The Pomp Podcast

#621 The Macro Economy, Stocks, and Bitcoin with Amanda Agati

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Agati is the Chief Investment Officer for the PNC Financial Services Group. In this role, she is responsible for the firm’s overall investmen...

#620 The Bitcoin Supply Squeeze Thesis With Will Clemente

31 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#619 Buy Bitcoin, Short Fiat with Saifdean Ammous

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Saifdean Ammous is a leading researcher, communicator, and educator in the field of Bitcoin, and he has advised corporations on bitcoin strategy, and ...

#618 Elizabeth Warren Will Come Around To Bitcoin

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today is a new type of episode. We have no guest. I explain a situation, elaborate on the details, and finish with an opinion on where I think we are ...

#617 Why ESG May Not Be A Good Idea with Marty Bent

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marty Bent is the man and legend behind Marty's Bent, a daily newsletter about Bitcoin, along with the host of Tales from the Crypt, one of the most p...

#616 Inflation, Bitcoin, and Monetary Policy with Lyn Alden

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lyn Alden is the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, which provides market research to hundreds of thousands of individual investors and financi...

#615 How WeWork Grew, Fell From Grace, and Recovered

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eliot Brown writes about startups and venture capital out of The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco office. He previously covered commercial real est...

#614 The Money Behind The Olympics with Polina Pompliano

25 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Polina Pompliano is the founder of The Profile, a new age media company that studies the world’s most successful people and companies. She previousl...

#613 Are We Setting Up For A Short Squeeze?

24 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#612 Paying Remote Employees in Bitcoin

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marcelo Lebre is the CTO and co-founder of Remote. Marcelo previously worked as the VP of Engineering at Unbabel, has held several CTO positions and i...

#611 Why Bitcoin Will Be The Next Global Reserve Currency

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Foss is the CFO and Bitcoin Strategist at Validus Power Corp. He has spent over 30 years of his career in various credit markets, where he has ma...

#610 The On-Chain Metrics OG w/ David Puell & Will Clemente

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#609 Building A Crypto Unicorn with Michael Wu

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Wu is the founder & CEO of Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based crypto finance startup that provides trading and asset management services. In t...

#608 Building a Vertically Integrated Bitcoin Mining Business

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Beard is the co-founder and CEO of Stronghold Digital Mining, a vertically integrated cryptocurrency miner. He previously oversaw Apollo’s inve...

#607 Pay Me In Bitcoin - Saquon Barkley and Jack Mallers

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Mallers is the founder of Zap, which has created Strike, an application that allows anyone to send money instantly, with no fees, anywhere in the...

#606 Why Costco Is One of the Best Businesses in the World

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Morris is the man behind The Science of Hitting, a new equity research offering. Alex has an MBA and CFA, but really cut his teeth by publishing ...

#605: Peter Schiff on Inflation, Bitcoin, Gold, and Billionaire Status

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Schiff is the Chief Economist and Global Strategist at Euro Pacific Capital. In this conversation, we discuss inflation, monetary policy, gold,...

#604: The Future of Online Education with Gagan Biyani

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gagan Biyani is the co-founder and CEO of Maven, a new platform for cohort-based courses. He was a co-founder of Udemy, a large online education compa...

#603: Bitcoin Supercycle or the Last Bitcoin Cycle? With Willy Woo and Will Clemente

10 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#602: True Decentralized Finance on Bitcoin with Max Carjuzaa

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Max Carjuzaa is the co-founder and CEO of Money On Chain. In this conversation, we discuss Money on Chain, bitcoin defi, bitcoin collateral, bitcoin ...

#601 The Story Behind Bitcoin Pizza

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Sopchak and Rushir Parikh are the co-founders of PopChew, where creators launch their food brands. PopChew has developed a new drop-ship style of...

#600 Q&A

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Anthony Pompliano answers questions from the audience about topics across business, life, bitcoin, and investing.  ===============...

#599: Patrick Stanley On Creating Equity For Cities

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Stanley is the founder and CEO of CityCoins, a new product that allows you to support your favorite cities while earning yield in Bitcoin. In...

#598 Colton Sakamoto on How To Get A New Job In Crypto

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Colton Sakamoto works with Pomp and is the CEO of their employment business, which has a goal of helping 10,000 people getting a new job in the crypto...

#597: Bitcoin Whales Are Selling To Retail Investors w/ Will Clemente and Checkmate

03 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#596 Jonathan Gheller Explains Bitcoin As The Best Central Bank

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Gheller is an entrepreneur and investor. He previously founded multiple startups, including companies that were acquired by Facebook and Goog...

