Lara Abdul Malak

Author
Lara Abdul Malak

Lara Abdul Malak

Author

Lara Abdul Malak is a seasoned tech journalist who got interested in blockchain after interviewing Vitalik Buterin in 2014. She is focused on the blockchain ecosytem in the MENA region. She HODLS Ethereum.


Author’s Articles

  • 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

  • UAE first crypto mining ICO for Phoenix Group raises $370 million with retail clients as biggest investors

  • Abu Dhabi ADGM to amend its virtual asset regulations and introduce DeFi regulations

  • Dubai’s virtual asset regulatory authority appoints new CEO as it commences fining spree