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What happens to brokerage accounts during severe financial crises? [closed]

It's well known that during, for example, the recent Argentinian great depression (1998-2002) or the ongoing Greek government-debt crisis, the bank accounts of members of the public were frozen, and ...
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What are the risks of euro deposit accounts in Greek and Cypriot banks?

What is the risk of having 100k euro in accounts in Greek banks and Cypriot banks? Is there a guarantee? I assume that the state guarantee for deposits doesn't hold when a country defaults.
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