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

  • Dubai's VARA regulator fines Fuze for AML failures

    Dubai’s VARA regulator fines Fuze for AML failures
    August 18, 2025 News
  • Qatar Financial Center calls for global tokenization and stablecoin strategy

    Qatar Financial Center calls for global tokenization and stablecoin strategy
    August 4, 2025 News
  • UAE RAKBANK now offers direct crypto trading to its clients.

    UAE RAKBANK now offers direct crypto trading to its clients
    July 29, 2025 News
  • High demand pushes OKX to launch first global regulated retail crypto derivatives from UAE.

    High demand pushes OKX to launch first global regulated retail crypto derivatives from UAE
    July 28, 2025 News
  • UAE yacht and shipyard company now accepting crypto payments

    UAE yacht and shipyard company now accepting crypto payments
    July 23, 2025 News
  • Abu Dhabi Judiciary to use crypto for payments of legal fees.

    Abu Dhabi Judiciary to use crypto for payments of legal fees
    July 21, 2025 News
  • 68% of investors in Dubai tokenized real estate are first time buyers.

    68% of investors in Dubai tokenized real estate are first time buyers
    July 17, 2025 News
  • Ripple to custody tokenized real estate assets for Dubai government.

    Ripple to custody tokenized real estate assets for Dubai government
    July 16, 2025 Ripple
  • Dubai's first regulated tokenized money fund set to launch

    Dubai’s first regulated tokenized money fund set to launch
    July 8, 2025 News
  • Crypto.com and the Dubai Land Department to study using crypto in real estate.

    Crypto.com and the Dubai Land Department to study using crypto in real estate
    July 7, 2025 News

  • Central Bank of Bahrain issues stablecoin regulations
    July 3, 2025 Regulation
  • ADX to issue first blockchain digital bond in MENA

    Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange to issue first blockchain digital bond in MENA
    July 3, 2025 News
  • NASDAQ listed DeFi Technologies expands into MENA with UAE office.

    NASDAQ listed DeFi Technologies expands into MENA with UAE office
    July 3, 2025 News
  • UAE Securities and Commodities Authority updates security and commodity token regulations

    UAE SCA updates security and commodity token regulations
    July 2, 2025 Regulation
  • Abu Dhabi transport department adds AED stablecoin payments.

    Abu Dhabi transport department adds AED stablecoin payments
    June 24, 2025 News
  • UAE SaturnX stablecoin infrastructure provider raises $3 million.

    UAE SaturnX stablecoin infrastructure provider raises $3 million
    June 17, 2025 News
  • UNICEF and Bitget crypto exchange to advance blockchain literacy globally.

    UNICEF and Bitget crypto exchange to advance blockchain literacy globally
    June 16, 2025 News
  • Dubai tokenized property sells in 1 minute and 58 seconds.

    Dubai tokenized property sells in 1 minute and 58 seconds
    June 12, 2025 News

  • UAE ADGM regulatory authority updates digital asset framework
    June 10, 2025 Regulation
  • Dubai Land Department and PRYPCO announce second tokenized real estate property worth $653,000

    Dubai Land Department and PRYPCO announce second tokenized real estate property worth $653,000
    June 10, 2025 News
  • Ctrl Alt receives 'first' ARVA token issuer license in UAE

    Ctrl Alt receives ‘first’ ARVA token issuer license in UAE
    June 4, 2025 News
  • droppRWA and Saudi RAFAL real estate to tokenize properties in KSA

    droppRWA and Saudi RAFAL real estate to tokenize properties in KSA
    June 3, 2025 News