#595: Why Corporations Are Putting Bitcoin on Their Balance Sheet - Michael Moro

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Moro is the CEO of Genesis Global Trading. In this conversation, we discuss why corporations are putting bitcoin on their balance sheets, how...

#594 Nik Storonsky on Democratizing Access to Finance

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nik Storonsky is the cofounder and CEO of Revolut, one of the UK’s largest private businesses. Revolut offers everything from currency exchange and ...

#593: MacKenzie Sigalos on Mainstream Media & Bitcoin

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MacKenzie Sigalos is a technology reporter based out of CNBC's San Francisco bureau, with a focus on bitcoin, cybersecurity, financial technology, and...

#592 Strong Hands Are Aggressively Accumulating Bitcoin w/ Will Clemente

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#591: Harry Campbell on How Much Money Uber and Lyft Drivers Make

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harry Campbell is the Founder & CEO of The Rideshare Guy, a blog, Youtube channel, podcast, course and book for Uber and Lyft drivers and others in th...

#590 Amanda Goetz on Censorship in Payment Systems

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Goetz is the founder of House of Wise, a luxury CBD brand for women, and half-time CMO at Teal. In this conversation, we discuss payment syste...

#589: The World’s Most Profitable Nightclub Starts Accepting Bitcoin - Marc Roberts

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Roberts is a real estate mogul with more than $1 billion in assets across his portfolio. He is also the co-owner of E11even, the world’s most p...

#588 Delian on Space and Bitcoin

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Delian Asparouhov is an investor with Founders Fund and a co-founder and chairman of Varda, a space manufacturing startup. In this conversation, we d...

#587: Dave Rubin on Thinking for Yourself

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Rubin is a political commentator, YouTube personality, and talk show host. He is the creator and host of The Rubin Report, a political talk show ...

#586 Bitcoin Is WILDLY Oversold! w/ Will Clemente

20 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#585 Aleks Svetski on Bitcoin as Sovereign Money

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Aleks Svetski is the cofounder and CEO of Amber, a mobile company focused on making exposure to Bitcoin and the new wave of digital assets as simple, ...

#584 Joe Pompliano on Athletes Investors Buying Bitcoin

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Pompliano is the Founder of Huddle Up, a new media platform that breaks down the business and money behind sports. He also happens to be one of my...

#583 Bitcoin OG Explains How To Keep An Open Mind - Erik Voorhees

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Voorhees is the founder and CEO of ShapeShift, a crypto trading platform that leverages 100% decentralized finance protocols to execute all funct...

#582: Austin Woodward on Building Tax Infrastructure in Bitcoin

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Woodward is the co-founder and CEO of Taxbit, the leading cryptocurrency tax software that recently raised $100 million from Tiger Global and P...

#581 Shaan Puri on The Solo-capitalist Starter Pack

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shaan Puri is the Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming & Emerging Markets at Twitch. He previously built Bebo, before ultimately selling the ...

#580: Will Clemente on the Re-Accumulation Phase Is Almost Over

12 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#579 Joshua Steinman on Preventing Ransomware Attacks In Future

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Steinman is a former National Security Council staff member and current startup founder. In this conversation, we discuss the National Securit...

#578: Bitcoin Mining with North America's Largest Miner

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Thiel is the CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the largest bitcoin miners in North America.  In this conversation, we discuss bitcoin mi...

#577 Scott Harrison on the Bitcoin Water Trust

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Harrison is the founder and current CEO of the non-profit charity: water. Harrison is the author of Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, a...

#576: Preston Pysh on Investing Lessons From Billionaires

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Preston Pysh is a financial investor and the host of the podcast, We Study Billionaires. In this conversation, we discuss investing lessons from bill...

#575 Edan Yago Explains DeFi on Bitcoin

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Edan Yago is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur who dropped everything nine years ago to focus on Bitcoin. He is driven by the opportunity to create a ...

#574 Will Bitcoin Break Out Of The Accumulation Phase?! w/ Will Clemente

05 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#573 Haider Rafique on Delisting BSV and BCH

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Haider Rafique is the Chief Marketing Officer at OKCoin. In this conversation, we discuss delisting BSV and BCH, rebranding a crypto exchange, defi o...

#572: Jeff Booth on How Inflation Is Stealing Your Wealth

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Booth is the author of the new book titled The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation Is the Key to an Abundant Future. In this conversation, we discu...

