The Pomp Podcast

Kiana Danial is the CEO of Invest Diva and author of Cryptocurrency Investing for Dummies. In this conversation, Kiana and Anthony Pompliano discuss Kiana growing up in Iran, the Bitcoin Lightning Torch, how to write a book on a subject you know nothing about, and the impact of sanctions on foreign countries. Get the book for your cousin who knows nothing about crypto: https://learn.investdiva.com...

Joyce Yang is the Founder of Global Coin Research. In this conversation, Joyce and Anthony Pompliano discuss the regulation of crypto in Asia, how China is responding to the interest in Bitcoin, and what U.S. based teams don't understand about the global aspect of the cryptocurrency markets. ----- BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded direct...

Jeremy Gardner is a Co-Founder of Auger, and a Managing Partner at Ausum Ventures. In this episode, Jeremy and Anthony Pompliano discuss the early days of Bitcoin college clubs, how the first prediction market got built, what it was like to be part of the team that built the first STO, and how crypto is going to evolve moving forward. ----- Ethereal Summit returns to New York City this May 10th to...

Muneeb Ali is a Co-Founder of Blockstack, a new internet for decentralized apps. For the last year, Muneeb and his team have been working to conduct a regulated token offering under the Reg A+ Exemption. This morning, they publicly filed their application, and in this conversation Muneeb and Anthony Pompliano discuss why they are doing this, what the progress has been to date, and what you should...

Mike Belshe is the founder of BitGo. In this conversation, Mike and Anthony Pompliano discuss working at Netscape, having $25,000,000 of Bitcoin under his couch, building a leading custody provider, and why insurance is so important for this industry. ---- Totle is a rare blockchain investment opportunity, one that offers a live product, active customers, an established revenue model. Totle solves...

Bill Ottman is the founder and CEO of Minds.com. In this conversation, Bill and Anthony Pompliano discuss free speech, social networks, censorship, crypto as money and an incentive, and what Bill thinks about Aliens. ---- Totle is a rare blockchain investment opportunity, one that offers a live product, active customers, an established revenue model. Totle solves three significant problems with bl...

Avichal Garg is the Managing Partner at Electric Capital. In this conversation, Avichal talks about the early days of working at Google and Facebook, building a machine learning company, and his career progression from employee to founder to crypto VC. ---- Totle is a rare blockchain investment opportunity, one that offers a live product, active customers, an established revenue model. Totle solve...

Alon Goren is the Co-Founder of Crypto Invest Summit and Founding Partner at Goren Home Ventures. In this conversation, Alon and Anthony Pompliano discuss the upcoming CIS Conference in LA, how Alon got into Bitcoin and crypto, and what it was like to talk with Tim Draper during the early days of cryptocurrencies. ---- Totle is a rare blockchain investment opportunity, one that offers a live produ...

Dan Zuller is a partner at Vision Hill Advisors. In this conversation, Dan and Anthony Pompliano discuss fund of funds in crypto, what investing strategies are enticing right now, how due diligence of asset managers works, and what institutions are thinking about their crypto allocations today. ---- Totle is a rare blockchain investment opportunity, one that offers a live product, active customers...

Matthew Roszak is the Co-Founder of Bloq, Inc. In this conversation, Matthew and Anthony Pompliano discuss the early days of Bitcoin, how crypto has evolved over the last ten years, and why Matthew is building a company now. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional investors. Simply, it’s the best crypto newsletter delivered to your i...

John McAfee is the Founder of McAfee Associates. For this conversation, Anthony Pompliano travelled to Exuma, Bahamas to record this interview in person, and to give John a platform to tell his own story. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional investors. Simply, it’s the best crypto newsletter delivered to your inbox every morning....

Mike Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital. In this conversation, Mike and Anthony Pompliano discuss Mike's time at Goldman Sachs and Fortress, how he lost billionaire status, and what that meant, the criminal justice system and bail reform, his thoughts on privacy and surveillance, and what he believes the future of crypto looks like.  ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's...

