The Pomp Podcast

#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...

#521: Scott Lynn on NFTs and Iconic Art Sales

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Lynn is the Founder of Masterworks, which allows anyone to purchase and trade shares in iconic artworks. In this conversation, we discuss the ...

#520: Jordi Visser on Allocating Billions of Dollars Today

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jordi Visser is President and Chief Investment Officer of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, which manages $1.7 billion in assets. In this conversation, ...

#519: Synthesis: The Future of Childhood Education

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Synthesis is an innovative new way for young students to learn critical thinking and problem solving skills. Pomp was so fascinated with the program t...

#518: Katherine Boyle on Innovation and Independent Thinking

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Katherine Boyle is a partner at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that works with seed to endurance-stage founders to help build companies that...

#517: Jim Cramer on Bitcoin’s Performance and Future

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Cramer is the host of Mad Money on CNBC. He is a former hedge fund manager as well as an author and a co-founder of TheStreet.com. In this convers...

#516: Narek Gevorgyan on Managing Your Crypto Portfolio

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Narek Gevorgyan is the founder of Coin Stats, a cryptocurrency research and portfolio management app available for iOS, Android and Desktop with over ...

#515: Justin Rhedrick on Bitcoin’s Power to Lift People Up

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Rhedrick is best known as Bitcoin Vegan. Justin was tired of running the rat race, the seemingly never-ending paycheck to paycheck cycle workin...

#514: Ted Seides on The LP Perspective

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ted Seides, CFA has spent 25 years as an institutional investor, allocating money to managers. He started in 1992 at the Yale University Investments O...

#513: JP Richardson on Exiting The Traditional Financial System

16 Mar 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 discus...

#512: Ken Goldin and Ross Hoffman on Collectibles

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Goldin is the founder and chairman of Goldin Auctions. Ross Hoffman is the new CEO of Goldin Auctions, which has grown into the industry leader in...

#511: Zach Herbert on Building Crypto Hardware

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Herbert is founder and CEO of Foundation Devices, which is building open devices for a sovereign internet powered by Bitcoin. In this conversati...

#510: Jesse Walden on the Ownership Economy

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Walden is an investor at Variant Fund and previously worked on the crypto team at Andreessen Horowitz.  In this conversation, we discuss the o...

#509 Job van der Voort on Building A High Performance Remote Team

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Job van der Voort is co-founder and CEO of Remote. He was previously the VP of Product at Gitlab, the largest remote organization in the world. In th...

#508: Karen Petrou on the Federal Reserve & Wealth Inequality

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Petrou is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Federal Financial Analytics, Inc., a privately-held company that since 1985 has provided analyt...

#507 Beeple on Becoming The World’s Greatest Digital Artist

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Beeple is one of the world’s greatest digital artists. He started as a graphic designer and animator, but has seen his digital art NFT grow to becom...

#506 Ethan Buchman on Standardization And Interoperability

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Buchman is the cofounder of Cosmos. In this conversation, we discuss sustainable economic systems, localism, sovereignty, interoperability, pro...

#505: Daniel Scrivner on Great Design & Crypto

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Scrivner is the Chief Executive Office & Chief Designer Officer at Flow. Previously he was the Head of Design at Digit and Square. In this con...

#504: Michael Shaulov on Crypto Infrastructure

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Shaulov is the CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, a secure digital asset infrastructure company. Prior to Fireblocks, he co-founded Lacoon Mobi...

#503: Marcus Swanepoel on Crypto in Emerging Markets

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marcus Swanepoel is co-founder and CEO of Luno, a leading global cryptocurrency company on a mission to upgrade the world to a better financial system...

#502: Robert Breedlove on Bitcoin As The Apex Predator

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Breedlove is a bitcoin educator and runs the “What is Money?” show. In this conversation, we discuss the current state of bitcoin, corporat...

#501: Annabelle Huang on Crypto in Asia

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Annabelle Huang is a Partner at Amber Group, a leading crypto finance service provider. She previously served as the Asia Lead at Airswap and structur...

#500: Jonathan Chester on Being Paid in Bitcoin

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Chester is the cofounder and CEO of Bitwage, one of the oldest bitcoin businesses helping employers pay their employees in bitcoin.  In thi...

#499 Danny Masters on Asset Management in Crypto

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Masters is the Chairman of Coinshares, an asset management firm focused on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets.  In this conve...

#498 Edan Yago on Decentralized Infrastructure for Bitcoin

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 conversat...

