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

  • Crypto.com offers quick AED account access in the UAE

  • UAE SCA CARF framework brings strong measures for non-compliance

  • UAE M2 Capital expands crypto portfolio with $20M Ethena support

  • Global Family Offices’ sentiment towards digital assets improves strongly in 2025

  • Mysten Labs Co-Founder in Egypt to build blockchain use cases for MENA

  • UAE investment firm launches $100 million AI startup fund

  • Global AI spending to reach $1.5 trillion in 2025

  • UAE Further Ventures co leads $19 million investment in DEX exchange

  • Qatar National Bank launches its tokenized QCD market fund

  • UAE M2 crypto exchange drops business model

  • Qatar launches POC for a blockchain digital receipt system

  • USA comes in second place in global crypto adoption despite Trump push

  • QCP receives institutional crypto trading license in UAE

  • UAE legal firm Al Naimi Advocates becomes first to accept crypto payments

  • The DIFC puts blockchain and AI in their courts

  • Gewan Holding partners with IoPn to develop sovereign AI infrastructure in UAE

  • UAE digital bank Zand offers CoinMENA users seamless fiat to crypto integration

  • UAE Lunate partners with Brevan Howard to develop digital asset funds

  • Saudi Arabian bank, SAB launches first Islamic Repo on blockchain

  • Dubai’s VARA regulator fines Fuze for AML failures

  • Qatar Financial Center calls for global tokenization and stablecoin strategy

  • UAE RAKBANK now offers direct crypto trading to its clients