Stuart Popejoy and Will Martino are the co-founders of Kadena. In this conversation, Stuart, Will, and Anthony Pompliano discuss their work at J.P. Morgan, what they think about JPM Coin, why they're bullish on building a hybrid public and private blockchain, and why the energy consumption argument is incorrect. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market...

Jonathan Levin is Co-Founder of Chainalysis. In this conversation, Jonathan and Anthony Pompliano discuss how to build a startup, what it's like to pitch a Silicon Valley Venture Capital Fund, why Chain Analysis tools are important, what the bad actors are doing in cryptocurrency, and how Chainalysis is being used to catch them. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes...

Steven Nerayoff @stevennerayoff is the Chairman of ADAPtive Holdings, parent company of CasperLabs. In this conversation, Steven and Anthony Pompliano discuss the past, present, and future of Crypto, the original founding story and architecture of Ethereum and its ICO, how Casper plans to scale, and why Steven is so bullish on tokenized securities and how they differ from the ICO mania of 2017. --...

Ryan Taylor is the CEO of Dash Group. In this conversation, Ryan and Anthony Pompliano discuss how to drive adoption of cryptocurrencies, how Venezuelans are using Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, and others, and why the user experience is so important in this nascent industry. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional investors. Simply, it’s...

John Wu is the CEO of Digital Assets at SharesPost. In this conversation, John and Pompliano discuss tokenizing assets, the current infrastructure landscape, how institutional investors are looking at security tokens, and what John believes are the best assets to tokenize moving forward. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional invest...

Hany Rashwan is the Founder and CEO of Amun, the company behind the first crypto ETP approved by a public stock exchange. In this conversation, Hany and Anthony Pompliano discuss the intersection of crypto and finance, how regulators are thinking about digital assets, and what the public markets for crypto look like moving forward. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyz...

Peter McCormack is the host of popular Bitcoin podcast: "What Bitcoin Did." In this wide-ranging conversation, Peter and Anthony Pompliano discuss podcasting, marketing, Twitter, and how to build brands in today's environment. This is part one of two. Head over to "What Bitcoin Did" podcast to find the second half of the conversation. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email ana...

Ric Burton is the Co-Founder of Balance. In this conversation, we discuss the power of crypto currencies on a global scale, why DAI and Maker are so interesting, what the issues are with the Legacy Financial System, and what Ric thinks are the things to watch in the digital wallet space. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional invest...

Jeremy Allaire is the CEO of Circle, one of the most well respected crypto incumbents. In this conversation, Jeremy and Anthony Pompliano discuss Jeremy's experience taking numerous companies public, the similarities he sees with the dot-com bubble, how he has built Circle, and why he's so bullish on Tokenized Assets. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto...

Eric Piscini is the Deloitte Ex-Head of Blockchain. In this conversation, Eric and Anthony Pompliano discuss all things Enterprise Blockchain, and applying Blockchain technology to the supply chain. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional investors. Simply, it’s the best crypto newsletter delivered to your inbox every morning. No fri...

Ed Moncada is the Founder and CEO of Blockfolio. In this conversation, Ed and Anthony Pompliano discuss how Ed is a big poker player, the real story behind Dash, why he started Blockfolio and how it’s become one of the top apps in the crypto space, and Ed’s views on governance. ----- This show is sponsored by The Grove: thegrove.co/pomp The Grove is a full service creative and design agency that h...

Cathie Wood is the Founder & CEO of ARK Invest. In this conversation, Cathie and Anthony Pompliano discuss investing in innovative technologies, building asset management firms, how crypto is related to things like autonomous cars, and why Bitcoin should be in every portfolio. ----- This show is sponsored by The Grove: thegrove.co/pomp Your branding and website are the first things your customers...

Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation and a guest lecturer at Singularity University. In this conversation, Gladstein and Anthony Pompliano discuss Bitcoin, foreign aid, Web 3.0 as a decentralized world, unbanking the banked, and the surveillance state. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional inv...