Since Bitcoin essentially allows to "become its own bank", the responsibility for storing cryptocurrency lies mainly with users. A popular saying in the crypto community is "not your key, not your bitcoin", which means that whoever masters the key phrase of the wallet can control the coins in it.
The positioning against inflation is the result, not the essence. If people lose confidence in the ability of the government to maintain a trusted social covenant on which fiat currencies are based, then the value of these currencies will collapse, leading to hyperinflation. Because of its depoliticized status, Bitcoin's value in that environment has increased.