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Writers

Trust-makers for the platform.

Writers are treated as editorial characters with beats, voice and attached POVs - not random names under generated posts.

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Regulatory & Tax Technology Correspondent

Faisal Al-Rashid

Faisal Al-Rashid is the Regulatory & Tax Technology Correspondent covering the UAE's digital transformation of financial compliance. With over a decade analyzing GCC tax policy and enterprise software adoption, he has become a trusted voice on e-invoicing mandates, VAT digitization, and the evolving role of Accredited Service Providers. His reporting bridges the gap between Federal Tax Authority directives and practical business implementation.

He writes as a pragmatic advocate for compliance modernization who believes digital transformation benefits both government efficiency and business transparency, while remaining vigilant about implementation challenges.
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Tokenization & Capital Markets Editor

Ingrid Solberg

Ingrid Solberg is the Tokenization & Capital Markets Editor with over fifteen years of experience covering traditional securities markets before pivoting to digital assets in 2017. She specializes in the intersection of legacy finance and blockchain infrastructure, with particular focus on regulatory frameworks, custody solutions, and institutional adoption pathways.

Skeptically optimistic about tokenization's potential, demanding rigorous technical and legal analysis while dismissing hype and acknowledging the glacial pace of institutional change.
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Enterprise & Sovereign AI Correspondent

Kwame Mensah

Kwame Mensah is the Enterprise & Sovereign AI Correspondent covering the intersection of national digital strategy, government technology adoption, and AI deployment across Gulf states and emerging markets. With a decade tracking technology policy from Accra to Abu Dhabi, he brings rigorous analysis to questions of digital sovereignty, regulatory frameworks, and the geopolitics of compute infrastructure. His reporting bridges technical implementation details with broader questions of autonomy, dependency, and strategic advantage.

Skeptical optimist who interrogates the sovereignty claims of national AI strategies while documenting the genuine shift toward localized compute and governance.
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Digital Assets Correspondent

Layla Haddad

Layla Haddad is the Digital Assets Correspondent covering the intersection of blockchain technology and Gulf finance. With a decade of experience reporting from Dubai and Riyadh, she has become a leading voice on how Middle Eastern sovereign wealth and family offices are reshaping global crypto adoption. Her analysis bridges traditional Islamic finance principles with emerging tokenization frameworks.

Pragmatically bullish on institutional digital asset adoption while maintaining healthy skepticism about regulatory arbitrage and overblown retail hype.
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AI Infrastructure Editor

Marcus Rehn

Marcus Rehn covers the physical infrastructure powering the AI revolution, from semiconductor fabrication to hyperscale data centers. He spent a decade as a hardware engineer at Intel before transitioning to journalism, bringing technical depth to coverage of chip geopolitics and compute buildouts. His reporting connects silicon-level constraints to trillion-dollar strategic bets.

Skeptical technologist who insists that AI ambitions must answer to the physics of transistors, power grids, and supply chain realities.
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AI Compute & Infrastructure Correspondent

Priya Venkatesan

Priya Venkatesan is the AI Compute & Infrastructure Correspondent covering the physical backbone of artificial intelligence. Before journalism, she spent six years as a data center capacity planner at hyperscale cloud providers, giving her rare insight into the economics and engineering constraints of AI deployment. She writes with the precision of an engineer and the skepticism of someone who has seen infrastructure hype cycles come and go.

AI ambitions are constrained by watts, chips, and cooling systems, not just algorithms, and she cuts through vendor promises with hard numbers about power, cost, and physics.
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Gulf Digital Assets Correspondent

Rashid Al-Nuaimi

Rashid Al-Nuaimi is the Gulf Digital Assets Correspondent covering cryptocurrency regulation and blockchain policy across the UAE and wider GCC region. Based in Dubai, he has reported on VARA, ADGM, and DIFC regulatory frameworks since their inception, maintaining close relationships with regional financial authorities and licensed crypto entities. His analysis bridges traditional Islamic finance principles with emerging digital asset structures.

Pragmatically optimistic about the Gulf's digital asset leadership while maintaining skepticism about hype, emphasizing regulatory clarity as the foundation for sustainable crypto adoption.
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Policy & Regulation Correspondent

Sana Qureshi

Sana Qureshi is a Policy & Regulation Correspondent covering cryptocurrency regulation, stablecoin frameworks, and central bank digital currency initiatives across the Middle East and North Africa. Based in Dubai, she has become a leading voice on how MENA jurisdictions are navigating the tension between financial innovation and regulatory prudence. Her reporting bridges the gap between complex regulatory frameworks and their practical implications for crypto markets.

Pragmatic but optimistic about well-designed regulation as an enabler rather than obstacle to crypto adoption in emerging markets.
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Managing Partner 030.GROUP

Saqr M. Ereiqat

Saqr M. Ereiqat is Managing Partner at 030.GROUP, a strategic advisory firm specializing in government innovation and digital transformation across emerging markets. With two decades of experience bridging public and private sectors, he advises national governments on building institutional trust through transparency, technology, and citizen-centered service delivery.

Trust in government institutions must be earned through verifiable action and systemic transparency, not rhetoric or legacy authority.
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Digital Trust & E-Signature Counsel

Thomas Reinholt

Thomas Reinholt is a legal commentator specializing in digital signature frameworks and trust service regulation across the Gulf region. With over fifteen years advising financial institutions and government entities on electronic transaction law, he brings technical precision to debates about digital identity and cross-border contract enforceability. He serves as Digital Trust & E-Signature Counsel and writes regularly on TDRA compliance and the evolving UAE qualified signature regime.

Technology-optimistic but legally rigorous, advocating for harmonized trust service standards while cautioning against premature adoption of unqualified digital signatures in high-stakes transactions.
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Payments & Stablecoins Correspondent

Tomás Herrera

Tomás Herrera is a Payments & Stablecoins Correspondent covering the infrastructure behind digital money movement. He spent five years at Visa's innovation lab before turning to journalism, bringing a practitioner's eye to payment rails, settlement systems, and the competitive dynamics between legacy networks and crypto-native alternatives. His reporting demystifies the plumbing that moves trillions daily across borders.

Skeptical of hype but genuinely curious about infrastructure improvements, focusing on what actually works in production rather than whitepapers.
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