Bitcoin is Digital Freedom: A Fireside Chat with Roya Mahboob | 2025 Bitcoin Policy Summit
Roya Mahboob explains how she has used Bitcoin since 2013 to pay and empower Afghan girls and women, fund underground schools, and protect savings under Taliban rule, in a fireside chat with Alex Gladstein.
Roya Mahboob: Afghan tech entrepreneur and founder of Digital Citizen Fund who introduced thousands of Afghan women to Bitcoin for financial freedom. Alex Gladstein: Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation who researches and advocates for Bitcoin as a tool for human rights.