Tanzeel Akhtar

European Reporter

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.

Latest from Tanzeel Akhtar

Markets

Swiss Firm Launches 'No-Fee' Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product on Nordic Growth Market

Swiss-based Valour says its bitcoin ETP is the first with no management fees.

Dec 3, 2020

Markets

Grayscale Ethereum Trust Announces 9-for-1 Stock Split

Existing shareholders will receive eight additional ETHE shares for each one held, with each new share being a ninth the value and price of the current ones.

Dec 2, 2020

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

OKEx CEO Says Exchange Updating Procedures to Prevent Repeat of Withdrawal Freeze Issue

Jay Hao pledged in an AMA that his firm has taken steps to ensure cryptocurrency withdrawals won't again be frozen because of the absence of a keyholder.

Dec 2, 2020

Finance

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman Tells Web Summit the 'Time Is Now' for Crypto

PayPal's Dan Schulman thinks cryptocurrency is on its way to the mainstream.

Dec 2, 2020

Policy

Crypto.com Secures Australian Financial Service License

Crypto.com has secured an Australian Financial Service License through its acquisition of The Card Group.

Dec 2, 2020

Policy

Ringleaders of PlusToken Scam Jailed for Up to 11 Years

Fourteen operators of the giant PlusToken scam have been sentenced in China to up to 11 years in prison.

Dec 1, 2020

Finance

Bitcoin Entrepreneur May Bail Out Ailing UK Soccer Club

Jonathan Rowland, founder of bitcoin finance app Mode, may make a bid for struggling British soccer club Wigan Athletic.

Dec 1, 2020

Markets

Just Diversify? With Crypto Portfolios, It's Not So Simple

It's debatable whether investing in a range of coins limits downside as Markowitz's MPT framework would suggest, but it might help capture upside.

Jun 11, 2018

Markets

What Crypto Investors Can Learn from Billionaire George Soros

As investors speculate about the impact of George Soros entering crypto, it’s worth taking a look at a theory the billionaire credits for his success.

Apr 27, 2018

Markets

A Bitcoin Rally After Tax Day? Don't Bet the Farm On It

There are several reasons to discount the contribution of tax-related selling to the Q1 bear market – and thus the chances of a post-April 17 rebound.

Apr 16, 2018

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