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

  • Emirates Coin becomes first UAE regulated entity to offer investment in crypto and traditional assets

  • Dubai funds first RWA real estate DAMAC property in 24 hours

  • XBTO attains UAE license to offer digital asset custody and investment services

  • Hedera Africa Hackathon launches with 50 partners and $1 million prize pool

  • Air Arabia begins using the AED stablecoin for payments in the UAE

  • Dubai’s regulator updates its rulebook to ensure more compliance

  • UAE sovereign fund Mubadala increases its Bitcoin ETF holdings

  • Bahrain Al Abraaj Group puts Bitcoin on its balance sheet

  • Dubai to allow payment of government service fees using crypto

  • HashKey lands crypto exchange license in the UAE

  • UAE MBank offers AED fiat to crypto escrow account

  • Crypto.com to offer crypto payment options at gas stations in UAE

  • UAE real estate developer MAG signs $3 billion tokenization deal

  • Gate crypto exchange receives license in UAE

  • USDC stablecoin issuer receives initial approval in UAE

  • Stacks DLT Bitcoin Foundation sets up in UAE ADGM

  • UAE FAB Bank and sovereign wealth fund ADQ to launch AED stablecoin

  • BitGo crypto custodian receives full license in UAE

  • UAE-based digital Islamic bank ruya begins offering crypto investment services

  • UAE regulator warns against false representation of government tokenization project

  • Kuwait issues new statement on the illegality of crypto mining

  • Saudi Arabia submits draft for Global AI Hub Law