The Pomp Podcast

Annabelle Huang is a Partner at Amber Group, a leading crypto finance service provider. She previously served as the Asia Lead at Airswap and structured FX work at Nomura and Deutsche Bank. In this conversation, we discuss the crypto industry in Asia, the rise of institutional interest, digital payments, decentralization vs centralization, and privacy centric technology.  ======================= E...

Jonathan Chester is the cofounder and CEO of Bitwage, one of the oldest bitcoin businesses helping employers pay their employees in bitcoin.  In this conversation, we discuss bitcoin payroll, dollar cost averaging, remote work, stablecoins, and why employees are so excited to receive bitcoin as compensation.  ======================= Exodus is an absolute game changer in the crypto wallet space, an...

Danny Masters is the Chairman of Coinshares, an asset management firm focused on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets.  In this conversation, we discuss inside baseball markets, digitization, driverless banks, distribution, digital asset investment strategies, and deregulated markets.  ======================= The Stacks 2.0 mainnet launched on January 14, 2021. Stacks, which you may...

Today’s episode is with Sovryn community founder Edan Yago. This podcast is a a recordeding from a Youtube Livestream on 2-15-21. In this conversation, we discuss decentralized infrastructure, synthetic assets, Bitcoin, Ethereum, oracles, permissionless innovation, wrapped Bitcoin, and Bitcoin mutants.  ======================= Remote makes it easy for companies of all sizes to employ global full-t...

Sahil Bloom is a Vice-President at a Private Equity Firm, as well as a frequent contributor to CNBC. He also holds a degree in economics, and a master's degree in public policy, both from Stanford University. In this conversation, we discuss financial education, mental models for investors, accreditation laws, democratization of investing, and community/audience building.  ===================...

Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave, a leading startup in the decentralized lending space.  In this conversation, we discuss decentralized finance, improving user experience and user interface, onboarding more developers, disrupting the banks, and decentralized lending. ======================= Exodus is an absolute game changer in the crypto wallet space, and we’ve teamed up to offer an...

James Peyer, PhD is the Founder and CEO of Cambrian Biopharma, a Distributed Drug Discovery Company developing therapeutics targeting the biology of aging. Cambrian builds, finances, and manages a pipeline of therapeutics. In this conversation, we discuss the nine hallmarks of aging, molecular damage, how to add healthy years to your life, prevention vs reversal of diseases, and distributed drug c...

Ian Sigalow is a Co-Founder of Greycroft and a Partner in the firm’s New York office. In this conversation, we discuss the venture capital industry, digital assets, and Ian’s investments in Braintree, Venmo, Public.com, Plated, Buddy Media, and many others.  ======================= The Stacks 2.0 mainnet launched on January 14, 2021. Stacks, which you may recognize as Blockstack, is a layer-1 bloc...

Brian Requarth is the co-founder and former CEO of Viva Real, the leading real estate marketplace in Brazil. He recently wrote a book titled “Viva the Entrepreneur: Founding, Scaling, and Raising Venture Capital in Latin America.” In this conversation, we discuss entrepreneurship in Latin America, why the region is seeing an explosion of startups, global competition for resources, and where invest...

Chris Giancarlo is a lawyer who served as the prior Chairman of the CFTC. He earned the nickname of Crypto Dad for his innovative thinking while serving in that role. Jake Ryan is the founder and CIO of Tradecraft Capital, a macro/thesis driven crypto fund. In this conversation, we discuss the current regulatory environment, long wave cycles of technology, and the intersection of markets, law, and...

Jeremy Boynton is the Founder of Laureate Wealth Management, a comprehensive wealth management firm for affluent investors generally ranging from $5 million to $25 million in total net worth. In this conversation, we discuss value accrual, institutional adoption, active management, private market investing, and digital asset fund of funds.  ======================= Exodus is an absolute game change...

Simon Chamorro is the co-founder and CEO of Valiu, which is making cross border payments much more effective for millions of people. I was so impressed with Simon and his team’s plans that I became an investor in the company. In this conversation, we discuss the legacy payment systems in South America, Valiu’s solution, why Bitcoin is so important in emerging markets, hyperinflation, oppressive go...

