Beyond the Indus | Economy | South Asia
Beyond the Indus podcast hosts Joe Wallen and Tushar Shetty explore how Bhutan is quietly gearing up to become the world’s next Bitcoin superpower.
For the very first episode at our new home, The Diplomat, Beyond the Indus podcast hosts Joe Wallen and Tushar Shetty explore how Bhutan, an isolated kingdom tucked in the Eastern Himalayas, is quietly gearing up to become the world’s next Bitcoin superpower. We speak to Tenzing Lamsang, editor of Bhutan’s largest private newspaper, The Bhutanese, to understand how the former hermit kingdom decided to leapfrog into the fourth industrial revolution by aiming to become the world’s largest per capita producer of cryptocurrency.
We also discuss the political controversies surrounding the recent opening of the new Indian Parliament, as well as Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the United States.