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

Latest from Tanzeel Akhtar


Markets

French Central Bank Trials Digital Currency for Interbank Settlement

The pilot involved the settlement on a private blockchain of around €2 million.

Banque de France

Markets

Criminal Activity in Crypto Transactions Fell Sharply in 2020, Says Chainalysis

Partly offsetting the positive trend is an explosion in ransomware attacks, which rose 311% from 2019.

shadow

Policy

Thieves Grab $451K in Cash From Hong Kong Crypto Trader

The robbers lured a female cryptocurrency trader into an office and threatened her with a weapon, according to a report.

Hong Kong.

Tech

UK's NHS Taps Blockchain Tech to Monitor Coronavirus Vaccine Cold Chain

Hedera Hashgraph's blockchain platform will provide the health service with a tamperproof record of vaccine temperatures, the firm said.

COVID-19 vaccine

Markets

South Korea's Dunamu Launches Bitcoin 'Fear and Greed' Index to Guide Traders

The tool is aimed at helping traders make better decisions based on market sentiment.

aaron-blanco-tejedor-VBe9zj-JHBs-unsplash

Finance

Nvidia May Restart Production of Crypto Mining GPUs if Demand Sufficient

Selling dedicated crypto cards would alleviate pressure on Nvidia's consumer models.

GPUs set up for cryptocurrency mining.

Markets

Gary Gensler Named as Joe Biden's SEC Chair Pick

The former CFTC chairman has taught courses about blockchain at MIT.

Gary Gensler

Markets

Former Canadian Prime Minister Lists Bitcoin as Possible Future Reserve Currency

The "number of things that people use as reserves will expand," but the U.S. dollar will still retain its dominant role.

Former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper at the AIPAC 2017 Convention.

Policy

Livecoin Exchange Announces Closure After December Hack

The trading platform now says it will close and repay users any remaining funds.

russia