#571: Dan Held on The Monetary Experiment Scam

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Held is currently the Director of Business Development for Kraken, one of the OG Bitcoin spot exchanges. Dan has been in the Bitcoin community for...

#570: Isaiah Jackson on Black Bitcoin Billionaires

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Isaiah Jackson is the author of Bitcoin & Black America. In this conversation, we discuss banking crimes, Greenpeace, Black Wall Street, Floyd Maywea...

#569 QuickNode on Building World Class Blockchain Infrastructure

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Nabutovsky and Dmitry Shklovsky are co-founders and co-CEOs of Quicknode, where their mission is to help blockchain ecosystems scale, by providin...

#568 Is The Bitcoin Sell-Off Over?? w/ Will Clemente

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#567: Barney Mannerings on Decentralized Derivatives

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Barney Mannerings is founder of Vega Protocol, an innovative decentralised derivatives trading and settlement network. He previously created Pik, a we...

#566 Chris Zarou on Building An Engaged Fan Base

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Zarou is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the mastermind behind the legendary rise of artist Logic, along with a host of other incredibly tal...

#565: Jessica Vaugn on Bitcoin As Freedom

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Vaugn is a former Playboy Playmate who has reinvented herself as a talented photographer. She also has become a staunch proponent of bitcoin o...

#564 Matt James on Bitcoin, The Bachelor, and Life After The Show

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Matt James is a businessman, former football player, and bitcoiner. Matt is best known for being The Bachelor in season 25. In this conversation, we ...

#563: Kevin O’Leary on Investing in Bitcoin and Crypto

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin O’Leary is a Canadian businessman, author, politician, and television personality. He is a Shark on ABC’s hit show Shark Tank and has had nu...

#562: Bitcoin Crashed! Who Was Buying And Selling?! Livestream w/ Will Clemente

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#561: Polina Pompliano on The World’s Most Successful People

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Polina Marinova Pompliano is the founder and author at The Profile, which is a community that studies the world's most successful people and companies...

#560 Felix Hartmann on De-Fi, The Metaverse, DeWeb and Privacy

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Felix Hartmann serves as the Managing Partner of Hartmann Capital, navigating its flagship Hartmann Digital Assets Fund. In this conversation, we dis...

#559: Bobby Goodlatte on Bitcoin, Design, And Investing

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bobby Goodlatte is the co-founder and General Partner at Form Capital, an early stage venture capital firm focused on leveraging their design expertis...

#558 Alexandra Zatarain on How To Get Better Sleep

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alexandra Zatarain is the co-founder and VP of Brand and Marketing at Eight Sleep, the world's first sleep fitness company. Eight Sleep designs tech-e...

#557: Joshua Browder on Automating Consumer Rights

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Browder is the co-founder and CEO of DoNotPay, the world's first robot lawyer. He fundamentally believes in using the internet to empower the a...

#556 Will Clemente on What Happened to Bitcoin When Elon Tweeted

15 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#555 Sam Cassatt as the Degen King

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Cassatt is the Founder at Aligned Capital. He is the former Chief Strategy Officer at Consensys. In this conversation, we discuss Ethereum, Decen...

#554 Amanda Cassatt on Marketing In Crypto

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Cassatt is the CEO of Serotonin, a marketing firm and product studio for transformative technologies. She is the former Chief Marketing Officer...

#553: Pete Rizzo on Satoshi Nakamoto’s Story

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pete Rizzo is Editor at Bitcoin Magazine and Editor-at-Large at Kraken. He previously served as Editor-in-Chief at Coindesk. Pete has spent the last f...

#552: Chrisman Frank on Teaching Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chrisman Frank is the co-founder and CEO of Synthesis, a new educational experience for children aged 8-14 that focuses on teaching problem solving an...

#551: Hany Rashwan on Building Crypto Products

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hany Rashwan is the founder of crypto companies Amun AG and 21Shares AG. He previously founded social commerce company Ribbon and enterprise fintech c...

#550: Will Clemente on Bitcoin Coiling Like A Spring

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#549 Alex Taub on Digital Horse Racing

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Taub is the co-founder and CEO of Upstream, a new social professional network. He is also an avid investor in, and user of, Zed, a new digital ho...

#548: Caitlin Long on the Federal Reserve Payment Proposal

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Caitlin Long is the Founder and CEO of Avanti Bank, a new US bank based in Wyoming that intends to serve the digital asset industry with new products ...

#547 Mike Gonzalez on Building A New Category In Finance

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Gonzalez is the CEO and co-founder at Trace, the first service desk for finance teams. Before Trace, Mike developed a deep empathy for the proble...

