Seeing crypto projects continue to host events in Dubai is a strange phenomenon. Either it’s due to ignorance or outright malice, but it makes a clear statement that there are some groups of people they don’t want involved in the project given if said people were to show up, they’d be executed/imprisoned.

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/quilibrium

And the World Cup in Qatar :(

The reason events are hosted in Dubai is because it's becoming a good place for crypto regulation/tax wise.

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Not defending it but explaining how it is.

As an Israeli/Jew I can't go to Qatar (other than this month).
And wasn't able to enter Dubai on my Israeli passport till recently.

Israel <> Dubai ties improved in recent years. Here's to hoping for more progress

Yeah, and it totally makes sense from an economic perspective. Being respectful to the culture of a host nation is totally a reasonable expectation, but there is a line where being respectful is different from “you literally cannot exist here.”