Others arrange clandestine meetings via Telegram to swap the stablecoin tether for U.S. dollars in order to buy groceries.
In Jan., police raided a small crypto mining farm in the hydro-powered town of Jezzine, seizing and dismantling mining rigs in the process.
But mining crypto tokens to earn a living is not for everybody.
Younes tells CNBC that he initially moved 15% of his money into bitcoin, and he kept the remaining balance in cash.
Lebanon has six bitcoin ATMs — one in Aamchit and five in Beirut, according to metrics offered by coinatmradar.com.