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I lived in Dubai myself but left a few days before the chaos started because I saw where things were heading. I got out before airports began shutting down. Dubai is now in a very difficult position. People forget that ~90% of the population are foreigners - and not just any foreigners, but wealthy expats who moved there for a good life. If war risk appears and you have family and money, leaving is simply the rational decision. And that’s exactly what many are doing. Dubai spent decades building the image of being the safest place in the world. Within a few weeks that perception has been shaken. Whether they can fully recover from that reputational hit remains to be seen. I’m already seeing signs of pressure: a real estate broker offered me a property with a 30% discount even before the market really started correcting. That tells you a lot about the sentiment behind the scenes. Dubai itself knows it’s in a fragile situation right now. That’s also why they’re being extremely strict about what people say publicly online - even threatening heavy fines or jail time for certain statements. Of course there’s a lot of fake news circulating, but let’s also be honest: influencers sitting there promoting their discount codes and telling everyone how perfect Dubai is are simply protecting their own interests. Meanwhile the videos from Dubai airport show departure gates completely flooded with people trying to leave. Another factor people ignore: Dubai depends heavily on imports - water, food, and supply routes through the Strait of Hormuz. And geopolitically, the Middle East will likely always remain a complicated region. Dubai has taken a lot of impact recently. To be fair, their defense systems performed extraordinarily well and obviously no system can intercept everything. But the mere fact that you have to consider the possibility of debris falling from the sky is already a security risk many wealthy people simply don’t want to take. Originally I was considering settling in Dubai long term. After recent events, I’m seriously reconsidering and looking at other countries instead. Many people are saying Dubai will come out of this even stronger and that now everyone is simply buying the real estate dip. But what exactly is the underlying thesis behind that? At the end of the day Dubai’s biggest asset has always been its image. And that image has taken a serious hit. I’m genuinely curious how people think that gets rebuilt from here. Curious to hear your thoughts.

Didn’t take Paraguay 🇵🇾 2 weeks from “its just crypto reporting” to “8% crypto capital gains tax is the goal” a cheap prospera entity as a crypto holding may end up becoming part of our standard paraguay package 😅

March will be a green month for Bitcoin, and people will say that we’re so back and that the bull market has resumed. Don’t get fooled by the moonboys and the euphoria - instead, use them as exit liquidity. We will just form the B before moving lower. Bookmark it.

Oil is the base layer of the global economy. If oil goes up → everything gets more expensive → inflation rises. But not all inflation is bullish: • Demand (money printing) → liquidity ↑ → bullish • Cost (oil/supply shock) → no liquidity → central banks tighten → bearish Crypto doesn’t follow inflation. It follows liquidity.

I lived in Dubai myself but left a few days before the chaos started because I saw where things were heading. I got out before airports began shutting down. Dubai is now in a very difficult position. People forget that ~90% of the population are foreigners - and not just any foreigners, but wealthy expats who moved there for a good life. If war risk appears and you have family and money, leaving is simply the rational decision. And that’s exactly what many are doing. Dubai spent decades building the image of being the safest place in the world. Within a few weeks that perception has been shaken. Whether they can fully recover from that reputational hit remains to be seen. I’m already seeing signs of pressure: a real estate broker offered me a property with a 30% discount even before the market really started correcting. That tells you a lot about the sentiment behind the scenes. Dubai itself knows it’s in a fragile situation right now. That’s also why they’re being extremely strict about what people say publicly online - even threatening heavy fines or jail time for certain statements. Of course there’s a lot of fake news circulating, but let’s also be honest: influencers sitting there promoting their discount codes and telling everyone how perfect Dubai is are simply protecting their own interests. Meanwhile the videos from Dubai airport show departure gates completely flooded with people trying to leave. Another factor people ignore: Dubai depends heavily on imports - water, food, and supply routes through the Strait of Hormuz. And geopolitically, the Middle East will likely always remain a complicated region. Dubai has taken a lot of impact recently. To be fair, their defense systems performed extraordinarily well and obviously no system can intercept everything. But the mere fact that you have to consider the possibility of debris falling from the sky is already a security risk many wealthy people simply don’t want to take. Originally I was considering settling in Dubai long term. After recent events, I’m seriously reconsidering and looking at other countries instead. Many people are saying Dubai will come out of this even stronger and that now everyone is simply buying the real estate dip. But what exactly is the underlying thesis behind that? At the end of the day Dubai’s biggest asset has always been its image. And that image has taken a serious hit. I’m genuinely curious how people think that gets rebuilt from here. Curious to hear your thoughts.

I lived in Dubai myself but left a few days before the chaos started because I saw where things were heading. I got out before airports began shutting down. Dubai is now in a very difficult position. People forget that ~90% of the population are foreigners - and not just any foreigners, but wealthy expats who moved there for a good life. If war risk appears and you have family and money, leaving is simply the rational decision. And that’s exactly what many are doing. Dubai spent decades building the image of being the safest place in the world. Within a few weeks that perception has been shaken. Whether they can fully recover from that reputational hit remains to be seen. I’m already seeing signs of pressure: a real estate broker offered me a property with a 30% discount even before the market really started correcting. That tells you a lot about the sentiment behind the scenes. Dubai itself knows it’s in a fragile situation right now. That’s also why they’re being extremely strict about what people say publicly online - even threatening heavy fines or jail time for certain statements. Of course there’s a lot of fake news circulating, but let’s also be honest: influencers sitting there promoting their discount codes and telling everyone how perfect Dubai is are simply protecting their own interests. Meanwhile the videos from Dubai airport show departure gates completely flooded with people trying to leave. Another factor people ignore: Dubai depends heavily on imports - water, food, and supply routes through the Strait of Hormuz. And geopolitically, the Middle East will likely always remain a complicated region. Dubai has taken a lot of impact recently. To be fair, their defense systems performed extraordinarily well and obviously no system can intercept everything. But the mere fact that you have to consider the possibility of debris falling from the sky is already a security risk many wealthy people simply don’t want to take. Originally I was considering settling in Dubai long term. After recent events, I’m seriously reconsidering and looking at other countries instead. Many people are saying Dubai will come out of this even stronger and that now everyone is simply buying the real estate dip. But what exactly is the underlying thesis behind that? At the end of the day Dubai’s biggest asset has always been its image. And that image has taken a serious hit. I’m genuinely curious how people think that gets rebuilt from here. Curious to hear your thoughts.