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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Markets

MicroStrategy Says Some of Its Board Directors to Be Paid in Bitcoin

In making the announcement, the firm's board cited its "commitment to bitcoin."

Michael Saylor

Markets

Gaming Company The9 to Buy 2,000 Bitcoin Mining Machines for About $6.72M in Stock

The company also completed the signing of definitive agreements for 12,246 units of bitcoin mining machines with a total hashrate of 288PH/S.

Graphics card GPUs

Markets

BOJ Wants to Set ‘Common Rules’ on CBDCs With Major Central Banks: Report

The BoJ says a set of common rules would lay the groundwork for efficient cross-border payments.

Japanese flag By OiMax on Flicker

Finance

Kava Labs Launches Protocol Upgrade With Eye on Institutional DeFi Lending

New features from DeFi platform Kava look to get large bitcoin holders to lend – though the firm admits it could be a tall order.

The kava plant

Markets

Riot Blockchain Acquires Whinstone’s Texas Bitcoin Mining Operations

The firm is acquiring the facility with the goal of “increasing the American footprint in the global bitcoin mining landscape.”

Riot Blockchain is acquiring a bitcoin mining center in Texas.

Markets

Riot Blockchain Signs Contract to Purchase 42,000 Mining Machines From Bitmain

Once active, these additional miners will increase the firm’s bitcoin mining hashrate by 93%.

Since 2019, Riot has made nearly $230 million worth of purchase agreements with Bitmain.

Markets

South African Cryptocurrency Exchange iCE3 Goes Into Liquidation

The company told customers withdrawals from the platform have been disabled, and they will get further details Wednesday.

Cape Town, South Africa

Markets

Blockchain Consultant Pleads Guilty to Extortion Charge

Alchemist associate Michael Hlady faces up to 20 years in prison.

Alchemist associate Michael Hlady was arrested in 2019.

Markets

Sotheby's Plans Its First NFT Auction With Artist Pak and Nifty Gateway

The top auction house said its first auction of NFTs created by anonymous artist Pak “scrutinizes our understanding of value.”

An example of Pak's art that will go on sale next week.

Policy

Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Warns of New Bitcoin Regulations

In a TV appearance, ex-SEC Chair Jay Clayton warned new regulations around bitcoin could be coming soon.

Jay Clayton testifies before a House Committee on Financial Services, June 25, 2020.