Win Ko Ko Aung was born in Burma (Myanmar) in 1993 and grew up under military rule, shaped by a country still reeling from the 1987 overnight demonetization that wiped out his parents' generation's savings. A tech entrepreneur and youth educator, he entered the Bitcoin space in 2019 as a way to preserve economic energy in a country with few reliable financial options. When the 2021 military coup froze the bank accounts of activists and democracy supporters, including his own, his Bitcoin holdings remained untouchable and became his lifeline out of the country. He crossed the jungle from Burma into Thailand without a passport, eventually reaching the United States as a political refugee. Today he works at the Human Rights Foundation, where he has taken part in educating over 1,400 activists and journalists worldwide on Bitcoin, financial freedom, and privacy tools. Win shares how financial oppression operates as a weapon of authoritarian control and why Bitcoin is the most important human rights technology of the 21st century.
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– CHAPTERS –
00:00 - Coming Up...
01:28 - Introduction: Win Ko Ko Aung
04:25 - The 1987 Overnight Destructive Demonetization
09:10 - The 2021 Military Coup and Frozen Bank Accounts
11:10 - Bitcoin as Economic Lifeline
16:05 - Escaping Burma: Crossing the Jungle into Thailand
16:25 - Ad-Break: Ledn, Trezor & Abundant Mines
19:20 - Arriving in America and Joining the HRF
27:31 - What Win Teaches Activists and Journalists
30:16 - CBDCs: What People in Free Countries Should Do
34:09 - Bitcoin Is a Peaceful Revolution
