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

Twitter Considering Bitcoin Options, Including on Balance Sheet, Exec Says

Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal said the firm has been watching other companies to see what it can learn.

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Policy

10 Arrested Over SIM-Swap Hacks That Stole $100M in Crypto From Celebrities: Europol

The alleged international criminal network targeted online influencers, sports stars, musicians and their families in the U.S.

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Finance

Mystery Entity Just Set up 20K Bitcoin Miners in Siberia: Report

A shipment of devices said to be worth up to $60 million was set up in the city of Bratsk and set to mining bitcoin.

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Finance

Argo Blockchain Plans New Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas

Argo said the new Texas facility will have access to up to 800 megawatts of cheap, renewable energy.

Austin, Texas

Markets

Japan’s Finance Minister Calls on G7 to Discuss CBDCs at Talks Friday

The G7 meeting on Friday is a virtual meeting and will be the first since U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn into office on Jan. 20.

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Policy

UN Says North Korea Funded Nuclear Weapons With Crypto Hacks in 2020: Report

U.N. experts estimate that over $316 million in crypto was stolen by North Korea-linked hackers last year.

Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea

Markets

Crypto-Friendly Signature Bank Added to JPMorgan's 'Focus List'

Signature is "positioned to ride the crypto wave," a JPMorgan analyst wrote.

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Finance

Blockfolio Apologizes After Racist Terms Posted in Portfolio App

A "Signals" account has been blocked after making racist posts available to all users of the app.

Images of the Blockfolio app from early 2021.

Finance

Top Crypto Exchanges Experience Difficulties as Tesla News Prompts Trading Frenzy

Binance, Gemini and Kraken are all having technical difficulties under heavy trading load.

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