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

Decentralized Data Project Covalent Raises Another $2M

Covalent will use the funding to launch a decentralized version of its data query network.

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Markets

Binance to Partner With Singapore-Based Platform CapBridge to Broaden Its Services

The legally non-binding agreement indicates the two firms intend to build a strategic STO.

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Markets

Bitfinex Seeks to Attract Institutional Investors With Off-Exchange Settlement

The integration will let investors make deposits and withdrawals more quickly, as well as mitigate counterparty risk.

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Finance

Former Top Japanese Regulator Joins Crypto Exchange DeCurret as Adviser

Toshihide Endo was commissioner of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) from 2018 to 2020.

Toshihide Endo, former commissioner of Japan's Financial Services Agency and adviser to the DeCurret cryptocurrency exchange.

Markets

Danish Red Cross Backs $3M Blockchain Volcano Catastrophe Bond

The volcanos, situated in Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia and Mexico, were selected based on "the significant humanitarian threat they represent."

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Policy

Acer Reportedly Hit With $50M Crypto-Ransomware Demand

Acer hasn't yet confirmed the attack, reports Tech Radar.

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Policy

People's Bank of China Official Says Fully Anonymous Digital Yuan ‘Not Feasible’

The central bank needs to balance privacy for users with "international consensus" on risk control, the director of the PBoC's Digital Currency Research Institute said

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Policy

India May Block IP Addresses of Crypto Exchanges: Report

The claim comes via a source of an Indian business magazine.

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Markets

Coinbase Delays Highly Anticipated Direct Listing to April: Report

No reason was given for the delay, but Bloomberg noted the SEC has been reviewing the exchange's plan for a direct listing.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Billionaire Hedge Fund Mogul Alan Howard Is a Shareholder in CoinShares

Now that CoinShares has gone public, more information about its shareholders is available.

Alan Howard, co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP