They can buy bitcoins bit by bit
My country expirienced similar problem. Not default but problems with banks. Citizens (not geeks just users) no more willing to trust their money somebody else besides their pockets after such stress. May be some young persons aware of latest technologies may purchase a liitle bit bitcooins but not thousands! Regular citizen will take his money and buy not fucking euro or usd or ltc but bread, potato and vegetables. My parents saw such behavior when bank problem happened in my country.