Win Ko Ko Aung was a well-known author and personality in Myanmar when he had to flee the country due to his being threatened by the authoritarian government that took control of the country in February 2021 after he spoke out against it.

Now, he's based in the United States and is a McCourt Scholar in a Data Science for Public Policy program at Georgetown University, a contributor to Bitcoin Magazine, Human Rights Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute and an advocate for how Bitcoin can be a boon for human rights.

Win is full of life and rich in character, and his story is an inspiration.

Follow Win on social media:

X (Twitter): @wkkaung

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/winkokoaung/

Timestamps:

0:00 Cold Open

0:22 Intro music

0:36 Intro from Frank

1:33 Introduction

4:01 Changes in Myanmar 

9:15 The 2021 military coup / Win flees Myanmar 

11:16 Win’s bank account gets frozen 

14:32 Bitcoin and stablecoins

17:12 Currency debasement in Myanmar

20:45 US sanctions on Myanmar 

23:06 Are people in Myanmar starting to understand Bitcoin? 

28:21 What was it like first discovering the internet in 2007? 

32:52 Two types of people using Bitcoin and crypto 

40:00 The difficulties of educating people about Bitcoin in Myanmar

44:13 The language barrier around Bitcoin education

45:25 What can Bitcoin fix in Myanmar?

47:38 Investing in Bitcoin instead of real estate

52:42 Outro

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