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A thread on moving abroad (in my case Dubai)
2.5 years ago I moved to Dubai with my wife and 2 kids and it was one of the best decisions I've made in my life.
Some personal context:
I was born and raised in Belgium, the center of Europe. I always lived close to my parents who came over very often to visit the kids. I never had the intention of moving to another country. I did travel a lot and I've met many of you around the globe.
Then with the Covid hysteria and lockdowns I actually felt more and more how insane the policies in the West were. I was paying 50% income tax + 21% VAT on everything and meanwhile I saw the quality of life deteriorate rapidly.
My son was going to kindergarten/FS2 (depending on your school system) and the quality of education was horrible. Private schools aren't really a thing in Belgium, you have a handful in the 2 major cities (Antwerp and Brussels) but these are the exception and 95% of the students are from expats. Belgium's public education system used to be top notch, growing up I always felt that for me it worked great. But when my son went to school, he wasn't challenged, everything went at the pace of the slowest kids. He was bored in school and I felt I was letting him down.
At the time we were living in a small village (10k people) in a nice house with a huge garden, I loved that house. It was at the end of a cul de sac and no one ever came there. Then in 12 months time we had 2 burglaries in 2 different houses in the street. For the first one our house was actually the main target, however we got lucky since I accidentally left the lights on everywhere. On the cameras I installed I saw them jump over our 2 meter (6.5 feet) fence, walk to the house, check inside and jump back over the fence. Since then we didn't really feel that safe anymore.
The 2nd burgarly was during the day and they broke in to a house where they had 2 guard dogs and only ran away when the owners came home.
They were never caught, the police didn't do much.
The combination of covid hysteria, bad education, safety concerns and high taxation while not getting anything in return made me actively start looking for alternatives.
2.5 years ago I moved to Dubai with my wife and 2 kids and it was one of the best decisions I've made in my life.
Some personal context:
I was born and raised in Belgium, the center of Europe. I always lived close to my parents who came over very often to visit the kids. I never had the intention of moving to another country. I did travel a lot and I've met many of you around the globe.
Then with the Covid hysteria and lockdowns I actually felt more and more how insane the policies in the West were. I was paying 50% income tax + 21% VAT on everything and meanwhile I saw the quality of life deteriorate rapidly.
My son was going to kindergarten/FS2 (depending on your school system) and the quality of education was horrible. Private schools aren't really a thing in Belgium, you have a handful in the 2 major cities (Antwerp and Brussels) but these are the exception and 95% of the students are from expats. Belgium's public education system used to be top notch, growing up I always felt that for me it worked great. But when my son went to school, he wasn't challenged, everything went at the pace of the slowest kids. He was bored in school and I felt I was letting him down.
At the time we were living in a small village (10k people) in a nice house with a huge garden, I loved that house. It was at the end of a cul de sac and no one ever came there. Then in 12 months time we had 2 burglaries in 2 different houses in the street. For the first one our house was actually the main target, however we got lucky since I accidentally left the lights on everywhere. On the cameras I installed I saw them jump over our 2 meter (6.5 feet) fence, walk to the house, check inside and jump back over the fence. Since then we didn't really feel that safe anymore.
The 2nd burgarly was during the day and they broke in to a house where they had 2 guard dogs and only ran away when the owners came home.
They were never caught, the police didn't do much.
The combination of covid hysteria, bad education, safety concerns and high taxation while not getting anything in return made me actively start looking for alternatives.
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It's exactly like when the IDF needs to investigate the IDF and find that they surprisingly did nothing wrong even though the whole world knows what exactly happened.
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🚨BREAKING: The Egyptian Federation has officially filed a complaint with FIFA, demanding an investigation into the refereeing decisions in their 3-2 World Cup loss to Argentina.
(Source @geglobo)
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USMNT still is and always will be an amateur team.
Even with the blatant corruption of the Fifa they didn't stand a chance against an average Belgian team. This is nowhere near the Belgian team from 8 years ago.
Even with the blatant corruption of the Fifa they didn't stand a chance against an average Belgian team. This is nowhere near the Belgian team from 8 years ago.
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Saylor selling is actually the first bullish sign we've had.
Might be a bit early but these are bottom signs.
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Might be a bit early but these are bottom signs.
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STRATEGY SELLS 3,588 BTC OVER PAST WEEK: WEBSITE
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Peace deal was imminent so Israel bombed Beirut for no reason other than once again blow up negotiations.
Exactly same happened previous 2 times.
99% of world problems would be solved instantly without Israeli zionists.
Exactly same happened previous 2 times.
99% of world problems would be solved instantly without Israeli zionists.
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And well this.
Anyway back to real life. Might start building a position below $50k
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Anyway back to real life. Might start building a position below $50k
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I've said it before that @saylor is going to bring the next Bitcoin bear market.
This seems desperate.
10% dividend on $500 million translates to $50 million annually, payable solely in cash... they don't have that cash.
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Hey @EricBalchunas, how are you?
Ready to admit that I was right all along yet? Or want to wait till we go below $50k?
Ready to admit that I was right all along yet? Or want to wait till we go below $50k?
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Bitcoin down 5% today. Totally normal
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 S&P 500 surpasses $69 trillion market cap for the first time ever.
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When Saylor buys $1 billion worth of Bitcoin, price doesn't move.
When Saylor sells $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin price dumps.
Lessons here.
When Saylor sells $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin price dumps.
Lessons here.
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American's wealth is being plundered by Israel and part of that money is than reinvested to rig elections in US to keep the Israel first people in place.
This is exactly what Colonialism was like 100 years ago.
US is a colony of Israel.
This is exactly what Colonialism was like 100 years ago.
US is a colony of Israel.
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Strategy has acquired 24,869 BTC for ~$2.01 billion at ~$80,985 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 12.6% YTD 2026. As of 5/17/2026, we hodl 843,738 $BTC acquired for ~$63.87 billion at ~$75,700 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC strategy.com/press/strategy…
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Haven't been online much.
What's the narrative this time for Bitcoin being absolute dog shit?
What's the narrative this time for Bitcoin being absolute dog shit?
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Here's my current take on Bitcoin:
I think we bottomed out.
We have the Quantum fud and "Bitcoin miners are switching to AI"-fud, both are double digit IQ takes.
Then you have the "Chinese professor" asking where the blockchain servers are located.
If the war doesn't restart, we start slowly grinding up. I don't expect a fast recovery but this is the first slightly bullish signs I've seen.
STRC is a smart ponzi that can last for a couple of years. Strategy owning such a large percentage of Bitcoin is a major concern (if they actually own it obviously). But anyway mid to long term first bullish signals.
So yes I think we bottomed out, I expected it to be later in the year and lower but with all the fud and insanity going on and not going lower is actually bullish.
I think we bottomed out.
We have the Quantum fud and "Bitcoin miners are switching to AI"-fud, both are double digit IQ takes.
Then you have the "Chinese professor" asking where the blockchain servers are located.
If the war doesn't restart, we start slowly grinding up. I don't expect a fast recovery but this is the first slightly bullish signs I've seen.
STRC is a smart ponzi that can last for a couple of years. Strategy owning such a large percentage of Bitcoin is a major concern (if they actually own it obviously). But anyway mid to long term first bullish signals.
So yes I think we bottomed out, I expected it to be later in the year and lower but with all the fud and insanity going on and not going lower is actually bullish.
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