In the past, when corrupt governments devalued their local currency or seized assets from citizens, investors ran to the US dollar or gold. […] Today, many are moving into cryptocurrencies, where their money sits on a global distributed ledger that no central bank or government can touch.
Good article showing the benefits of crypto in places like Iran. I know if I lived there I'd be running to crypto as fast I could, the local fiat currency is pretty much worthless outside Iran, and probably going to be devalued. This is exactly why I don't think crypto is ever going to go away, it's here to stay in my opinion.
Read the full story here...
https://bitcoinist.com/iran-first-country-forced-use-bitcoin/