The Pomp Podcast

Saifedean Ammous is the author of The Bitcoin Standard. In this conversation, Saifedean and Anthony Pompliano discuss Austrian economics, Bitcoin as a risk-on asset, bank fines, the Bitcoin maximalists in congress, and what his current outlook is on the global macro economy. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank ac...

Danny Kim is the Head of Growth at SFOX. In this conversation, Daniel and Anthony Pompliano discuss what liquidity in crypto markets looks like, how best trade execution technology works, and how operations at a place like SFOX is actually executed. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks G...

Tavi Costa is a Global Macro Analyst at Crescat Capital. In this conversation, Tavi and Anthony Pompliano discuss Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, the current U.S. economic markets, China, precious metals, how central bankers handle recessions, and what Tavi thinks is most likely to occur in the macro world over the next few months. -----Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm...

Farbood Nivi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coinmine. In this conversation, Farbood and Anthony Pompliano discuss cryptocurrency mining, privacy, freedom, building consumer products, and and why the team built a new feature called Bitcoin mode. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from...

Patrick O'Meara is the Chairman and CEO of Inveniam Capital Partners. In this conversation, Patrick and Anthony Pompliano discuss the issues with traditional financial asset structures, what it means to model financial assets for data and not code, how tokenized assets are currently being selected, and what an automated future of finance could look like. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, shar...

Robert Beadles is the President of Monarch Token and the Founder of CryptoBeadles. In this conversation, Robert and Anthony Pompliano discuss digital wallets, the current fundraising environment, how Robert thinks about bootstrapping businesses, and why he keeps his head down and keeps shipping. -----Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and fun way to st...

Charlie Shrem is the founder of Crypto. IQ, and one of the earliest proponents Bitcoin. In this conversation, Charlie and Anthony Pompliano discuss the early days of Bitcoin, what it was like building one of the first Bitcoin companies, what he experienced when he was arrested and put in jail, and how crypto has changed over the years. You can listen to Charlie's podcast, Untold Stories, here. ---...

James Slazas is the founder of DARMA Capital. In this conversation, James and Anthony Pompliano discuss his decision to use Quant strategies in crypto, how important institutional infrastructure is, what he's doing with the Open Law Initiative, and how crypto is related to the 2008 financial crisis. And that's it for season 2! Keep an eye on Pomp's twitter for news on the premiere of Season 3, com...

Rachel Feinstein is an actress & stand-up comedian. She's married to a Captain in the NYFD who has been in Bitcoin for the last six years. In this conversation, Rachel and Anthony Pompliano discuss the daily routine of a comedian, how Rachel builds her career, what she finds so funny about finance folks, and she tells a number of hilarious stories about her husband and his friends' obsession with...

Chris Hutchins is the founder & CEO of Grove, a personal financial planning product. In this conversation, Chris and Anthony Pompliano discuss the biggest mistakes people make in financial planning, how Bitcoin compares to other assets, and where Bitcoin should fit in your portfolio. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This p...

Ben Askren is an olympic wrestler, and current UFC fighter with a 19-0 record in his MMA career. He is joined on the podcast with Martin Floreani, the founder and CEO of RokFin. In this conversation, Ben, Martin, and Anthony Pompliano discuss what it takes to be a UFC fighter, what drew Ben to Bitcoin and crypto, what the current issues with content platforms are today, how RokFin is attempting to...

Frederic Chesnais is the CEO and Chairman of the Board at Atari. In this conversation, Frederic and Anthony Pompliano discuss the history of Atari's brand, how cryptocurrencies can incentivize new types of work, why gaming is finding product/market fit in crypto, and what Atari plans to do to capitalize on the crypto opportunity. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral...

Andrew Keys is the Co-Founder of ConsenSys Capital, and current Managing Partner at DARMA Capital. In this conversation, Andrew and Anthony Pompliano discuss the early days of ConsenSys, the reason why Blockchain technology is ultimately about automation, what Andrew's derivative of the Fat Protocol thesis is, and what it's like to live in Puerto Rico. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share...

Misir Mahmudov is an analyst at Adaptive Capital, and recently graduated from Columbia University. In this conversation, Misir and Anthony Pompliano discuss the importance of understanding money, scarcity as a driver of value, why gold used to be money, why Bitcoin is the digital gold, an analysis of Bitcoin's future market cap, and the idea of Bitcoin as stored time. You can find the Bitcoin modi...

Jesse Powell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kraken Exchange. In this conversation, Jesse and Anthony Pompliano discuss the founding story of Kraken, what it means to build a company based on principles and ethos, the current regulatory environment, and why the work being done in Wyoming is compelling. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and s...

Dmitry Tokarev is the CEO of Copper. In this conversation, Dmitry and Anthony Pompliano discuss the buy-side problems with legacy markets, what financial infrastructure actually entails, how custody and prime brokerage in crypto is evolving, and why LPs drive decision making in investing. -----Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and fun way to start ear...

Ben Mezrich is the author of Bitcoin Billionaires, a story about Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss' foray into digital money. Ben has also written multiple books, including the books that became The Social Network movie and 21. In this conversation, Ben and Anthony Pompliano discuss how he found the Bitcoin Billionaires story, what he learned while writing the book, why he's fascinated by Bitcoin, and...

Jake Yocom-Piatt is the project lead for Decred. In this conversation, Jake and Anthony Pompliano discuss how he was early in Bitcoin, why he stepped away, how Decred works, how different people in the Decred ecosystem make money, why experts shouldn't be deferred to, and why managing ego is so important in the cryptocurrency industry. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your coll...

David Fauchier is the founder of Cambrial Capital. In this conversation, David and Anthony Pompliano discuss why he chose to create a fund of funds, why he's so interested in the intersection of DeFi, generalized mining, Quant, and VC, where the current investment opportunities are for professional LPs, and some of the bad things he's seen people do already. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation,...

Haseeb Qureshi is an advisor to Metastable Capital. In this conversation, Haseeb and Anthony Pompliano discuss how success metrics for blockchain protocols are different from traditional companies, why narratives follow rather than lead, how to think about the smart contract wars, and why Bitcoin holders are so important. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and re...

Mason Borda is the CEO of TokenSoft. In this conversation, Mason and Anthony Pompliano discuss the framework he uses to think through digital securities versus non-securities, what TokenSoft does, what it means for a security to be programmable, and what most people don't understand about digital securities. ----- Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and...

Dave Hendricks is the Co-Founder & CEO of Vertalo. In this conversation, Dave and Anthony Pompliano discuss the structural issues in the legacy system, how we can fix them, what it means to tokenize venture funded companies, and how you at home could benefit from this movement. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank...

Camila Russo is an author and a former Bloomberg News reporter. In this conversation, Camila and Anthony Pompliano discuss how she discovered Bitcoin while covering the Argentina's financial markets, why crypto has captured her interest, how traditional journalists view crypto and Bitcoin today, why she is writing the book on Ethereum, and what stories she has learned along the way. ----- If you e...

Clay Collins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nomics, a company focused on crypto market data. In this conversation, Clay and Anthony Pompliano discuss how crypto market data works, what the biggest challenges are, why exchange data transparency, and identification of fake volume is so important, and how the price you see on most crypto websites gets there. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, shar...

Zooko Wilcox is the CEO of Zcash, and one of the most experienced people in crypto. In this conversation, Zooko and Anthony Pompliano discuss all things privacy, freedom, decentralization, the original battle between governments and technologists for encryption, and how the current privacy technology for crypto is likely to evolve moving forward. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it wi...