Lara Abdul Malak

Author
Lara Abdul Malak

Lara Abdul Malak

Author

Lara Abdul Malak is a tech journalist for more than 15 years. She covers blockchain, crypto, tokenization and Web3 news coming out of the MENA region. She wrote for Cointelegraph Arabic Middle East. She studied political science at the American University of Beirut. She got interested in blockchain after interviewing Vitalik Buterin in 2014.


Author’s Articles

  • Bitget crypto exchange Wallet witnesses 300% growth in MENA with Egypt and KSA leading

  • Liminal digital asset custodian receives initial approval from Dubai regulator while holding a license in Abu Dhabi as well

  • Onramp launches Onramp MENA the First Bitcoin-Only Asset Management Platform in the region

  • First Web3 venture capital firm receives license in UAE

  • Bitget Crypto Exchange MENA users make up 10% of its total global user base

  • Homegrown crypto broker BitOasis receives active operational go ahead from Dubai’s regulator

  • After OKX, crypto.com is now fully licensed in the UAE

  • DRIFE Web3 decentralized ride hailing platform integrates with SUI Blockchain

  • UAE research showcases challenges facing Blockchain implementation in UAE banking sector

  • UAE Central Bank piloting CBDC with UAE Commercial Banks and payment processors

  • Dubai’s Financial center launches the World’s first digital assets law

  • Dubai’s virtual asset regulatory authority to onboard the Financial sector

  • Aquanow receives most comprehensive crypto license from Dubai’s virtual asset regulator

  • DLT to soar in KSA with Hashgraph Association’s partnership with Saudi Ministry of Investment

  • UAE Financial Center ADGM forges new partnership with Solana Blockchain Foundation

  • Dubai virtual asset regulator awards 19 regulated VASP licenses with 72 more to come

  • UAE license is a gamechanger for OKX

  • Dubai DFSA regulator to allow local crypto investment funds and more

  • UAE regulator publishes terrorist red flag guidance that includes virtual assets

  • Circle to grow its USDC stablecoin in MENA region

  • Where there is smoke there is fire, Qatar investment in crypto with El Salvador

  • Post CZ, The future of Binance in the UAE and Globally