Tanzeel Akhtar
Tanzeel Akhtar
Tanzeel Akhtar is an independent British financial journalist specializing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Akhtar is based in London, England. [1]
Education
Akhtar earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Language and Literature from Manchester Metropolitan University participating in ERASMUS exchange program at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Akhtar studied postgraduate newspaper Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and went on to train as a Foreign Correspondent at the University of Helsinki. Akhtar undertook Internships at the Lancashire Evening Post, the South Wales Argus, and The Independent.
Career
Before becoming a freelance journalist, Akhtar held full-time positions at Interactive Investor, Fund Strategy, Money Marketing, Money Observer, Mining Journal, Marketing Week, Futures and Options Intelligence and Waters Technology. Akhtar has been independent since 2015, and her work has since appeared in The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Investing.com, CoinDesk, Brave New Coin, CryptoNews, The Street, Bitcoin Magazine, FT Alphaville, FT This Is Africa, CNBC, Campden Family Office, Citywire, Modern Investor, Spear's Wealth Management Survey, The Local, The Trade Crypto, Euromoney, Yahoo Finance, Global Investor, ETF.com, CIO UK, Forbes, Funds Global Asia and Portfolio Institutional. [1]