Dave Rodman is the Managing Partner of The Rodman Law Group. He specializes in business, cannabis, crypto, IP, hemp, and securities law. In this conversation, we discuss the decentralized world, state recognized DAO entities, pseudonymity with legal repercussions, accreditation laws, schedule 1 drugs, Satoshi Nakamoto, and regulatory environment.  ======================= The Stacks 2.0 mainnet lau...

James Seyffart is an ETF Research Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence and Eric Balchunas is a Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.  In this conversation, we discuss advantages of public market fund structures, Grayscale, Bitwise, institutional interest in Bitcoin, the historical analysis of gold ETFs, and the future prospects of a Bitcoin ETF. ======================= OKCoin.com is the leadi...

Tony Thomas is a retired 4-star General and was the 11th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). General Thomas is one of our nation's greatest warfighters and he also happens to be an even better human being.  In this conversation, we discuss the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the modern battlefield, the greatest threats to the United States, Tony’s leadership lessons, and the...

Ouriel Ohayon is the CEO of ZenGo, a cryptocurrency wallet that has cutting-edge cryptography, security, and UX/UI for crypto assets. In this conversation, we discuss an introduction to crypto assets for beginners, how the ZenGo wallet works, and why so many corporations and institutions are jumping into the space.  ======================= Exodus is an absolute game changer in the crypto wallet sp...

Neil Sheppard is the COO of Financial Services at Diginex, where he oversees capital markets, trading, exchange and trading products. Previously, he spent 13 years at Nomura in various roles across equity products in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. In this conversation, we discuss Diginex, derivatives, risk management, capital efficiency, and the crypto exchange Equos.  ======================= Exodus...

Nik Bhatia is the author of the new book, Layered Money. He is an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at USC Marshall. In this conversation, we discuss an overview of the monetary system, layered money, the recent OCC ruling, coexistence between bitcoin and CBDCs, and counterparty free money. ======================= The Stacks 2.0 mainnet launched on January 14, 2021. Stacks, which...

Matteo Franceschetti is the cofounder of Eight Sleep, the world's leading sleep enhancement company. In this conversation, we discuss sleep fitness, how to improve your sleep, the importance of getting the full eight hours, and the product suite of sleep enhancement devices that Eight offers.  ======================= OKCoin.com is the leading crypto exchange for both beginners and experienced user...

Cynthia Lummis is a United States Senator from Wyoming. She is the first Senator in history to own Bitcoin and has become a strong advocate for the digital currency.  In this conversation, we discuss her passion for Bitcoin, how to educate Congressmen and Senators, the geopolitical landscape, government sentiment on Bitcoin and CBDCs, and what people at home can do to help. ==================...

Haider Rafique is the Chief Marketing Officer at OKCoin and Bradley Kam is the cofounder of Unstoppable Domains. In this conversation, we discuss human readable domains, why the user experience must improve in crypto, and why OKCoin and Unstoppable Domains partnered to bring human readable domains to the first exchange.  ======================= Exodus is an absolute game changer in the crypto wall...

Rahul Rana is an Associate at Lux Capital and the Author of “Making Moonshots." In this conversation, we discuss what a moonshot is, why they are important, how the best entrepreneurs go after moonshots, and why iterative progress in science and technology is not enough. ======================= Exodus is an absolute game changer in the crypto wallet space, and we’ve teamed up to offer an exclusive...

Jeff Morris Jr is the founder and Managing Partner of Chapter One. He was previously the VP of Product, Revenue at Tinder In this conversation, we discuss the product thinking that built the highest grossing app in the app store, why Jeff is so product focused as an investor, what makes a good product, and what Jeff has learned as a solo-capitalist. ======================= The Stacks 2.0 mainnet l...

Harley Finkelstein is an entrepreneur, lawyer, and the President of Shopify In this conversation, we discuss Shopify, the expansion of the digital economy, competing with Amazon, how he spends his day, digital as default, and the role for Bitcoin and crypto moving forward.  ======================= OKCoin.com is the leading crypto exchange for both beginners and experienced users. You can fund your...

Avichal Garg is a co-founder and partner on the investment team at Electric Capital. Avichal is a successful serial entrepreneur with executive experience at Google and Facebook, which acquired his previous company in 2012. In this conversation, we discuss Avichal’s crypto thesis, decentralized finance, why smart contracts are undervalued, crypto infrastructure, and why decentralization is the nat...