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 Self-custody your Bitcoin. Tell your friends and family to do the same. If they don’t understand tell them the story of Ibrahim Abdallah in Lebanon.

“This war between the United States and Iran is affecting us internally,” he said. “All I know is that we are innocent victims of a war that we’re not part of. To be honest, I see a dark future.”

 “Even if I wanted to rebuild (his bombed house) it, my money is stuck in the bank. I want to be able to rebuild our future. But the banks have taken all our money.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/lebanese-businessman-war-beirut-financial-crisis-airstrikes