#497 Sahil Bloom On Financial Education

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

#496: Stani Kulechov on Decentralized Lending

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave, a leading startup in the decentralized lending space.  In this conversation, we discuss decentralized...

#495 James Peyer on Longevity and Curing Cancer

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Peyer, PhD is the Founder and CEO of Cambrian Biopharma, a Distributed Drug Discovery Company developing therapeutics targeting the biology of a...

#494: Ian Sigalow on Venture Capital as a Platform

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

#493 Brian Requarth on Startups in Latin America

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

#492: Chris Giancarlo and Jake Ryan on Crypto Regulation

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 servi...

#491 Jeremy Boynton on Digital Asset Active Management

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Boynton is the Founder of Laureate Wealth Management, a comprehensive wealth management firm for affluent investors generally ranging from $5 m...

#490: Simon Chamorro on Crypto in the Developing World

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 impresse...

#489 Dave Rodman on Law in the Decentralized World

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Rodman is the Managing Partner of The Rodman Law Group. He specializes in business, cannabis, crypto, IP, hemp, and securities law. In this conv...

#488: Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart on the Bitcoin ETF

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Seyffart is an ETF Research Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence and Eric Balchunas is a Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.  In this c...

#487 Tony Thomas on Defense, Technology, and Leadership

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

#486: Ouriel Ohayon on Introduction to Crypto

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ouriel Ohayon is the CEO of ZenGo, a cryptocurrency wallet that has cutting-edge cryptography, security, and UX/UI for crypto assets. In this convers...

#485 Neil Sheppard on the Future of Derivatives

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Sheppard is the COO of Financial Services at Diginex, where he oversees capital markets, trading, exchange and trading products. Previously, he s...

#484: Nik Bhatia on Counterparty Free Money

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 conver...

#483 Matteo Franceschetti on Improving Your Sleep

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Matteo Franceschetti is the cofounder of Eight Sleep, the world's leading sleep enhancement company. In this conversation, we discuss sleep fitness, ...

#482: Senator Lummis on Bitcoin and Government

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 di...

#481 Brad Kam and Haider Rafique On Human Readable Domains For Exchanges

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Haider Rafique is the Chief Marketing Officer at OKCoin and Bradley Kam is the cofounder of Unstoppable Domains. In this conversation, we discuss hum...

#480: Rahul Rana on Moonshot Ideas

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

#479 Jeff Morris Jr on Investing In Product Companies

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 di...

#478: Harley Finkelstein on Entrepreneurship

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harley Finkelstein is an entrepreneur, lawyer, and the President of Shopify In this conversation, we discuss Shopify, the expansion of the digital ec...

#477 Avichal Garg on His Crypto Thesis

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Avichal Garg is a co-founder and partner on the investment team at Electric Capital. Avichal is a successful serial entrepreneur with executive experi...

#476: Mason Jappa on The State of Bitcoin and Mining

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mason Jappa is the cofounder and CEO of Blockware Solutions, a blockchain infrastructure company and network advisory firm.  In this conversation, w...

#475 Robert Materazzi on Standardizing Crypto

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Materazzi is the CEO of Lukka, which bridges the gap between the complexities of blockchain data and traditional business needs. Formerly he wa...

#474: Josh Clemente on Improving Metabolic Health

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Clemente is the Co-Founder of Levels. Josh is a rocket scientist and worked at SpaceX for 6 years, managing the team that designed the life suppo...

#473 Everett Cook on Building A Modern Fintech

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everett Cook co-founded Rho Business Banking to fundamentally change the way businesses manage their finances. He also previously spent time as a macr...

#472: Isaiah Jackson on Bitcoin and Black America

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Isaiah Jackson is the author of the best selling book “Bitcoin and Black America.” He is one of the most underrated people in the Bitcoin ecosyste...

#471 Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar on Decentralized Infrastructure for Bitcoin

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar is the CEO of IOVLabs, which is focused on leveraging RSK to build decentralized infrastructure for the Bitcoin ecosystem. I...

#470: Kevin Rose on Decentralization on the Internet

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Rose is an Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. He has been building compelling products for a long time and ...

#469 Ric Edelman on RIAs Investing In Bitcoin

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ric Edelman is the chairman and co-founder of Edelman Financial Services, LLC, the author of several personal finance books and the host of a weekly p...

468: Jason Yanowitz and Michael Ippolito on Crypto Media

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Yanowitz and Michael Ippolito are cofounders of Blockworks, a new media business focused on helping institutional investors understand Bitcoin a...