According to CoinMeta, Yemeni analyst and co-founder of the Sanaa Strategic Research Center, Al-Madhaji, the Houthi rebels' demand for a huge amount of money implies that Saudi Arabia may face continuous extortion in the future. The Houthi rebels have made very high demands. In my opinion, the funding issue might not be the factor that Saudi Arabia needs to worry about the most. A bigger problem is that once such a precedent is set, the group could potentially force the other side to make more concessions or pay more money at any time by escalating military actions in the future.