mastercard Revealed as Partner on Gemini Crypto Credit Card

Gemini cardholders will be given the option to transfer their crypto rewards into interest-earning program Gemini Earn.

Gemini ad

Markets

Overstock Completes Deal to Convert Medici Ventures Into Fund Managed by Pelion

The deal is part of Overstock’s plan to exit its blockchain-related investments.

Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson

Markets

Canada’s 4th Ether ETF, From 3iQ and CoinShares, Begins Trading on the TSX

This is the second 3iQ and CoinShares ETF to launch on the TSX this week.

Another Canadian ether ETF is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Finance

21Shares Launching Stellar and Cardano ETPs on SIX Exchange

The XLM and ADA vehicles will go live on Monday.

Swiss Bourse SIX Sees Volume Surge After EU Recognition Loss

Finance

DJ Steve Aoki to Launch Sci-Fi NFTs on Nifty Gateway

The EDM musician is doubling down on an NFT drop from March. Can he fetch another $4.25 million in late April?

DJ Steve Aoki performs in Tampa

Markets

Norway’s Central Bank to Test Technical Solutions for a CBDC Over Next Two Years

The bank said the motivation for research into CBDCs remains strong as many other central banks around the world are carrying out similar experiments.

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