“Daily life hasn’t dramatically changed,” Fernández said of the United Arab Emirates, which has emerged as a crypto hub in recent years, with the government investing in and promoting the industry.

Laia Fernández has been working as normal as a crypto marketing executive from her high-rise apartment in Dubai’s gleaming downtown business district, even as occasional sounds of projectile interceptions act as reminders of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

While the conflict has thrown global energy markets and…