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

  • Capital.com showcases 67% month-on-month growth of crypto investments in MENA

  • Animoca Brands bags second in-principle license for UAE fund management

  • Saudi Arabia launches national tokenized real estate registry

  • UAE Central Bank uses MBridge CBDC in payment with China

  • UAE Mubadala and ADIC now hold more than 16 million shares in Bitcoin ETFs

  • UAE Digital Bank issues a multi-blockchain AED stablecoin

  • Saudi Arabian Dar Global and Trump to tokenize Maldives hotel project

  • The UAE Digital Dirham tested in first governmental transaction

  • Majority of investors see crypto as a portfolio diversifier

  • Du becomes first UAE telecom to offer crypto mining service

  • Bahrain Islamic Investment Bank taps Binance for crypto to fiat services

  • Animoca Brands enters crypto brokerage realm with in-principle license from Dubai’s VARA

  • Turkey leads MENA in crypto transaction volumes followed by UAE

  • Dubai launches regulatory sandbox for DePIN and Machine Economy with peaq

  • Dubai government successfully tests crypto to fiat and AED stablecoin settlements

  • VARA approves the first tokenized fund in Dubai

  • Crypto.com receives preliminary payment license from UAE Central Bank

  • Dubai licensed crypto market transactions reach $680 billion

  • Abu Dhabi Airports to pilot stablecoin payments and digital wallets

  • Dubai’s virtual asset regulator and DMCC to tokenize gold

  • TON DLT Foundation among 19 VASPs fined by Dubai’s regulator

  • IMF commends UAE on upcoming launch of Digital Dirham