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“They don’t like crypto but they really like using it to move their money.”

Bags of cash and armed holdups. How stablecoins are taking the place of a defunct banking sector in Lebanon. DL News.

 

Utopian tech in a dystopian land.

Helium’s crypto-leveraged IoT network was supposed to revolutionise connectivity. In Lebanon it had a different appeal. Ultimately it failed to deliver.

Crumbling dams and crypto miners.

As Lebanon’s infrastructure crumbles a community of crypto miners compete for what electricity is left.

The Crypto Dons of Beirut.

Meet the men making a killing in Lebanon’s underground crypto market.

Dancing with the Dead.

An account of rum and death in the hills of Madagascar.