From Burma to Freedom: Why Bitcoin Is a Human Rights Tool - Wing Ko Ko Aung | Ep. 143

Podcast: You're The Voice | by Efrat Fenigson · Efrat Fenigson

Opublikowano: 2026-06-10

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...