#546: Srivatsan Prakash On The 6 Most Legendary Trades of All-Time

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Srivatsan Prakash is the Host of the Market Champions podcast and one of the best read people in the finance industry. You can follow him on Twitter a...

#545: Jesse Proudman on Automated Crypto Investing

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Proudman is the co-founder and CEO of Strix Leviathan, a quantitative crypto hedge fund algorithmically trading digital assets. He and his team ...

#544 Brian Barnes on the Finance Super App

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Barnes is the founder and CEO of M1 Finance, a free automated brokerage offering a modern approach to managing an investment portfolio. In this...

#543: Brad Kam on Bringing Crypto to Developing Markets

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Kam is the Co-Founder of Unstoppable Domains. In this conversation, we discuss human readable domains, the recent Opera browser integration, NFT...

#542 Will Clemente on The Science Behind A Price Drawdown

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...

#541: Capital Bleed on What People Get Wrong about Elon Musk

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Capital Bleed is a pseudonymous account on Twitter who has proven to be an independent thinker. He recently published an article on Substack titled “...

#540: Chad Barraford on Cross-Chain Swaps

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chad Barraford is a software engineer and the Technical Lead for THORchain.  In this conversation, we discuss THORchain, how it works, why cross-cha...

#539 Jeremy Allaire on USDC’s Incredible Growth

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Allaire is the co-founder and CEO of Circle, the company behind USDC, which is issued by regulated financial institutions, backed by fully rese...

#538: Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letter

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today is a special episode. I record the latest shareholder letter from Jeff Bezos, including what I think is most interesting as his last letter as C...

#537: Duncan Cock Foster on the NFT Boom

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Duncan Cock Foster is a co-founder of Nifty Gateway, the leading platform and exchange for digital art and NFTs.  In this conversation, we discus...

#536: Rahul Sidhu on Police and Technology

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rahul Sidhu is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SPIDR Tech. SPIDR Tech provides the world's first automated customer service software for...

#535 Wouter Witvoet on Decentralized Finance

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wouter Witvoet is the CEO at DeFi Technologies (NEO.DEFI) and previously founded SecFi.  In this conversation, we discuss decentralized finance, why...

#534: MetaKovan on the Metaverse

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MetaKovan is a Singapore-based blockchain entrepreneur, coder and angel investor. He holds one of the largest digital art and NFT collections in the w...

#533: JP Richardson on Tokenizing His Equity

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

JP Richardson is the founder and CEO of Exodus, one of the most popular crypto applications and blockchain wallets. In this conversation, we discuss ...

#532: Zach Goldstein on Building The Best Pants

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Goldstein is the founder and CEO of Public Rec, which makes the most comfortable leisure apparel. He has an unique solo founder story and has now...

#531: Michael Lastoria on Pizza and Workplace Innovation

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Lastoria is the co-founder and ceo at &pizza. In this conversation, we discuss mobile kitchens, pizza cubes, sharing the CEO’s cell phone n...

#530: Q and A

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Pomp answers questions taken from Twitter. He talks about balancing ambition and happiness, whether or not you should time ma...

#529: David Mercer on Institutional Trading Trends

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David Mercer is the founder and CEO of LMAX Group, which owns LMAX Digital, the leading trading platform for institutional investors. In this convers...

#528: Catalina Lauf on Freedom

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Catalina Lauf is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 16th Congressional District. She previously served as an advisor at the...

#527: Jessica Vaugn on Playmate Turned Bitcoiner

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Vaugn is a former Playboy Playmate who has reinvented herself as a talented photographer. She also has become a staunch proponent of bitcoin o...

#526: Raj Lala on Innovative Technology ETFs

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Raj Lala is President and Chief Executive Officer of Evolve ETFs. He previously served as head of WisdomTree Canada. In this conversation, we discuss...

#525: Gary Hoberman on No Code for Enterprises

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Hoberman is CEO and Founder of Unqork. Gary was formerly Executive Vice President and CIO of MetLife. In this conversation, we discuss automatio...

#524: Anthony Di Iorio on Early Days of Bitcoin & Ethereum

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Di Iorio is primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and an early investor in Bitcoin. Di Iorio is the founder and CEO of the blockchain co...

#523: Chris Miller on Leading the Defense Industry During War

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Miller previously served as Acting United States Secretary of Defense. Before that, Miller served as Director of the National Counterterrorism C...

#522: Will Clemente on Bitcoin Analytics

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep d...