UAE LEAVES OPEC, Is This The End Of Saudi Arabia and Opec Countries? | Market Update

Market Update

Host: Sulaiman Ahmed

Guest: Simon Dixon

Date of interview: 28 April 2026

Hey hey Sovereign Wealth Builders, 

Simon Dixon here. I recently joined Sulaiman Ahmed on his brand new YouTube channel, Moral Resistance, to break down some breaking news: the UAE has decided to leave OPEC.

We dive deep into a pretty geeky topic, but the implications for our global monetary and financial architecture are significant. If you want to understand the reality behind the headlines and the shifting power dynamics of the oil world, this market update is for you.

In this interview, we strip away the noise and look at the real geopolitical mechanics at play. I explain how the UAE has been actively building alternative financial rails—from joining BRICS and integrating into the Chinese payment system (SIPs), to their vital role in the gold corridors and the MBridge network of central bank digital currencies. We break down how these moves, combined with Federal Reserve FX swap lines, are systematically accelerating the change of the dollar system as we know it and laying the foundation for multipolarity.

We also don't hold back on the ugly truth about OPEC. I explain exactly why OPEC is a price-fixing cartel that suppresses alternative energy innovation to prop up the profits of big oil and sovereign wealth funds. We explore whether the UAE's move is a coordinated game of good cop/bad cop with Saudi Arabia, or if it will genuinely help break the cartel, and bring the real price of energy down for consumers once the Strait of Hormuz reopens.

Most importantly, I take off my analytical hat and put on my humanitarian hat to discuss the devastating K-shaped economy we are entering. I believe we are witnessing a highly coordinated, manufactured global crisis designed to accelerate massive wealth transfer upward, while building out a Palantir-driven, AI surveillance state. Sadly, it’s the poorest in our society who are being forced to pay the price and are reaching their ultimate breaking point.

Grab a coffee and get ready for a deep dive. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below: Do you think this is the end of OPEC? Are we heading into a manufactured financial crisis and a surveillance state where you owe nothing?

Make sure to like, share, and subscribe to Sulaiman's channel, Moral Resistance, for more breaking interviews. And if you haven't already, make sure to follow my YouTube Channel, and my X (https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt) page so we can keep starving the financial industrial complex together.