Cryptocurrency broker Mario Awad receives a manicure at his home office.
The Lebanese central bank headquarters in Beirut.
Ahmed Abu Daher runs a sprawling mining operation in a remote, mountainous area.
Cryptocurrency broker Nader Dirany pictured in front of the shuttered bank opposite his office.
Mining machines in an unfinished house.
Cryptocurrency broker Rani Bassiri.
A rifle in the home of a cryptocurrency broker.
Ahmed Abu Daher checks on some of his mining machines.
An engineer describes the hydroelectric power network that crypto miners have been using.
The Awali river runs feeds several hydropower plants in a remote area of Lebanon.
A view of Beirut.