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

  • Turkey Paribu enters MENA with its CoinMENA acquisition

  • UAE Mashreq Capital includes Bitcoin ETFs in new multi-asset fund

  • Komainu becomes first VASP to offer licensed Collateral Wallet services in UAE

  • 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