>else citizens of this country might preserve their liquid wealth as things go pear shaped. To buy cryptocurrencies they need to transfer their money to someon

>else citizens of this country might preserve their liquid wealth as things go pear shaped. To buy cryptocurrencies they need to transfer their money to someone in exchange for crypto. They can transfer that money into another fiat currency or some other financial instrument. None of which would easily let you buy food. Of course, if you tried doing this at scale the government would find a reason to arrest everyone for it and then confiscate their wealth.