Tanzeel Akhtar

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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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Centra Tech Co-Founder Handed Prison Term for $25M Crypto Fraud
The cryptocurrency firm had falsely claimed to have an impressive executive team, as well as 38 state money transmitter licenses.
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London, U.K.
UK FCA Grants Crypto Firms Temporary Registration as It Deals With Applications Backlog
There had been fears in the industry that crypto firms might be left in no man's land as the FCA deadline looked set to pass with many applications still waiting to be process...
London, U.K.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia Has Withdrawn Licenses From Over 1,000 Crypto Companies This Year
The mass license revocation still leaves around 400 virtual currency service providers (VASPs) licensed in Estonia, according to the finance ministry.
Tallinn, Estonia
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Crypto Finance AG Hires SIX Group Exec to Lead Brokerage Business
The new hire, Rupertus Rothenhaeuser, was previously head of business at SIX Group's digital assets exchange.
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Mt. Gox
Mt. Gox Creditors' Wait Nearly Over as Trustee Announces Draft Rehabilitation Plan
Mt. Gox’s trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has at last filed a draft plan for the rehabilitation of creditors including former users.
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Euros
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Bankhaus von der Heydt partnered with Bitbond to launch its euro-backed stablecoin on Stellar last week.
Euros
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein
Grayscale Now Has $13B in Crypto Assets Under Management
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Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein
Microsoft
Microsoft, EY Expand Blockchain Platform for Gaming Rights to Include Payments
Microsoft and Ernst & Young LLP announced plans to use a blockchain platform to allow Microsoft’s Xbox gaming partners, artists and content creators to track and manage their...
Microsoft
PayPal
Evercore Says PayPal's Crypto Offering Could Bring Big Business Boost
An Evercore analyst named PayPal as the top payments stock and said its recently launched cryptocurrency offering could boost margins.
PayPal
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Band Protocol Becomes First Blockchain Project to Join OpenAPI Initiative
Band Protocol will help create a common standard enabling blockchain applications to easily leverage APIs and data.
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