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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.