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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Policy

UK Watchdog Bans 'Socially Irresponsible' Bitcoin Ad

The complainant said the ad targeted retirees and misled the public over the risks of bitcoin investment.

Obi Nwosu, CEO and founder of Coinfloor, at CoinDesk Invest (center)

Policy

BitMEX Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Offers to Surrender to US Authorities in Hawaii

Under a proposal, Hayes would be allowed release on a $10 million bond secured by $1 million in cash.

Arthur Hayes, former CEO of BitMEX

Markets

Encrypted Messaging App Signal Now Accepts Crypto Donations

The nonprofit behind the popular messaging app is accepting donations in 12 cryptocurrencies through The Giving Block.

Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt 2017.

Markets

Investor Gary Vaynerchuk Says NFTs Are Like the Dot-Com Bubble

"We are in a very similar place to where we were with internet stocks in 2000," the CEO of VaynerMedia said of Tuesday.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Finance

Sotheby's Moves Into 'New World' of Digital Art and NFTs

"There's a lot here that's really exciting and, we think, has staying power," said CEO Charles Stewart.

Auction

Markets

Bids for Elon Musk's Crypto-Themed NFT Pass $1M

The NFT features a gold trophy decorated with "diamond hands," a group of Shiba Inu dogs, a moon and the crypto term "HODL."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Finance

Crypto Bank Sygnum Offering Yield on Its Swiss Franc Stablecoin

The licensed Swiss firm claims to be the first regulated bank to offer returns on its own stablecoin.

Swiss francs

Finance

Crypto Has Another Unicorn as Bitpanda Raises $170M at $1.2B Valuation

The investment platform's hefty valuation marks it out as Austria's first unicorn startup.

Unicorn

Policy

UK Crypto Trade Group Calls for Action Over Chronic Delays to FCA Registrations

Only four out of 200 crypto businesses' applications to the FCA's Money Laundering Registration regime have seen a decision, said CryptoUK.

(Piotr Swat/Shutterstock)

Finance

Canaan Creative Sees Miner Sales Rise Amid Soaring Bitcoin Prices

North American presales are up 17% from February, the firm said.

Nangeng Zhang, CEO of Canaan Creative